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Communication @sebastian-buitrag0 Updated 2/26/2026

🤖 Telegram Bot OpenClaw Skill - ClawHub

Do you want your AI agent to automate Telegram Bot workflows? This free skill from ClawHub helps with communication tasks without building custom tools from scratch.

What this skill does

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

Install

npx clawhub@latest install telegram-bot

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telegram-botBuild and manage Telegram bots via the Telegram Bot API. Create bots, send messages, handle webhooks, manage groups and channels.https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

Telegram Bot Builder Skill

Build and manage Telegram bots directly from Clawdbot.

Setup

  1. Open Telegram and message @BotFather
  2. Send /newbot and follow the prompts to create your bot
  3. Copy the bot token (looks like 123456789:ABCdefGHIjklMNOpqrsTUVwxyz)
  4. 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

Usage

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>

Examples

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

Original URL: https://github.com/openclaw/skills/blob/main/skills/sebastian-buitrag0/telegram-bot

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