Creating Your Bot

Telegram bots are made through BotFather, an official Telegram account that handles bot creation and configuration. A few steps, two minutes.

1. Open BotFather

In Telegram, search for @BotFather. Tap the verified account and press Start.

2. Create a new bot

Send /newbot. BotFather asks for two things:

• Display name — what people see in chat (“My DashBoard Bot”).
• Username — must end with bot and be unique across Telegram (“my_dashboard_bot”).

BotFather responds with the bot’s API token — a long string like 123456:ABC-DEF1234567890.

Copy the token. Treat it like a password.

3. Restrict the bot (recommended)

By default any Telegram user can message the bot. To keep it private:

Send BotFather:

/setjoingroups

Pick the bot, choose Disable. The bot now cannot be added to group chats.

4. Done

The bot exists. It does not yet respond to anything — that requires the desktop app to run with the token configured. Continue at Connecting the Bot.

Where to go next

• Connecting the Bot
• Saving Media from Telegram