How to post to a Telegram channel from ChatGPT, and schedule the posts

Set it up and post, step by step

Prompt to copy once Telegram is connected: Write a Telegram post for my channel announcing Saturday's live Q&A at 6pm, with the sign-up link https://example.com/qa, show it to me, and schedule it for Thursday at 10am my time.

1. Add PostWire to ChatGPT

   Open PostWire in ChatGPT's app directory, or search for PostWire in ChatGPT's apps, and add it. A sign-in window asks for your email and a 6-digit code, which also creates a free PostWire account if you have none: no password and no card. ChatGPT asks you to confirm a write action such as publishing before it runs.

2. Create a bot and make it an admin

   In Telegram, message @BotFather, send /newbot, pick a name and copy the token it gives you. Then open your channel → Administrators → Add admin, search for the bot and add it, so it is allowed to post. For a group, add the bot and send any message in the group.

3. Connect Telegram and find your channel

   Ask ChatGPT "connect my Telegram channel". It calls create_connect_link and gives you a one-hour link; open it, choose Telegram and paste the Bot token. Tap Find my channel and PostWire lists the channels and groups that bot was added to: tap yours, and you never have to look up a chat id. You can also type @yourchannel. Before saving, PostWire asks Telegram whether the bot can reach that chat, so a bot that is not an admin yet is caught on that page, with the fix. There is no Telegram sign-in screen: PostWire never sees your personal account.

4. Ask for the message and approve it

   "Write this week's update for my Telegram channel." generate_posts returns a draft and publishes nothing: clear and direct, light formatting, emojis allowed, links welcome and no hashtags. Ask for changes in plain words ("shorter", "add the price", "make the link the last line"). Ask for the Discord or Facebook version in the same sentence and each comes back written for its own network.

5. Add a photo or a video, if you want one

   A file attached to the chat does not reach the app, so ChatGPT gives you an upload page (create_upload_link): open it on the phone or laptop that has the photo or the video and pick the file, up to 100 MB on the free plan and 1 GB on paid plans. Then say "uploaded". The message text becomes the caption under it.

6. Post now, or schedule it

   Say "post it" and ChatGPT calls post_to_social. Say "schedule it for Thursday at 10am" and it calls schedule_post, up to 365 days ahead, or "next_slot" for your next free posting hour. This is the call:

   {
     "name": "schedule_post",
     "arguments": {
       "platforms": ["telegram"],
       "per_platform": { "telegram": {
         "text": "Live Q&A this Saturday at 6pm 🎙\n\nBring your questions about the new course: we answer them all, live.\n\nSave your seat: https://example.com/qa"
       } },
       "run_at": "2026-11-12T10:00:00-05:00"
     }
   }

7. Open the message

   The answer lists Telegram with the message's link: https://t.me/yourchannel/123 for a public channel, https://t.me/c/…/123 for a private one (it opens for members). get_post_status returns the same link later.

"What's scheduled on Telegram?" calls list_scheduled_posts and "cancel Thursday's post" calls cancel_scheduled_post; the same queue is on the dashboard's Queue page. Prefer to set it up by hand? Open the dashboard, connect Telegram under Accounts and write the first message in the composer.