# First conversation (https://optakt.ai/docs/first-conversation)

Your agent only works for people it knows. Before it answers you, link your Telegram account to your owner account.

## Link your Telegram account [#link-your-telegram-account]

1. Open your bot on Telegram, from the link on the installer's last screen or by searching for its username. Send it any message. It answers: *I don't know you yet.*
2. On your agent's machine, open the admin app:

   ```bash
   optakt
   ```

   Log in with the email and password you chose during the install.
3. Go to **Profile** and press `l`. The app shows a one-time code, valid for ten minutes.
4. Send that code to your bot from your Telegram account. The bot confirms.

## Say hello [#say-hello]

Send your bot a message. Your agent introduces itself and asks what you want it for. Tell it in your own words: who you are, what you work on, what you would like to hand over. It takes notes as you talk, and builds on them from then on.

There is no setup beyond that. Ask it to do something real, and correct it when it gets something wrong; it keeps the correction.

## Next [#next]

- [Chat](/docs/chat): files, voice notes and how it answers.
- [Spaces and teams](/docs/spaces): a separate conversation for each project, and other people.
- [Credentials](/docs/credentials): connecting it to the services you use.