Telegram Personal

Telegram Personal is the integration that connects your own Telegram account to Cloa. Once linked, Cloa can read your chats, draft replies, summarize unread threads, and send messages on your behalf when you ask it to.

This page covers Telegram Personal only. If you want to chat with Cloa itself through Telegram, see the Telegram channel. If you want to chat with a Cloa Companion through Telegram, see Set up a companion on Telegram.

What Cloa can do with Telegram Personal

Capability	What it does
Read messages	Cloa can open any of your Telegram chats and read recent messages so it can answer questions about them.
Send messages	Cloa can send a message to any of your Telegram contacts or group chats on your behalf.
Summarize unread	Cloa can scan unread conversations and produce a short summary of what you've missed.
Search across chats	Cloa can find a person, message, or file across your Telegram history.

Telegram Personal vs Telegram channel vs Companion Telegram

These three are easy to confuse, so it helps to keep them straight.

Surface	What it is
Telegram Personal (this page)	Cloa is connected to your Telegram account and can act on your behalf inside it.
Telegram channel	You chat with Cloa through `@cloahq_bot` in Telegram, the same way you'd chat in the Cloa app.
Companion Telegram	A specific Cloa Companion has its own Telegram account, and you message that account directly.

Telegram Personal is the only one that gives Cloa access to your own Telegram account.

Example prompts

Once Telegram Personal is connected, you can ask Cloa things like:

"Catch me up on the chat with mom from the last day."
"Send Alex a quick 'running 10 minutes late' on Telegram."
"Summarize my unread Telegram conversations."
"Find the address Sarah sent me on Telegram last week."

How to connect

Open the Cloa app.
Go to Menu → Integrations.
Tap Telegram Personal.
Enter the phone number associated with your Telegram account.
Telegram sends a confirmation code to your Telegram app. Enter that code in Cloa.
If you have a two-step password enabled on Telegram, enter that password to finish.

Once the connection is made, Telegram Personal will show as connected in your Integrations list.

Recommended permission settings

Each Telegram Personal capability has its own permission, with three options: Off, Ask First, or Always. You can change these any time from Menu → Integrations → Telegram Personal.

Capability	Recommended setting	Why
Read messages	Always	Reading is needed for summaries, catch-ups, and answering questions about your chats. There's no outbound action involved.
Send messages	Ask First	Sending is outbound and irreversible. Ask First lets you review the draft and recipient before anything leaves your account.
Summarize unread	Always	Falls under reading. Safe to allow without prompting.
Search across chats	Always	Read-only lookup across your existing messages.

As you build trust with how Cloa handles drafts, you can move Send messages to Always for faster replies.

What Cloa stores about your Telegram

Cloa stores the Telegram Personal connection itself, encrypted, so it can act on your behalf in future conversations. Cloa does not keep a copy of your Telegram history. Messages are read live when you ask a question about them, used to answer, and not archived.

For more on how Cloa handles connected accounts, see Privacy and your data.

Disconnecting

To remove Telegram Personal from Cloa:

Open the Cloa app.
Go to Menu → Integrations.
Tap Telegram Personal.
Tap Disconnect.

Cloa loses access to your Telegram account immediately and will no longer be able to read or send messages on your behalf. Your Telegram account itself is untouched, and all your existing chats remain in Telegram.