Owner connection
Your first private message tells Rosi which Telegram account is its trusted owner.
Telegram setup · Step 2
Connect your
Connect your
Telegram account.
Once your bot token is saved and Rosi is running, send the bot a private message from your own Telegram account. That message tells Rosi who its owner is. Groups and topics are optional.
Owner first
A private message from your own account connects it to Rosi.
Groups are optional
Add the bot to a group only if you also want to use Rosi there.
If a group misses messages
Disable Group Privacy for the bot in BotFather.
What happens in this step
Optional groups
If you add the bot to a group, a real message there lets Rosi recognise that group.
Optional topics
In a group with topics, send the first message in the topic where you want Rosi to respond.
Privacy mode
If BotFather still has Group Privacy enabled, ordinary group messages may not reach Rosi until you turn it off.
How to connect your account
1
Send your bot a private message
Open Telegram using your own account, find your bot, and send it a private message such as hi.
2
Check that Rosi replies
Rosi can now reply in your direct chat. That is all you need to start using Rosi from Telegram.
3
Optional: use Rosi in a group
Add the bot to a Telegram group, then send a normal message there. If the group uses topics, send it in the topic where you want Rosi to respond.
4
Optional: disable Group Privacy if group messages do not arrive
Open BotFather, send /setprivacy, choose your bot, then choose Disable.
BotFather → /setprivacy → choose your bot → Disable
You do not need to paste owner ids, chat ids, or topic ids into Rosi.
How to know it worked
- After your first private message, Rosi can reply in your direct chat.
- If you also connected a group, check that Rosi can respond there.
- If private messages work but group messages do not, check Group Privacy first.
What to check if it still fails
You messaged from a different account
Rosi treats the account that sends the first private message as its owner. Contact support if the wrong account was connected.
The bot is in a group but Rosi stays quiet there
Make sure someone sent a message after the bot joined. The join event alone is not always enough.
Private messages work but group messages do not
Disable Group Privacy in BotFather and send another ordinary group message.
Rosi does not reply at all
Check that Rosi Agent is running on your Mac and that the Mac is awake and online.