Telegram setup

Connect Telegram

1. Dashboard → Channels → Telegram → Connect.
2. Tap "Open @NiyraAIbot" — opens Telegram.
3. Click "Start" in the bot chat. Your account is linked.
4. Send "hi" — first reply usually under 2 seconds.

What works on Telegram

- DMs. Standard chat. Markdown, threads, replies all clean.
- Voice notes. Send a Telegram voice note. Niyra transcribes and replies in text (or voice if you say "reply with voice").
- Photos & media. Same OCR / extraction as web. Receipts, RC cards, screenshots — Niyra processes them all.
- PDFs and files. Forward any document. She'll summarize or extract.
- Slash commands: /ask, /brief, /remind, /search.

Groups

You can add Niyra to a group. She only replies when @mentioned. She doesn't read other messages.

To add: open the bot, tap the menu (⋮) → "Add to group" → select group → approve permissions.

Switching off

Settings → Channels → Telegram → Disconnect. Niyra stops responding immediately.

Troubleshooting

- No reply — Check the bot is unblocked in Telegram. Sometimes Telegram silently blocks bots after long inactivity.
- Voice transcription wrong — Niyra uses Deepgram + Sarvam for Indian English / Hindi. For other languages, accuracy varies. Try sending text.
- Files not processed — Files over 20MB don't go through Telegram's bot API. Use Niyra on web for large files.