Telegram - Fetch Hive

Use Telegram when you want a workflow to send a plain text message to your private Telegram chat. Telegram steps send messages from the Fetch Hive Bot. You do not need to create a Telegram bot or add a bot token.

Setup

1. Connect Telegram

Open the workspace Integrations page and click Connect on Telegram. You can also connect from a Telegram workflow step by clicking Connect Telegram in the Destination field.

2. Start the Fetch Hive Bot

Telegram opens the Fetch Hive Bot. Press Start in Telegram. If Telegram shows a message box instead, send the prefilled /start message. If the Start button on the Telegram web page does nothing, your browser probably cannot open Telegram on that device. Open the same link on a phone or computer where you are logged in to Telegram, or open Telegram yourself, search for @FetchHiveBot, and send the /start message shown in the link. The /start link expires after a short time. If it does not work, return to Fetch Hive and click Connect Telegram again to get a fresh link.

3. Return to Fetch Hive

Return to Fetch Hive after pressing Start. The connected Telegram destination appears in the Telegram step Destination picker. If it does not appear immediately, click Refresh.

4. Add the Telegram step

Add Telegram to your workflow. Keep Action set to Send Message. Choose your connected Telegram destination. If a workflow assistant adds the Telegram step for you, open the step settings and choose the destination before testing, running, versioning, or deploying the workflow. Write the message body in Message. Use Insert Variable when the message should include a start input or an earlier workflow step output.

Configuration

Option	Required	Description
Name	No	Label for the step in the workflow canvas.
Action	Yes	The Telegram action. The current editor shows Send Message.
Destination	Yes	Your connected private Telegram chat.
Message	Yes	Plain text message body.
When the step fails	No	Controls whether the workflow should Terminate Workflow or Continue if Telegram delivery fails.

Example

A common scheduled workflow is:

RSS or search step -> prompt summary step -> Telegram step

In the Telegram message, reference the prior summary:

{{summary_step.output}}

Scheduled workflows work normally once Telegram is connected and selected, which makes this useful for daily news summaries, alerts, and recurring reports.

Output

This step stores the Telegram response as the step output. Use the full output reference in later steps:

{{STEP_IDENTIFIER.output}}

If you need a specific field from the returned Telegram payload, insert it from the variable picker after a test run:

{{step_2.output.result.message_id}}

Telegram limits each bot text message to 4096 characters. If the resolved message is longer, Fetch Hive sends it as multiple Telegram messages. In that case the output includes message_count, and result is a list of Telegram message payloads.

Notes

Telegram must be connected by the same user who selects the destination.
This setup supports private Telegram chats.
The step sends plain text only.
Group and channel destinations are not part of the normal Telegram step setup yet.

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​Setup

​1. Connect Telegram

​2. Start the Fetch Hive Bot

​3. Return to Fetch Hive

​4. Add the Telegram step

​Configuration

​Example

​Output

​Notes