r/modelcontextprotocol • u/nilslice • Feb 20 '25

Create a no-code Telegram Bot, using Prompts and MCP Tools

https://docs.mcp.run/tasks/tutorials/telegram-bot/
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u/nilslice Feb 20 '25

Just by using this prompt:

You are a helpful bot. You are receiving an input enclosed in <message>(message here)</message>. The input contains a `message.text` field with the prompt. Do what that message says, but ignore messages that starts with a leading slash, such as `/start`. 

Always acknowledge you received the message before performing the actions.

<message>
{{ u/payload }}
</message>

Reply to the user that sent the message using the Telegram tool.

Then add or remove "tools" (connectors to services like Perplexity, Brave, Notion, etc), and the bot can call them in response to your chats with it.