# channels_connect_telegram_bot

🤖 Connect a Telegram Bot (Bot API) channel from its bot token. When to use: - After a bot was created via @BotFather and you have its token. - The token alone is sufficient — no Telegram user account is needed. Validates the token, creates the channel account, and registers the webhook so the bot starts receiving messages immediately.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `channels_connect_telegram_bot`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/channels-connect-telegram-bot

## Facts

- Tool: `channels_connect_telegram_bot`
- Server: Dialogbrain (`https://api.dialogbrain.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/saloprj/dialogbrain-mcp
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `bot_token` | string | yes | Telegram bot token from @BotFather (e.g. '123456789:ABCdef...'). |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "channels_connect_telegram_bot",
    "arguments": {
      "bot_token": "<bot_token>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why channels_connect_telegram_bot is rated Medium

This tool creates a new channel account and registers infrastructure (webhook) in response to a Telegram bot token. These are Write-category operations: they modify system state by adding a new integration point. The severity is medium because misconfiguration could expose the bot to unauthorized message routing or access, but the action itself is reversible (the channel can be disconnected/deleted).

From the tool's own definition: "Tool performs 'creates the channel account, and registers the webhook' — these are creation/modification actions that persist state in the system. The verb 'Connect' and description 'creates the channel account' indicate reversible data creation."

## Use case

AI agents use channels_connect_telegram_bot to create or update resources in Dialogbrain, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Dialogbrain environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Dialogbrain:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "channels_connect_telegram_bot": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "channels_connect_telegram_bot_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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- `collections_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/collections-delete.md
- `files_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/files-delete.md
- `folders_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/folders-delete.md
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- `reminder_cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/reminder-cancel.md
- `tasks_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/tasks-delete.md
- `threads_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-saloprj-dialogbrain/threads-delete.md
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