Pytdbot
pytdbot/client
Write Telegram bots and userbots with Pytdbot (async TDLib wrapper with high-level helpers; not the Telegram Bot API).
Agent-callable Telegram bot tools — send messages, media, locations, contacts, and polls; edit, delete, forward, copy, and pin messages; resolve chats, members, and files.
Install Telegram
$ npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill telegram -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install zapier/connectors telegram --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zapier/connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/telegram .claude/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/zapier/connectors/tree/main/apps/telegram into .claude/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/zapier/connectors/tree/main/apps/telegramType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill telegram -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install zapier/connectors telegram --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zapier/connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/telegram .agents/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/zapier/connectors/tree/main/apps/telegram into .agents/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill telegram -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install zapier/connectors telegram --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zapier/connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/telegram .cursor/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/zapier/connectors/tree/main/apps/telegram into .cursor/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/zapier/connectors.git --path apps/telegram--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill telegram -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install zapier/connectors telegram --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zapier/connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/telegram .gemini/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/zapier/connectors/tree/main/apps/telegram into .gemini/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install zapier/connectors telegramInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill telegram -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zapier/connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/telegram .github/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/zapier/connectors/tree/main/apps/telegram into .github/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill telegram -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install zapier/connectors telegram --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zapier/connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/telegram .opencode/skills/telegram && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "telegram" agent skill from https://github.com/zapier/connectors/tree/main/apps/telegram into .opencode/skills/telegram/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "telegram", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
telegram- GitHub stars
- 176
- Token cost
- ~3.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,262 words
- Files
- 67 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 30
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Elastic-2.0
At a glance
Agent-callable Telegram bot tools — send messages, media, locations, contacts, and polls; edit, delete, forward, copy, and pin messages; resolve chats, members, and files.
- The user mentions Telegram
- SKILL.md covers When to use this, Setup, Scripts and Disambiguation & refusals, plus 3 more sections
- Runs TypeScript and JavaScript scripts from its folder; calls npm, npx and git; reaches api.telegram.org
- Wants a bot to post
What it does
Telegram is an agent skill from zapier/connectors, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Agent-callable Telegram bot tools — send messages, media, locations, contacts, and polls; edit, delete, forward, copy, and pin messages; resolve chats, members, and files. Use when the user mentions Telegram or wants a bot to post, manage, or look up Telegram content — including requests that don't name Telegram explicitly, e.g. "message the team channel", "post this update to the group".
Its SKILL.md is about 3.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 70 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`, `.mcp.json` and `CHANGELOG.md`). Compatibility notes: Run npm install --omit=dev in this directory, then node cli.js. The TypeScript source needs Node.js 22.18+; on older Node, run cli.js for build-it-yourself /…
It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Chatbots and conversational support. It works with Telegram and Zapier. The repository describes itself as: Connect your agent to the apps you already use - with or without Zapier.
When your agent uses it
- The user mentions Telegram
- Wants a bot to post
- Look up Telegram content — including requests that dont name Telegram explicitly
Example prompts
- “t name Telegram explicitly, e.g.”
- “post this update to the group”
- “/telegram”
Requirements
- Node.js
- Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Run `npm install --omit=dev` in this directory, then `node cli.js`. The TypeScript source needs Node.js 22.18+; on older Node, run `cli.js` for build-it-yourself / prebuilt / alternative-runtime options.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e48d26f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (TypeScript and JavaScript, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
npmnpxgit
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
api.telegram.org
Also links to:
core.telegram.orgagentskills.io
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Compatibility
Run `npm install --omit=dev` in this directory, then `node cli.js`. The TypeScript source needs Node.js 22.18+; on older Node, run `cli.js` for build-it-yourself / prebuilt / alternative-runtime options.
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Context cost
Telegram loads about 3.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~14k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,262 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Elastic-2.0) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,262 words (~3,872 tokens).
“Scripts for a Telegram bot, against the Telegram Bot API (https://api.telegram.org/bot/). Send text, media, locations, contacts, and polls; edit, delete, forward, copy, and pin messages; and resolve the chats, members, and files a bot interacts with. Every script acts as…”
- name
- telegram
- compatibility
- Run `npm install --omit=dev` in this directory, then `node cli.js`. The TypeScript source needs Node.js 22.18+; on older Node, run `cli.js` for build-it-yourself / prebuilt / alternative-runtime options.
- license
- Elastic-2.0
- metadata.title
- Telegram
- metadata.source
- https://github.com/zapier/connectors/blob/main/apps/telegram/SKILL.md
- metadata.zapier-app-key
- TelegramCLIAPI
- metadata.api-docs
- https://core.telegram.org/bots/api
Files
SKILL.md and 66 other files (scripts, references) in apps/telegram of zapier/connectors.
- SKILL.md
- .claude-plugin/plugin.json
- .mcp.json
- CHANGELOG.md
- LICENSE
- NOTICE
- README.md
- cli.js
- cli.ts
- connections.ts
- evals/evals.json
- evals/results.md
- index.ts
- lib/telegram.ts
- package.json
- references/telegram-api-gotchas.md
- references/use-as-cli.md
- … and 50 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit e48d26f
Compare with similar skills
Telegram next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telegram this skillzapier/connectors | 176 | — | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Elastic-2.0 | |
| Pytdbotpytdbot/client | 137 | — | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Setupterranc/claude-telegram-bot-bridge | 134 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| MuseKevPH2026/muse-catch | 128 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | AGPL-3.0 | |
| MuseKevPH2026/muse-catch | 128 | — | ~865 | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Add Telegram API Actionvendelieu/telegram-bot | 249 | — | ~974 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Telegram
What does Telegram do?
Agent-callable Telegram bot tools — send messages, media, locations, contacts, and polls; edit, delete, forward, copy, and pin messages; resolve chats, members, and files. Telegram is an agent skill from zapier/connectors, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Agent-callable Telegram bot tools — send messages, media, locations, contacts, and polls; edit, delete, forward, copy, and pin messages; resolve chats, members, and files.
When should I use Telegram?
Telegram fits situations like: the user mentions Telegram; wants a bot to post; look up Telegram content — including requests that dont name Telegram explicitly.
How do I install Telegram in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill telegram -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (apps/telegram in zapier/connectors) into .claude/skills/telegram in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Telegram in Codex?
Run `npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill telegram -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (apps/telegram in zapier/connectors) into .agents/skills/telegram in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Telegram in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill telegram -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/telegram, .gemini/skills/telegram, .github/skills/telegram and .opencode/skills/telegram in your project.
What does Telegram need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Telegram needs TypeScript and JavaScript for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (npm, npx and git). Our summary lists: Node.js. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Run `npm install --omit=dev` in this directory, then `node cli.js`. The TypeScript source needs Node.js 22.18+; on older Node, run `cli.js` for build-it-yourself / prebuilt / alternative-runtime options..
Does Telegram access the network?
SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: api.telegram.org; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: core.telegram.org and agentskills.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Telegram safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Telegram use?
Telegram is published under the Elastic-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md).
How many tokens does Telegram use?
About 3.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 10k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Telegram?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Telegram: Pytdbot (pytdbot/client, 137 stars), Setup (terranc/claude-telegram-bot-bridge, 134 stars), Muse (KevPH2026/muse-catch, 128 stars) and Muse (KevPH2026/muse-catch, 128 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Telegram?
zapier (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in zapier/connectors, which has 176 GitHub stars. The repository holds 30 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 25, 2026.
Source: zapier/connectors on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.