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Telegram Read

Read recent messages received by the bot. Returns the latest updates.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
countinteger-Number of recent updates to return (default 10, max 100)
offsetinteger-Update offset for pagination

How to use it

You normally trigger this by describing what you want in chat; the agent selects TELEGRAM_READ automatically. For example:

Try saying
“telegram my telegram”

In a workflow

As a step in a multi-step workflow DAG:

json
{
  "id": "s1",
  "agent": "telegram",
  "action": "TELEGRAM_READ",
  "args": {
    "count": 5,
    "offset": 1
  },
  "depends_on": [],
  "outputs": []
}

Direct call

For scripting, call it directly via POST /execute_tool. Every tool returns { success, message, data }.

bash
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/execute_tool \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"tool_name":"TELEGRAM_READ","args":{"count":5,"offset":1}}'

Part of the telegram plugin. Browse the full Plugin & Tool Catalog or the relevant feature guide.