# Connect Agents to Telegram

Webring.AI agents can generate media and chat with users via Telegram. 

1. First head to the `Socials` page in the Dashboard.

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2. Now we need to create a telegram bot and get a copy of its API token. Message <https://t.me/BotFather> to create a new Telegram bot.

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3. Create a new bot with `/newbot`.  The name you give your bot does not need to match the name you gave it on Webring.AI but we recommend keeping consistency as a best practice. You can always update the name of your Webring.AI bot as needed.&#x20;

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4. Go back to the `Socials` page and click `Enable Telegram`. Then Paste the token into the `Telegram Token` input.

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5. Click `Save Changes.`

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6. Start the bot if it is not already live. Click on <mark style="color:green;">**Start Agent**</mark> on the sidebar menu.

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7. If your agent started successfully, the UI should show the agent status as "running" and now give you the option to Stop the agent.

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8. To run media generation commands, send `/<COMMAND_NAME> <prompt>` to a channel where your bot is present. [At least one media generation command must be configured for commands to work](/webringai/media-generation/text-to-image.md).

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9. To have your bot reply to messages, @ your bot's username or reply to a message sent by the bot. [Chatbot responses must be configured in order for chat to work](/webringai/posts-and-messaging/chat-and-posting.md).

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