Telegram connects to Flomixy differently from Instagram, Threads, Facebook, or LinkedIn - there's no login screen to click through. Instead, you connect a bot you control using its token and the ID of the channel or group you want to post to.
What you'll need
- A Telegram bot token - create one by messaging @BotFather on Telegram and following its /newbot flow. BotFather gives you a token that looks like
123456789:AAH.... - The chat ID of the channel or group you want to post to. Add your new bot as an admin of that channel/group first (it needs posting permission) - you'll need to find the chat ID yourself (for example, by forwarding a message from the channel to a chat-ID lookup bot); Flomixy doesn't detect it automatically. The connect screen walks through these steps and links straight to @BotFather.
Connecting your channel
- Go to Accounts in the sidebar and click Connect account, then choose Telegram.
- Paste in your bot token and chat ID.
- Click Connect. Flomixy checks the bot can access that chat - if the token or chat ID is wrong, you'll see an error right in the form (your input isn't cleared, so you can just fix it and try again). Once it succeeds, your Telegram channel appears in the accounts list.
Only workspace owners (and above) can connect or disconnect accounts, same as every other network.
What you can post
Text, images, videos, and albums (multiple images/videos in one post) - the same composer you already use for your other networks. Choose Telegram as one of the target networks on a post like you would Instagram or Facebook.
What's different about Telegram
- No analytics. Telegram's Bot API doesn't expose view/like/comment counts, so the Analytics dashboard clearly shows "not available" for Telegram posts instead of a blank or loading screen - this isn't a Flomixy limitation, Telegram simply doesn't provide the data.
- Deleting a post is best-effort. Flomixy asks Telegram to delete the message, but Telegram doesn't guarantee this always succeeds (for example, if too much time has passed) - if a delete doesn't go through, you may need to remove it manually from the channel.
- No reconnect token to expire. Unlike Instagram/Threads/Facebook/LinkedIn, there's no OAuth token that expires - your connection stays valid as long as the bot remains an admin of the channel with posting permission. If posts start failing, check that the bot hasn't been removed or demoted in Telegram itself.
Getting a "post published" notification in your Telegram group
Once a Telegram channel or group is connected, you can also use it as a notification destination: Flomixy sends a message with a link to every network the post was successfully published to, right after it goes live.
- Turn on notifications for the channel. Go to Settings → Accounts, find the connected Telegram account, and toggle Notifications on. You need the same permission as connecting or managing social accounts to do this. If your workspace uses brands, the account must be assigned to one first - the toggle stays disabled (with a tooltip explaining why) until you assign a brand from the same card. Workspaces that don't use brands at all can turn the toggle on right away.
- Opt in per post. In the post composer's Review step, a Telegram notification section appears listing every notification-enabled Telegram channel for the draft's brand (or, in a workspace with no brands, every notification-enabled channel in the workspace). Check the channel(s) you want notified for this post - nothing is checked by default - and optionally write a short custom message that appears above the links. If notification-enabled channels exist but none belong to this draft's brand, the section shows a short note with a link to Accounts instead of disappearing.
- What the message looks like. If several posts for the same brand are scheduled for the exact same time, they're combined into one message. Links appear in a fixed order (Instagram, Facebook, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Telegram) regardless of which network finished publishing first. A network that failed to publish is simply left out of the message - if every network for a post fails, no message is sent at all.
- A note on timing. Flomixy waits up to 15 minutes for slower networks (like TikTok) to finish before sending, so the message isn't always instant. A network that finishes after that window (or after the message already went out) gets its own short follow-up "➕ also published" message instead of being missed.
Bold and italic in Telegram posts
When you write or edit a Telegram post, you can make words bold or italic:
- Select the words in the caption box.
- Click B (bold) or I (italic) above the caption. Click again to remove the style.
- The preview shows the formatting as it will appear in Telegram.
Hashtags, @usernames and links can't be styled - the buttons are disabled when your selection touches one. The same buttons are available when you edit a scheduled Telegram post.
Message your members directly
You can send a private message to the people who follow your channel through your bot. Telegram only lets a bot message someone who has started a chat with it first, so each person needs to do one thing:
- In Accounts, find your Telegram channel and click Message members.
- Copy the start link and share it with your members (for example in your channel or group).
- Each member opens the link and presses Start. They then appear in the list as Active.
- Write your message and click Send. Flomixy sends it to every active member.
If someone blocks the bot or never pressed Start, they show up as Unreachable and the rest of the messages still go out. They return to Active as soon as they press Start again.
Good to know: Flomixy can't read your channel's member list (Telegram doesn't share it with bots), so only people who pressed Start can be messaged.