The messaging app Telegram has introduced the Managed Bots feature, enabling the creation of personal AI agents via the Bot API.
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This new tool allows one assistant to act as a manager for others. Users need to select a bot (either their own or a third-party one), enable management mode, and generate a link.
Anyone who follows the link can create an assistant with pre-filled data and then transfer management to the manager bot. The latter will send and receive messages, change profiles, and adjust settings.
According to the developers, this mechanism can be used to deploy personal assistants, AI agents, business solutions, and other custom tools.
Simultaneously, Telegram has expanded the range of input data that bots can process. In addition to text, they can handle:
- files;
- geolocation;
- stickers;
- voice messages;
- built-in commands like /start and /help.
Embedded keyboards and inline buttons have also been improved. Bots can offer users menus, quick actions, links, setting toggles, and other interactive elements within the chat without sending additional messages.
The Telegram team announced the possibility of communication between assistants. This can be used for complex agent processes — for instance, when one bot delegates a task to another or processes its responses in a group chat.
Back in December 2025, the messenger launched the decentralized network Cocoon for AI on TON.