Integrations
Telegram
Alerts, one-tap approvals, and an interactive bot in Telegram
What it does
Link a private chat (or a team group) to your workspace and the Nimply bot:
- sends alerts — post published, post failed, channel disconnected
- delivers approval requests with ✅ Approve / ❌ Reject buttons
- answers commands about your workspace
- turns text you send it into drafts (private chats)
Connect
- In Nimply, go to Settings → Integrations → Telegram and click Connect Telegram (OWNER or ADMIN role required).
- Choose Open my private chat for personal alerts, or Add to a group for a team channel. The link is valid for 10 minutes.
- Press Start in Telegram. The chat is now linked — pick which events are sent from the same settings page.
One chat per workspace. To switch chats, disconnect and connect again with a fresh link.
Bot commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/status | Workspace overview — channels, queue size, pending approvals |
/queue | The next scheduled posts with times and excerpts |
/pending | Posts awaiting approval, each with Approve/Reject buttons |
/channels | Connected social accounts with a 🟢/🟡/🔴 health dot |
/draft <text> | Save a draft — the bot asks which channel it's for |
/cancel | Abandon the current action |
/help | Command reference |
In a private chat, you can skip /draft entirely: send the bot any text and it offers to draft it, with a channel picker. In groups, the bot only reacts to commands so it never spams the conversation.
Who can act
- Approvals and drafts are restricted to the Telegram account that linked the chat, and that person's Nimply role is re-checked on every action (OWNER/ADMIN for approvals; any non-viewer role for drafts).
- Read commands (
/status,/queue, …) work for anyone in the linked chat — they only show information about the workspace the chat is linked to.
Troubleshooting
- "This chat isn't connected" — the link expired before you pressed Start, or the chat was disconnected. Generate a fresh link from Settings → Integrations → Telegram.
- Buttons say only the linked account can decide — by design; the person who connected the chat is the only one who can approve from Telegram. Others can review in Nimply.
- No alerts — check the event toggles on the Telegram settings page.