Telegram

Overview

WebGPT integrates with Telegram through the standard authentication flow — phone number + verification code, like signing in to any Telegram client. Once connected, channels you own or administer become publishing destinations for articles and Content autopilots.

Connecting a Telegram account

1. Open Integrations → Telegram and click Connect.
2. Enter your phone number with country code and the + prefix (e.g. +1234567890).
3. Enter the verification code. Telegram sends it to your active Telegram sessions (or via SMS if no sessions are active). Find the message from Telegram in your app and enter the code.
4. Enter the 2FA password if you have two-factor authentication enabled. This is the Telegram password from privacy settings, not the phone's lock code.
5. Connected. The Telegram profile is shown and channels are synced automatically.

Accounts tab

Every connected account appears as a card showing Telegram @username, phone number, display profile, and connection date. Three per-account actions: Refresh account info (re-fetches profile data), Sync channels (discovers new channels created since the last sync), and Delete connection (removes the link to WebGPT without affecting the Telegram account itself).

Multiple accounts are supported — connect more than one Telegram number if you manage channels across several accounts.

Channels

Channels tied to connected accounts appear with name, @username (for public channels), subscriber count, and public/private type. Only channels where you are owner or admin are shown; channels joined as a subscriber aren't listed.

Channel posts can be synced to WebGPT so content is viewable and searchable from the platform. New channels created after the initial connection are picked up via Sync channels on the account card.

Publishing to Telegram

Once an account and channels are connected, Telegram channels become destinations in the usual publishing flows:

• AI articles — pick a channel as the publishing target; content posts with formatting and images.
• Content autopilots — schedule automatic posting to a channel for steady AI-generated content.

Troubleshooting

• Verification code not arriving — Make sure at least one Telegram session is active on a phone or desktop. With no sessions, Telegram falls back to SMS.
• 2FA password forgotten — WebGPT can't recover it. Reset through Telegram's own password recovery.
• Channels not showing after sync — Only owner/admin channels are listed. Subscriber-only channels don't appear.
• Connection expired — Telegram sessions can expire. On authentication errors, delete the connection and reconnect.