Telegram
How to register a Telegram bot with BotFather and connect it to Nora.Telegram integrations let your agents send and receive messages via the Bot API. Nora authenticates with a bot token of the form
<bot_id>:<secret>.
Where to apply for credentials
Telegram doesn’t have a developer console — bots are registered through a chatbot called BotFather:@BotFather on Telegram
Connect in Nora
Talk to BotFather
Open Telegram, search for
@BotFather, and start a chat. Send /newbot, give your bot a name and a unique username ending in bot (e.g. my_nora_bot).(Optional) Find your operator user ID
Send a message to your bot from your personal Telegram account, then visit
https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/getUpdates. Your from.id is the numeric user ID. Paste it into the Operator User ID field if your agent needs to know who’s allowed to issue commands.Verify the connection
The Test button callsgetMe. Common failures:
Invalid Telegram bot token format— the token doesn’t match<digits>:<id>. Make sure you pasted the bot token, not a bare chat token or a webhook secret.- 401 Unauthorized — the token was revoked. Send
/revoketo BotFather and create a new one.
MCP server
No official Telegram MCP server today. Community packages exist but aren’t stable.Environment variables Nora injects
| Variable | Source |
|---|---|
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN | Bot Token field |
OPERATOR_TELEGRAM_ID | Operator User ID field |