> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.postqueen.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Telegram

> How to add Telegram to your system

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## What she can post to Telegram

Your bot sits in the channel and drops the announcement at the hour you set, photo and caption arriving as one message. Connecting a chat costs you a single line typed into it.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Character limit" icon="text-width">
    4,096 characters
  </Card>

  <Card title="Media" icon="photo-film">
    Optional. One file carries the text as its caption, more go out in groups of ten
  </Card>

  <Card title="Post types" icon="layer-group">
    Group or channel message, reply
  </Card>

  <Card title="Analytics" icon="chart-line">
    None
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Ten of her connectors report numbers back to the Analytics page. Telegram is not one of them, so a Telegram channel shows no chart. The editor writes Telegram HTML, which means bold, underline and paragraph breaks survive and everything else is stripped before sending.

|                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Post settings** | None beyond `__type`. The destination chat comes from the connected channel rather than the post. See the [Telegram settings reference](/public-api/providers/telegram)                                                            |
| **Connect flow**  | Two moves inside one step. Add the bot to your group or channel, then paste the `/connect` line she shows you into that chat. She watches for it, finishes the connection, and clears both setup messages when the bot is an admin |
| **Automations**   | None. Comments post as replies to the original message                                                                                                                                                                             |

<Warning>
  Files are sorted by what they are, not by what you meant. Images go out as photos, videos as videos, and anything that reads as neither goes as a document rather than failing outright.

  Attach more than ten files and she sends them as several media groups back to back. Only the first group carries your text.
</Warning>

## Self-hosting

<Info>
  On PostQueen Cloud this channel is ready: open **Add Channel** and pick it.
  Running your own instance? You register the application yourself:
  [Set up Telegram on your own instance](/installation/providers/telegram).
</Info>

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