Connect AI Agents and Telegram

FlowMattic AI Agents can read a Telegram message, decide what it needs and reply through your bot. Use them to answer questions in a group, screen people who ask to join, explain alerts from other apps or post a morning briefing. Everything runs as a workflow on your own WordPress site.

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When this happens in Telegram1 trigger

Do this in AI Agents1 action

1. TriggerSet Webhook / Watch Updates

2. ActionExecute Agent

When Telegram fires Set Webhook / Watch Updates, FlowMattic runs Execute Agent in AI Agents with the data from that event.

You build this in the FlowMattic workflow builder on your own site. See the setup steps

AI Agents and Telegram workflows you can build

Each one uses only triggers and actions the two integrations ship today, plus FlowMattic's own tools. Where the library has a ready-made template, import it instead of building from scratch.

Answer questions sent to your Telegram bot

Customers or members message the bot, the agent answers from the instructions and knowledge you give it, and the reply goes back to the same chat.

Set Webhook / Watch UpdatesExecute AgentSend a Text Message

Remove spammers from a community group

The agent judges each new group message against your rules. A Router bans accounts posting obvious scam links and leaves everyone else alone, so admins wake up to a cleaner group.

Set Webhook / Watch UpdatesExecute AgentRouterBan User

Screen join requests and send an invite link

People message the bot to ask about a private group. The agent checks their answer against your criteria, and those who fit get a fresh invite link in their chat.

Set Webhook / Watch UpdatesExecute AgentFilterCreate Invite LinkSend a Text Message

Post a morning briefing written by the agent

A Schedule fetches figures or headlines with an API request, and the agent turns them into a short briefing for your team's Telegram chat before the working day starts.

ScheduleAPI requestExecute AgentSend a Text Message

Explain raw webhook alerts in plain words

Monitoring tools and stores send dense JSON. The agent reads the payload, says what happened and what to check, and Telegram carries the message to whoever is on duty.

WebhookExecute AgentSend a Text Message

Ask your channel a weekly question with a poll

Each week the agent drafts a poll question and options on a theme you set, and the bot posts it, giving community managers a regular conversation starter.

ScheduleExecute AgentSend Poll

Set up: a bot that answers questions

You will finish with a Telegram bot that passes each message to an AI agent and sends back its answer.

Connect your bot
Create a bot in Telegram, then add its token as a Telegram connection under Connects in FlowMattic.
Watch for messages
Start a workflow with the Telegram Set Webhook / Watch Updates trigger and send the bot a test message so FlowMattic captures it.
Configure the agent
Add an AI Agents step with Execute Agent. Give it a clear goal, the tone to use and the facts it may rely on, and pass in the message text.
Send the reply
Add Send a Text Message, map the chat ID from the trigger and the agent's answer as the text.
Test and switch on
Test each step with the captured message, read the reply in Telegram and switch the workflow on.

From Telegram	To Telegram
Message text	Agent input
Chat ID	Send a Text Message chat ID
Agent answer	Message text

Triggers and actions in this pair

A trigger starts a workflow. An action is something FlowMattic does in the app as a step.

Good to know

AI Agents has no trigger of its own, so these workflows begin with the bot's updates, a Schedule or a Webhook.
Telegram only lets a bot ban users or create invite links in groups where it is an admin, so promote the bot before using those steps.
The trigger receives every update the bot gets. Add a Filter on chat ID or message type when only one group should reach the agent.

AI Agents

Integration page

Actions (1)

Execute AgentExecute the AI Agent and let it think, take decisions, execute and iterate over the provided tools

Integration page

Triggers (1)

Set Webhook / Watch UpdatesTriggers when there's an update available for the bot

Actions (11)

Send a Text MessageSends a text message with support to markup
Send PhotoSend a photo/image to your chat
Send an Audio FileSend any audio file with URL to your chat
Send a DocumentSend document file to your chat
Send a VideoSend video file with URL to your chat
Send ContactSend contact to your chat
Send PollSend a new poll to your chat
Create Invite LinkCreate an invite link for a group chat
Revoke Invite LinkRevoke an invite link for a group chat
Ban UserBan a user from a group chat
Unban UserUnban a user from a group chat

Why run this pair with FlowMattic

AI Agents and Telegram connect through FlowMattic on your own site, with no separate automation account in the middle and no charge per run.

The agent decides, Telegram delivers

One workflow can read a message, judge it and act with any of the eleven Telegram actions, from a reply to a ban.

Chatty groups cost the same

FlowMattic runs are unlimited, so a busy community bot does not need a bigger automation plan.

Messages stay on your server

The workflow runs on your WordPress site, so members' messages pass through your own server on the way to the agent.

Common questions

Can a FlowMattic AI agent reply to people in Telegram?

Yes. The Telegram trigger passes each bot message to Execute Agent, and Send a Text Message returns the answer to the chat the message came from.

Can the agent post photos or files?

Yes. If the agent returns a link to an image or document, Send Photo or Send a Document can post it from that URL.

Can the bot work in a group as well as private chats?

Yes. Add the bot to the group and the trigger receives its messages. Use a Filter if the agent should answer only when it is mentioned.

How do I keep the agent's answers accurate?

Give the agent narrow instructions and the facts it should use, and test with real captured messages before switching on. For sensitive replies, add a Human in the Loop step so a person approves the answer first.

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Reviewed 23 Oct 2026. The example workflows are written with AI from the real triggers and actions of both integrations and checked against them. AI Agents integration 1.0, Telegram integration 2.0.

AI Agents and Telegram workflows you can build

Answer questions sent to your Telegram bot

Remove spammers from a community group

Screen join requests and send an invite link

Post a morning briefing written by the agent

Explain raw webhook alerts in plain words

Ask your channel a weekly question with a poll

More ready-made templates with both apps

Set up: a bot that answers questions

Connect your bot

Watch for messages

Configure the agent

Send the reply

Test and switch on