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claude-office-skills/telegram-bot

Telegram bot development - chatbots, notifications, AI assistants, and group automation

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Install

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npx skills add https://github.com/claude-office-skills/skills --skill telegram-bot

The instruction itself

21 sections, as written by the author

Telegram Bot

Build Telegram bots for chatbots, notifications, AI assistants, and group automation. Based on n8n's Telegram workflow templates.

Overview

This skill covers:

  • Bot setup and configuration
  • Message handling patterns
  • AI-powered assistants
  • Notification workflows
  • Group automation

Bot Setup

Creating a Bot

setup_steps:
  1. create_bot:
      - open: @BotFather on Telegram
      - command: /newbot
      - provide: bot_name
      - provide: bot_username (must end in 'bot')
      - receive: API_token
      
  2. configure_bot:
      - command: /setdescription
      - command: /setabouttext
      - command: /setuserpic
      - command: /setcommands
      
  3. get_chat_id:
      - start: conversation with bot
      - call: https://api.telegram.org/bot{TOKEN}/getUpdates
      - extract: chat.id from response

Bot Commands

commands:
  - command: /start
    description: "Start the bot"
    
  - command: /help
    description: "Show available commands"
    
  - command: /status
    description: "Check system status"
    
  - command: /subscribe
    description: "Subscribe to notifications"
    
  - command: /unsubscribe
    description: "Unsubscribe from notifications"

Message Handlers

Basic Message Handler

workflow: "Telegram Message Handler"
trigger: telegram_message

handlers:
  text_message:
    action: |
      1. Parse message text
      2. Determine intent
      3. Process request
      4. Send response
      
  command:
    pattern: "^/"
    action: route_to_command_handler
    
  photo:
    action: |
      1. Download photo
      2. Process with vision AI
      3. Respond with analysis
      
  document:
    action: |
      1. Download document
      2. Extract content
      3. Process and respond
      
  voice:
    action: |
      1. Download audio
      2. Transcribe with Whisper
      3. Process text
      4. Respond (text or voice)
      
  location:
    action: |
      1. Extract coordinates
      2. Lookup local info
      3. Respond with relevant data

n8n Workflow

workflow: "Telegram Bot n8n"

nodes:
  - name: "Telegram Trigger"
    type: "n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger"
    parameters:
      updates: ["message", "callback_query"]
      
  - name: "Route Message Type"
    type: "n8n-nodes-base.switch"
    parameters:
      rules:
        - output: 0
          condition: "{{ $json.message.text.startsWith('/') }}"
        - output: 1
          condition: "{{ $json.message.photo }}"
        - output: 2
          condition: "{{ $json.message.voice }}"
        - output: 3
          fallback: true
          
  - name: "Process with AI"
    type: "n8n-nodes-base.openAi"
    parameters:
      model: "gpt-4"
      messages:
        - role: "system"
          content: "You are a helpful Telegram assistant."
        - role: "user"
          content: "{{ $json.message.text }}"
          
  - name: "Send Response"
    type: "n8n-nodes-base.telegram"
    parameters:
      chatId: "{{ $json.message.chat.id }}"
      text: "{{ $json.response }}"

AI-Powered Bot

GPT-4 Integration

ai_bot:
  name: "AI Assistant Bot"
  
  system_prompt: |
    You are a helpful AI assistant on Telegram.
    
    Guidelines:
    - Be concise (Telegram has message limits)
    - Use emojis appropriately
    - Format with markdown when helpful
    - Ask clarifying questions if needed
    
  features:
    - conversational_memory: true
    - context_window: last_10_messages
    - tools: [web_search, calculator, weather]
    
  message_formatting:
    max_length: 4096
    split_long_messages: true
    use_markdown: true

Multi-Modal Bot

multimodal_bot:
  handlers:
    text:
      model: gpt-4
      action: chat_completion
      
    image:
      model: gpt-4-vision
      action: analyze_and_respond
      
    voice:
      transcribe: whisper
      process: gpt-4
      respond: text_or_voice
      
    document:
      extract: based_on_type
      summarize: gpt-4
      respond: text

Notification System

Alert Bot

workflow: "System Alert Bot"

triggers:
  - source: monitoring_system
    event: alert
  - source: ci_cd
    event: build_status
  - source: ecommerce
    event: new_order
    
notification_templates:
  alert:
    format: |
      🚨 *Alert: {severity}*
      
      *Service:* {service}
      *Message:* {message}
      *Time:* {timestamp}
      
      [View Dashboard]({dashboard_link})
      
  build:
    format: |
      {status_emoji} *Build {status}*
      
      *Project:* {project}
      *Branch:* {branch}
      *Commit:* `{commit_short}`
      
      {details}
      
  order:
    format: |
      🛒 *New Order!*
      
      *Order:* #{order_id}
      *Customer:* {customer}
      *Total:* ${total}
      *Items:* {item_count}
      
routing:
  by_severity:
    critical: [admin_group, on_call_user]
    warning: [team_group]
    info: [logging_channel]

Scheduled Notifications

scheduled_notifications:
  daily_digest:
    schedule: "9am daily"
    template: |
      📊 *Daily Summary - {date}*
      
      📈 Sales: ${sales} ({change})
      👥 New users: {new_users}
      🎫 Open tickets: {tickets}
      
      Have a great day! ☀️
      
  weekly_report:
    schedule: "Monday 9am"
    template: weekly_metrics_report
    
  reminder:
    trigger: custom_event
    template: |
      ⏰ *Reminder*
      
      {reminder_text}
      
      Scheduled by: {creator}

Group Automation

Welcome Bot

group_bot:
  on_member_join:
    action: |
      1. Check if new member
      2. Send welcome message
      3. Share rules
      4. Suggest introduction
      
    template: |
      👋 Welcome to {group_name}, {user_name}!
      
      Please:
      1. Read the /rules
      2. Introduce yourself
      3. Ask questions anytime!
      
      Enjoy your stay! 🎉
      
  on_member_leave:
    action: optional_goodbye
    
  moderation:
    - spam_detection: auto_delete + warn
    - link_filtering: whitelist_only
    - flood_control: rate_limit

Poll & Survey Bot

poll_bot:
  commands:
    /poll:
      format: "/poll Question | Option1 | Option2 | ..."
      action: create_poll
      
    /survey:
      action: start_multi_question_survey
      
    /results:
      action: show_aggregated_results
      
  features:
    - anonymous_voting: optional
    - multiple_choice: optional
    - scheduled_close: optional
    - export_results: to_sheets

Inline Features

Inline Keyboard

inline_keyboard:
  example:
    text: "Choose an option:"
    keyboard:
      - row:
          - text: "Option 1"
            callback_data: "opt_1"
          - text: "Option 2"
            callback_data: "opt_2"
      - row:
          - text: "Cancel"
            callback_data: "cancel"
            
  callback_handler:
    opt_1:
      action: process_option_1
      response: "You selected Option 1"
      
    opt_2:
      action: process_option_2
      response: "You selected Option 2"
      
    cancel:
      action: cancel_operation
      response: "Operation cancelled"

Inline Query

inline_mode:
  trigger: "@botname query"
  
  results:
    - type: article
      title: "{query} result"
      description: "Click to send"
      message_text: "Result for: {query}"
      
    - type: photo
      photo_url: "{search_result_image}"
      
    - type: gif
      gif_url: "{gif_url}"

Output Example

Request: "Create a Telegram notification bot for server alerts"

Output:

# Server Alert Telegram Bot

## Setup

1. Create bot with @BotFather
2. Get token: `123456:ABC-DEF...`
3. Get chat ID for alerts channel

## n8n Workflow

nodes:

  • Webhook (receives alerts)
  • Format Message
  • Telegram Send

## Alert Templates

**Critical Alert:**

🚨 CRITICAL ALERT

Server: production-web-01

Status: DOWN

Time: 2026-01-30 14:32:05 UTC

Details:

  • CPU: 98%
  • Memory: 95%
  • Disk: 89%

[View Grafana] [Acknowledge]


**Recovery:**

✅ RECOVERED

Server: production-web-01

Downtime: 5 minutes

Status: All systems normal

Incident resolved automatically.


## Implementation

// Send alert function

async function sendAlert(severity, message, details) {

const emoji = {

critical: '🚨',

warning: '⚠️',

info: 'ℹ️',

success: '✅'

};

const text = ${emoji[severity]} *${severity.toUpperCase()}*\n\n${message}\n\n${details};

await telegram.sendMessage({

chat_id: ALERT_CHANNEL_ID,

text: text,

parse_mode: 'Markdown'

});

}


## Features
- Severity-based routing
- Inline action buttons
- Acknowledgment tracking
- Escalation rules

*Telegram Bot Skill - Part of Claude Office Skills*

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