# Connect Telegram for alerts and Hey Erlin

> Link your Telegram account to chat with Hey Erlin about your brand and get your Erlin alerts in Telegram.

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Telegram is in beta. Linking Telegram lets you ask Hey Erlin about your brand in a Telegram chat and get your alerts there. It links your own Telegram account to your Erlin account, so each person who wants it links their own.

Open **Integrations** and click the **Telegram** card in the Messaging group. Each answer from Hey Erlin costs 2 credits, or none if you use your own OpenRouter key. See [Hey Erlin](https://www.erlin.ai/docs/get-started/hey-erlin).

## 1. Connect your account

<Steps>
  <Step title="Press Connect Telegram">
    In the Telegram sheet, click **Connect Telegram**. Erlin opens a chat with the Erlin bot. If it does not open, click **Open Telegram** under the button.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Start the chat">
    In Telegram, press **Start**. The chat opens with a link that links your Telegram account to Erlin.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Return to Erlin">
    Erlin waits up to 2 minutes for you to press Start. When it sees the link, the sheet shows "Telegram account linked".
  </Step>
</Steps>

If the 2 minutes pass first, the sheet says "Still waiting. Press Start in Telegram, then reopen this panel to finish connecting." Press **Start** in Telegram, then reopen the sheet.

## 2. Pick the brand it answers about

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Once linked, the sheet shows **Hey Erlin in Telegram**. Use **Answers about** to choose which of your brands Hey Erlin answers about. Erlin confirms with "Hey Erlin now answers about" and the brand's domain. Change it any time.

## 3. Get alerts in Telegram

Your alerts arrive in the same Telegram chat. In **Settings > Notifications**, the **Telegram** switch sends the same alerts to your Telegram chat. It stays off and reads "Connect Telegram in Integrations first." until you link. See [Notifications](https://www.erlin.ai/docs/settings/notifications).

## 4. Approve runs from Telegram

When Hey Erlin proposes running your prompts, it sends an approve link. The link opens Erlin, where you approve or reject the run. See [Approve a prompt run](https://www.erlin.ai/docs/get-started/hey-erlin).

## 5. Unlink

Click **Unlink my Telegram account** in the sheet. Hey Erlin stops answering you in Telegram and your alerts stop arriving there. Erlin confirms with "Telegram account unlinked". Unlink it if it is the wrong account.

## If Connect is blocked

If you are viewing another account, such as a customer account, Erlin refuses to connect with "Switch back to your own account to connect Telegram". Switch back to your own account, then connect.