Telegram

Use Merlin in Telegram direct messages and groups.

Merlin is a Telegram bot. Message it directly, or add it to a group so everyone there can use it.

Linking

Choose Connect Telegram in Telegram’s dialog on Home, send Merlin a message, then open the link it sends back. You can link one Telegram account.

Adding Merlin to a group

Choose Add to a group in Telegram’s dialog on Home and pick the group. You become the group’s owner in Merlin.

Talking to Merlin

Merlin answers every direct message. In a group, it answers when someone mentions it, says its name or replies to it. You can send voice notes as well as text.

What Merlin can do with Telegram

  • Read and save every message in the chats it is in
  • See images, read attachments and transcribe voice notes
  • Search the chat’s history, including what’s inside files
  • Send files, reply to a specific message and react
  • Remember what the chat’s owner and trusted people ask it to
  • Post reminders and alerts in the chat
  • Answer inside forum topics, keeping each reply in its topic

What Merlin can’t do with Telegram

  • Post in any chat other than the one it was asked in
  • Edit or delete other people’s messages
  • Kick, ban, mute or otherwise moderate members
  • Make or join calls, or send voice notes

Removing Merlin

Remove Merlin from a chat in its settings on Home, or remove it from the group in Telegram. Unlinking Telegram on Home deletes everything kept from your Telegram account.