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Telegram Bot Builder

Build and manage Telegram bots via the Telegram Bot API. Create bots, send messages, handle webhooks, manage groups and channels.

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Build and manage Telegram bots via the Telegram Bot API. Create bots, send messages, handle webhooks, manage groups and channels.

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SKILL.md

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Tencent SkillHub
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Version
1.0.0

Documentation

ClawHub primary doc Primary doc: SKILL.md 16 sections Open source page

Telegram Bot Builder Skill

Build and manage Telegram bots directly from Clawdbot.

Setup

Open Telegram and message @BotFather Send /newbot and follow the prompts to create your bot Copy the bot token (looks like 123456789:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrsTUVwxyz) Set environment variable: export TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="your-bot-token"

API Base URL

All requests go to: https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/METHOD_NAME

Bot Information

Get bot info curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getMe" | jq Get bot commands curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getMyCommands" | jq Set bot commands curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/setMyCommands" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "commands": [ {"command": "start", "description": "Start the bot"}, {"command": "help", "description": "Show help message"}, {"command": "settings", "description": "Bot settings"} ] }' | jq

Sending Messages

Send text message curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "text": "Hello from Clawdbot!", "parse_mode": "HTML" }' | jq Send message with inline keyboard curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "text": "Choose an option:", "reply_markup": { "inline_keyboard": [ [{"text": "Option 1", "callback_data": "opt1"}, {"text": "Option 2", "callback_data": "opt2"}], [{"text": "Visit Website", "url": "https://example.com"}] ] } }' | jq Send message with reply keyboard curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "text": "Choose from keyboard:", "reply_markup": { "keyboard": [ [{"text": "Button 1"}, {"text": "Button 2"}], [{"text": "Send Location", "request_location": true}] ], "resize_keyboard": true, "one_time_keyboard": true } }' | jq Send photo curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendPhoto" \ -F "chat_id=CHAT_ID" \ -F "photo=@/path/to/image.jpg" \ -F "caption=Photo caption here" | jq Send photo by URL curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendPhoto" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "photo": "https://example.com/image.jpg", "caption": "Image from URL" }' | jq Send document curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendDocument" \ -F "chat_id=CHAT_ID" \ -F "document=@/path/to/file.pdf" \ -F "caption=Here is your document" | jq Send location curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendLocation" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "latitude": 40.7128, "longitude": -74.0060 }' | jq

Getting Updates

Get updates (polling) curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates" | jq Get updates with offset (mark as read) curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates?offset=UPDATE_ID" | jq Get updates with timeout (long polling) curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates?timeout=30" | jq

Webhooks

Set webhook curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/setWebhook" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "url": "https://your-server.com/webhook", "allowed_updates": ["message", "callback_query"] }' | jq Get webhook info curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getWebhookInfo" | jq Delete webhook curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/deleteWebhook" | jq

Chat Management

Get chat info curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getChat?chat_id=CHAT_ID" | jq Get chat member count curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getChatMemberCount?chat_id=CHAT_ID" | jq Get chat administrators curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getChatAdministrators?chat_id=CHAT_ID" | jq Ban user from chat curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/banChatMember" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "user_id": USER_ID }' | jq Unban user curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/unbanChatMember" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "user_id": USER_ID, "only_if_banned": true }' | jq

Message Management

Edit message text curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/editMessageText" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "message_id": MESSAGE_ID, "text": "Updated message text" }' | jq Delete message curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/deleteMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "message_id": MESSAGE_ID }' | jq Pin message curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/pinChatMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "CHAT_ID", "message_id": MESSAGE_ID }' | jq Forward message curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/forwardMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "TARGET_CHAT_ID", "from_chat_id": "SOURCE_CHAT_ID", "message_id": MESSAGE_ID }' | jq

Callback Queries

Answer callback query curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/answerCallbackQuery" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "callback_query_id": "CALLBACK_QUERY_ID", "text": "Button clicked!", "show_alert": false }' | jq

Notes

Chat ID: Can be positive (user) or negative (group/channel). Get it from updates or use @userinfobot Parse modes: HTML, Markdown, MarkdownV2 Rate limits: ~30 messages/second to different chats, 1 message/second to same chat File limits: Photos up to 10MB, documents up to 50MB Bot permissions: Bots can't message users first - user must /start the bot

HTML Formatting

<b>bold</b> <i>italic</i> <u>underline</u> <s>strikethrough</s> <code>inline code</code> <pre>code block</pre> <a href="https://example.com">link</a> <tg-spoiler>spoiler</tg-spoiler>

Simple echo bot (bash script)

#!/bin/bash OFFSET=0 while true; do UPDATES=$(curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates?offset=$OFFSET&timeout=30") for UPDATE in $(echo "$UPDATES" | jq -c '.result[]'); do UPDATE_ID=$(echo "$UPDATE" | jq '.update_id') CHAT_ID=$(echo "$UPDATE" | jq '.message.chat.id') TEXT=$(echo "$UPDATE" | jq -r '.message.text') if [ "$TEXT" != "null" ]; then curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d "{\"chat_id\": $CHAT_ID, \"text\": \"You said: $TEXT\"}" fi OFFSET=$((UPDATE_ID + 1)) done done

Get your chat ID

# 1. Send a message to your bot # 2. Run this to see your chat ID: curl -s "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/getUpdates" | jq '.result[-1].message.chat.id'

Send to channel

# Use @channelname or channel ID (starts with -100) curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN/sendMessage" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "chat_id": "@your_channel_name", "text": "Channel announcement!" }' | jq

Useful Resources

Bot API Documentation BotFather Commands Bot API Changelog

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