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Connect apps

Telegram

  1. Create a bot through BotFather using /newbot.
  2. Follow the common setup.
  3. As hermes, run hermes gateway setup and select Telegram.
  4. Enter the bot token and your numeric Telegram user ID.
  5. Check TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS, then restart the gateway.
  6. Open the bot, tap Start and send the common test message.

Leave webhook mode unset to use outbound polling. Your username and the bot’s ID are not your sender ID. /start alone may not produce an agent reply.

Telegram reference