telegram-bot-api-fundamentals Skill

The Telegram bot foundation — HTTP, grammY, the inlined toolkit, and the limits you will hit. For Rich Messages, Checklists, chat types, media, and webhooks, see telegram-bot-api-rich-messages. For UX rules (microcopy, errors, flow patterns), see telegram-bot-ux-rules.

Built for the agntdev pipeline. See agnt-cli-builder for the build loop. This skill teaches the bot-building patterns you apply once you have a project.

1. How Telegram Bot API Works

Telegram bots are HTTP clients that talk to https://api.telegram.org/bot<TOKEN>/<METHOD>.

Polling vs Webhook