Telegram moves fast. Group chats accumulate hundreds of messages while you're in a meeting, and catching up means reading everything you missed.
Companion reads it for you. Here's how to connect it.
What you need
- Companion installed (download here)
- An OpenRouter API key (free, pay per use)
- A Telegram account
Step 1: Connect Telegram
Open Settings → Integrations in Companion's sidebar. Find Telegram and click Connect.
The authorization uses Telegram's standard connection flow — you'll be guided through linking your account. Companion gets access to read and send messages in the chats you specify.
Step 2: Your first automation
Start with the most useful thing: catching up on group chats.
Summarize everything that happened in the "Project Team" Telegram group today. What were the main discussions and is there anything I need to respond to?
Companion reads the full message history from today, identifies key topics and action items, and gives you a concise summary. No scrolling required.
Or for sending:
Send a message to my "Project Team" Telegram group: "Update: the client approved the proposal. We're moving to phase 2. More details in the meeting tomorrow at 10."
Companion sends it. From your account. Immediately.
What it costs
Telegram message reads are lightweight — summarizing a busy group chat with 200 messages costs roughly $0.003–0.008 with Claude Haiku. For most users, a month of daily Telegram catch-ups costs well under $0.50.
More workflows
Multi-group digest: "Summarize all my unread Telegram groups from the last 12 hours. List what's happening in each and flag anything urgent."
Smart reply: "In the 'Client' Telegram chat, draft a reply to the last message. They're asking about the project timeline — tell them we're on track for the June 20 deadline."
Forward and translate: "Take the last 5 messages from the 'Russian Team' group, translate them to English, and summarize what they're discussing"
Combine with email: "Check my Telegram for any messages mentioning 'invoice' or 'payment'. Summarize them and draft an email to our accounting team with the relevant details."
Broadcast update: "Send a message to all my pinned Telegram groups announcing that the new release is live and includes the features from the last community vote"
For teams that run operations over Telegram, combining it with Calendar means you can: read a meeting request in Telegram, create the calendar event, and send the confirmation — all in one prompt.
Achmad Bifari is Creative Designer and Social Manager at Companion. He writes the tutorials and runs @companionbyaios.