Connect Telegram

Telegram is optional, but if the calls you care about happen in Telegram groups and channels, connecting it streams them into the same rooms as your Discord feeds.

Get your API credentials

Telegram requires an API ID and hash tied to your account:

1. Go to my.telegram.org/apps and log in.
2. Create an application (any name/short-name works).
3. Copy the API ID (a number) and API Hash.

Run the setup wizard

Settings → Tokens → Connect Telegram opens a short wizard:

1. Credentials — enter your API ID, API Hash, and Phone Number (with country code, e.g. +1234567890). Click Send Verification Code.
2. Verification code — Telegram sends a code to your Telegram app. Enter it and click Verify Code.
3. Two-factor — only if your account has 2FA. Enter your Telegram password and click Submit Password.
4. Done — you’re connected. You can now add Telegram chats to your rooms.

Note

The verification step is time-sensitive — if you don’t finish within about five minutes, the pending login is cleaned up and you’ll need to request a new code.

Managing the connection

Back in Settings → Tokens, the Telegram panel shows one of three states:

• Telegram connected (green) — with a Disconnect Telegram button.
• Configured but not connected (yellow) — with Remove Telegram Session.
• Not connected — with the Connect Telegram button.

Using Telegram chats

Once connected, open a room’s settings and use the Discord / Telegram toggle in the Channels tab to browse your Telegram chats. They’re labelled by type — CH (channel), SG (supergroup), GP (group). From there Telegram works like Discord throughout OCT: per-chat colors, sounds, and highlighted users (by @username). See Rooms & channels.

A note on storage

Your Telegram credentials (API ID, hash, and session) are stored encrypted. In local mode they’re included if you export your settings, so treat that export file as a secret. In hosted mode they’re never included in exports.