# Create a Telegram bot (https://optakt.ai/docs/telegram-bot)

Your agent needs a Telegram bot: the account it answers from. You create it with @BotFather, Telegram's own bot for making bots, and the installer asks for its token.

## Create the bot [#create-the-bot]

1. Open Telegram and start a chat with [@BotFather](https://t.me/BotFather). Check the blue verified mark next to its name.
2. Send `/newbot`.
3. Send the name people will see, for example *Ada*. It can be anything.
4. Send a username for the bot. It must end in `bot` or `Bot`, for example `ada_assistant_bot` or `AdaAssistantBot`, and nobody else may have it already.
5. BotFather answers with a **token**, a long line like `7712345678:AAH…`. Copy it.

That token is what the installer asks for. Treat it like a password: whoever has it can speak as your bot.

## Later [#later]

- **One bot per agent.** The bot belongs to its agent scope. A second agent needs a second bot.
- **In a group,** the bot needs to be an administrator. See [Spaces and teams](/docs/spaces).
- **A lost or leaked token** can be revoked in @BotFather with `/revoke`. In the [admin app](/docs/admin-app), select Telegram under Integrations and press `c` to reconnect with the new token. To use a different bot, disconnect the existing integration first, then connect the new bot.