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Telegram Notifications Setup

Rinku can send optimization alert notifications to a Telegram chat — a private chat, a group, or a channel. To do this, you connect a Telegram bot and select a chat.

Step 1: Create a bot in Telegram​

  1. Open Telegram and start a chat with @BotFather
  2. Send /newbot and follow the prompts to name your bot
  3. BotFather will give you a bot token — copy it

Step 2: Connect the bot in Rinku​

  1. Go to Integrations → Telegram
  2. Paste your bot token into the Telegram bot token field
  3. Click Continue

Rinku will connect to the bot and look for recent chat activity.

Step 3: Send a message to your bot​

Rinku can only see chats that have sent the bot a message. If no chats appear after clicking Continue:

  1. Open Telegram and send any message to your bot from the target chat (your private chat, a group the bot is in, or a channel where the bot is an admin)
  2. Back in Rinku, click Check again

The target chat will now appear in the list.

Step 4: Select a chat and connect​

  1. Select the chat from the Available chats list
  2. Optionally enter a Name to identify it in Rinku (e.g. "Alerts bot", "Main group")
  3. Click Connect chat

The chat is now saved under Integrations → Telegram and available for use in optimization rules.

Step 5: Add Telegram to a rule​

  1. Go to Optimizations → Rules and open or create a rule
  2. Under Notification channels, check Telegram
  3. Select the connected chat from the Telegram channel dropdown
  4. Save the rule

From now on, when this rule triggers an alert, Rinku will send a message to the selected chat.

Tips​

  • You can connect multiple bots and chats — each appears separately in the dropdown when configuring a rule
  • A single chat can be used across multiple rules
  • To use a group chat, add the bot to the group and send it a message there before connecting
  • For a channel, make the bot an admin first

Next steps​