How to connect
Add an MCP Client module to the scenario — or an MCP tool from an AI Agent’s configuration — create a connection and set the server URL to https://nilyo.com/mcp with OAuth authentication. A browser window opens to authorize, the same Nilyo sign-in ChatGPT and Claude use, with no Make-specific account to create.
Bot or account
Keep the bot for opt-in broadcasts — people who started a chat with it and expect notifications. Use your own account when the scenario has to reach a colleague, a client or a group where you are already a member, and when the message should come from you rather than from a product name.
Groups are read-only until you say otherwise
Listings mark chats, groups and channels, so a scenario can summarize a busy group into a ticket without posting in it. Chat and message identifiers travel together, since a message id means nothing outside its conversation.
Resolve the recipient by name
A resolution module turns a name into the exact conversation and returns the candidates when several match. Passing a display name straight into a send module is how an alert lands in the wrong group.
A realistic scenario
A deployment finishes; the scenario posts the result in the existing team group and sends a one-to-one message to whoever is on call — both as you, with no bot for anyone to find and start first. Telegram carries no local daily cap here; calls are still serialized per account.
Watch conversations without polling them
A scheduled scenario that lists Telegram chats every few minutes spends its runs on nothing. A realtime destination delivers a new message when it happens, with the chat and message identifiers needed to fetch the conversation, so the scenario starts on a real event instead of a timer.
“When a deployment finishes, post in the team group and message the on-call.”
“Summarize a busy group into a ticket each morning.”
Common questions
Why not the built-in Telegram bot modules?
A bot cannot initiate a conversation, shows its own name, and sees only part of a group depending on its privacy mode.
How is the account connected?
With a QR code or a phone code, once; an expired session reconnects the same account.
Is there a daily limit?
No local budget for Telegram here. Calls are serialized per account and Telegram’s own limits apply.
Can a scenario post in a group I belong to?
Yes, and it posts as you rather than as a bot nobody added to the group. Listings mark chats, groups and channels separately, so a scenario can read a group for context and answer only in the direct conversation if that is what you want.
How Telegram works with Nilyo
Connection. QR code shown in the conversation (Telegram › Settings › Devices) or a code sent to your phone.
What your agent can do. Chats, groups and channels, message history, sending text and media, reactions.
Pacing and safety. No local budget; calls are serialized per account.
- Groups and channels appear in the chat list with their type, so the agent can summarize a channel or answer in a group on request.
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