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Messaging

Early Alpha

The XGENIA AI Agents is in early alpha. This tab changes often.

Connect a Telegram bot and you can drive AI Agents from your phone — send instructions, get progress back, approve work — while the editor keeps building on your machine.

Open the Provider & Tools gear, then the Messaging tab.

Setting up the bot​

The tab spells out the sequence under Quick Setup:

  1. Open Telegram and search for @BotFather.
  2. Send /newbot and follow the prompts.
  3. Copy the token and paste it into Bot Token, then Save.
  4. Toggle the switch to Enabled.
  5. Send /start to your bot in Telegram.

The status line tracks where you are:

StatusMeaning
Not configuredNo token saved yet
Token saved — toggle to startToken stored, bot not running
Running @yourbotLive and listening

Only the last four characters of a saved token are shown. Remove clears it.

Restricting who can talk to it​

The bot drives your editor, so leaving it open to anyone who finds it is not sensible.

Allowed Users is marked required. Fill it with @username or numeric IDs, comma-separated — anyone not on the list is ignored. To find your numeric ID, message @userinfobot on Telegram.

Voice messages (optional)​

Add an OpenAI Whisper API key and voice notes sent to the bot are transcribed to text before the AI reads them. Handy for dictating a change while you are away from the machine.

This is the one place a non-OpenRouter model key is used, and it is optional — leave it empty and the bot simply ignores voice messages.

What it is good for​

  • Kicking off a build on the way somewhere and reading the result when you arrive
  • Checking how a long job is going without switching back to the editor
  • Sending a screenshot from your phone and asking what is wrong with it

The editor must be open and the bot enabled — the AI works inside your running editor, not on a server.