SHIPIT by Dzhura · Telegram
Telegram bots without programming
Overview · Why Telegram, and why this one · Kinds of bots and what you can do yourself · Your first bot: from an idea to /start · Reminders and automations · Talking to an agent in Telegram · Where the bot lives and why it is silent
Telegram is the simplest channel between you and a program that works on your behalf. You write in a chat, like to a person, and the answer or the notification arrives on your phone.
You can make a bot without code. You answer a few plain questions in the builder, it assembles a task, and an agent (Claude Code or Codex) writes and starts the bot. These guides explain what you can do yourself, which kinds of bots exist, and where the limits are.
Read them in this order
- 01Why Telegram, and why this oneWhat a bot is, why people choose Telegram for it, and when it is not the best choice.
- 02Kinds of bots and what you can do yourselfAnswering questions, orders, booking customers, reminders. What a bot is made of and who does what.
- 03Your first bot: from an idea to /startStep by step: a token from @BotFather, the builder, the agent, checking.
- 04Reminders and automationsCalendar, email and sheets that write to you in Telegram by themselves. No server of your own.
- 05Talking to an agent in TelegramThere is no built-in connection: what you do yourself, and what you hand to the agent through the Telegram API at your own risk.
- 06Where the bot lives and why it is silentWhere to run a bot, what happens when your computer is off, and what to check if the bot does not answer.
Worth remembering right away
- A bot is a program. It answers only while its code is running, and it lives wherever that code runs: on your Mac, on a server or at Google.
- A simple bot (answers, requests, notifications) does not depend on SHIPIT once it exists. But if it runs on your Mac, the Mac must be on and online.
- Telegram and an agent. SHIPIT has no built-in connection between Telegram and an agent. You do some of the steps yourself, and if you want to write to the agent from your phone, you give it access to the Telegram API at your own risk. Details are in the agent guide.
- A bot token is like a password. Whoever knows it controls the bot. Do not show it to anyone and do not put it in code.
What is not here
This is not a manual for programmers and not a tour of everything Telegram can do. It covers only what you do together with an agent, and what you must know so the bot does not become a problem: the token, access, and where it runs. Everything about agent safety is in Agent Risk & Acceptable Use.