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Telegram app docs.

How users create an Apipunt account from @apipunt_bot, verify email, and use bot commands for subscription-gated tips.

Telegram-first signup

1. Start

Open t.me/apipunt_bot and send /start.

Bot

2. Sign up

Send /signup your@email.com. Apipunt creates a pending workspace and emails a verification link.

3. Verify

Open the email link. The site activates the account, creates a desk-tier Telegram key, and links the chat automatically.

Auto

4. Use

Return to Telegram and run /account, then /tips to choose date and source.

Live

Telegram chats do not store full API keys. A chat links to an api_client_id, and commands check the selected key's source entitlements and scopes.

Telegram chat -> telegram_links -> api_clients -> source_entitlements

For Telegram-created accounts, Apipunt creates a dedicated telegram_bot key and links it to the chat after email verification.