telegram thread

[formal pecan]

are there any specific configs needed once supergroup created, bot privacy=false , then added to the super group with configured topics? or I just need to chat and mention relavent agents in the proper topics?

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[kindred briar]

You’ll usually need a bit of OpenClaw-side config — it’s not “just add the bot and start chatting” (because OpenClaw defaults to being conservative in groups).

1) Telegram-side: you already did the key bit

• Privacy mode = disabled (BotFather /setprivacy → Disable) or make the bot an admin.
• After changing privacy mode, remove + re-add the bot to the supergroup so Telegram applies it.
  Source: https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/telegram (see “Privacy mode and group visibility”)

2) OpenClaw-side: you must allow the group (and usually the sender)

By default, Telegram groupPolicy is allowlist, so OpenClaw will ignore groups until you configure them.

Minimal pattern (safe default: only respond when mentioned):

{
  channels: {
    telegram: {

      enabled: true,
      // botToken: "...",
      groups: {
        "*": { requireMention: true }
      }
    }
  }
}

Then, depending on what you want:

• Only you can trigger it in the group: set groupAllowFrom (or rely on allowFrom fallback if you already set that for DMs).
• Anyone in the group can trigger it: set per-group groupPolicy: "open".

Docs section: https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/telegram (tabs “Group policy and allowlists” + “Mention behavior”)

3) Topics: you can just chat in the right topic — but “mentioning agents” won’t route by itself

Telegram forum topics are separate sessions in OpenClaw automatically.

If what you want is “Topic A goes to Agent A, Topic B goes to Agent B”, you should map topics → agents in config:

{
  channels: {
    telegram: {
      groups: {
        "-1001234567890": {
          topics: {
            "1": { agentId: "main" },     // General
            "3": { agentId: "dev" },      // Dev topic
            "5": { agentId: "ops" }       // Ops topic
          }