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Set up your project, connect Telegram and learn each tool step by step.

Production verified 30 September 2026. Guides identify plan, permission and verification limits.

Telegram & Bot Setup

Install the bot and connect a Telegram group

Connect one group at a time and verify the bot permissions.

Who can use it
Project owners and authorized community operators
Where to find it
Community Command Center → Telegram
Before you start
  • Your personal Telegram account connected when prompted
  • You administer the intended Telegram group
  • Your plan permits adding that group
On this page

Install and connect

  1. Check the active project in the header. Open Community Command Center → Telegram.
  2. Choose Connect Community for the first group, or Connect another community when groups already exist. Follow the active one-time group connection flow.
  3. In Telegram, select the one group you want to connect. Telegram allows one group per add-bot flow.
  4. Add @PepeCartelHQBot as an administrator. Ensure it can Change Group Info and has the permissions required for the actions you intend to use.
  5. If the bot is already installed, open that group and send /cartelhq once while the new one-time link is active.
  6. Return to Cartel HQ and wait for the group to appear. Use Re-check status if needed and verify Ready before publishing or sending.
  7. Repeat Connect another community separately for each additional group your plan permits. Existing connections are retained.

Recognize the correct result

The group appears by its Telegram name under Your communities. Ready means the checked connection requirements are satisfied. Welcome & onboarding opens that group’s own settings.

Telegram tab: connected community status, connection guidance and the per-group onboarding control. Production example captured 30 September 2026. Your project, counts and status will differ. Select the image to enlarge.

Basic group or supergroup

Both can receive the published sticker pack link and native sticker messages when verified. Telegram’s official group sticker set is optional and available only to eligible supergroups; it is not required for normal pack-link delivery.

Common mistakes

Using an expired link, selecting the wrong group, adding the bot without administrator rights, or connecting a group under the wrong Cartel HQ project can prevent the intended setup. Re-check the group and project before repeating the flow.

Service Partner boundary

Delegated Community management covers basic welcome controls for groups the client has already connected. It does not allow bot connect, reconnect or disconnect, Telegram administrator-permission setup or Launch Watch CTA settings; those remain with the project owner.

Related guides

Bot permissions, verification and installation messages

Understand Ready, permissions and the difference between installation and member welcomes.

Configure member welcomes and the Launch Watch invitation

Customize each group’s join welcome and optional separate Launch Watch card.

Manage connected communities and the operations overview

Use project-level tabs while checking each group’s own readiness and welcome settings.

Telegram connection problems

Work through the current project, active link and group permissions in order.