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An AI teammate for Telegram.

Connect Telegram and your Cicada agent works in it for you: 17 Telegram actions, from looking things up to making changes. Ask from iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack or the app, and keep it read-only if you only want it to look.

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Things to ask about Telegram
  • Summarise what I missed in Telegram today, most important first.
  • Draft replies to the Telegram messages waiting on me.
  • Tell me if anyone mentions the Northwind contract in Telegram.
  • Send the team the weekly update through Telegram on Friday at 5.
Text it, Slack it, or type it in the app. Swap in your own details.
What Cicada can do in Telegram

17 Telegram actions, picked for what you ask.

About Telegram: Telegram is a cloud-based messaging app with a focus on security and speed. Build bots to send messages, manage chats, and interact with users.

Reads

7 in all · always allowed
  • Get Updates
    Use this method to receive incoming updates using long polling.
  • Get Bot Info
    Get basic information about the bot using the bot api getme method.
  • Get Chat Info
    Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations,…
  • Get Chat History
    Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to…
  • Get Chat Members Count
    Get the number of members in a chat. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work.
  • Export Chat Invite Link
    Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked.
  • Get Chat Administrators
    Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that…

Changes

10 in all · off when Telegram is read-only
  • Send Message
    Send a text message to a Telegram chat using the bot api.
  • Send Poll
    Send a native poll to a Telegram chat using the bot api.
  • Send Photo
    Send photos to a Telegram chat using the bot api.
  • Edit Message
    Edit text messages sent by the bot.
  • Send Document
    Send general files (documents) to a Telegram chat using the bot api.
  • Send Location
    Send point on the map location to a Telegram chat using the bot api.
  • Delete Message
    Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
  • Forward Message
    Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
  • Set Bot Commands
    Use this method to change the list of the bot's commands.
  • Answer Callback Query
    Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards.

Showing 17 of 17. Your agent can use every one of them; you don't pick them, you ask for the outcome.

How it works

Connected in a minute. In your control after that.

  1. Connect Telegram

    Open Connections, find Telegram and paste an API key from your Telegram account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.

  2. Choose what it may do

    Full, Ask first or Read-only, for the whole workspace. Share Telegram with the team, or keep it under each person's own login.

  3. Ask from anywhere

    Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, message it in Slack or the app, or put a Telegram job on a schedule: every morning, every Friday.

Works with your other tools

Telegram, together with the rest of your stack.

Ask for an outcome that spans apps and your agent pulls from each one, cross-checks them and sends back one answer.

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Questions

Telegram and Cicada, answered.

Does Cicada integrate with Telegram?

Yes. Telegram is one of the 888 apps with a page here, and it connects with an API key. Once it's connected, every agent in your workspace can use it from any channel you talk to them on.

How do I connect Telegram?

Open Connections, find Telegram and paste an API key from your Telegram account settings. Cicada checks it works before saving it.

What can Cicada do in Telegram?

17 actions: 7 that read from Telegram and 10 that change things in it, for example get updates, get bot info, get chat info. It picks the right ones for what you ask and chains them with your other apps.

Can I stop Cicada changing things in Telegram?

Yes. In Connections, set Telegram to Read-only and no agent in your workspace can create, change or delete anything in it; it can still read. Ask first lets it act but makes it check with you before each change.

Can I ask about Telegram from my phone?

Yes. Text your agent on iMessage or WhatsApp, or message it in Slack or the app. It answers in the same thread, and it can run Telegram jobs on a schedule, like every morning at 8.

Is my Telegram data safe?

Your Telegram login or key is stored on the server and never appears in a conversation. Disconnecting removes it. Every action an agent takes is in your activity log, and your data isn't used to train models.

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