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Get alerts in Telegram

Connect Telegram to receive campaign approval prompts and account alerts on your phone.

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  1. What Telegram alerts do

    Telegram is the notification channel that makes campaign review possible on the go. Connect it once and you get campaign approval prompts (a draft awaiting review pings you directly) plus account alerts like a mailbox disconnecting or credits running low.

  2. Open Connectors → Notifications

    Go to Connectors, filter by the Notifications category, and find Telegram. Click Connect Telegram to start.

    Open Connectors → Notifications

  3. Authorize on your phone (QR)

    Scan the QR code shown with your phone's camera, then tap START in the Telegram chat that opens. FirstSales uses a shared bot: you never paste a bot token or chat ID.

  4. Or connect on this device

    On the same device as Telegram, use the “Open @bot and tap START” deep link instead of scanning a code. If neither works, expand the manual fallback and send /start <CODE> to the bot yourself: the code expires after a few minutes, so grab a fresh one if it times out.

  5. Confirm it's connected

    Once authorized, the connector detail view shows your Telegram user, the bot it's linked to, and when it connected. Click Send test message to make sure a message actually arrives before you rely on it.

  6. Route approval prompts to Telegram

    Open a campaign's Content Approval step. Under Notification Channels, add or select your Telegram connector: it's required when the campaign is set to Require Approval mode (the section is hidden entirely in Always Approve mode). From now on, every draft waiting on you pings Telegram.

  7. Manage or disconnect

    Re-open the Telegram connector any time to Send test message again, or Disconnect: notifications stop until you connect Telegram again.

Pro tips

  • Start every campaign in Require Approval mode

    Route the prompts to Telegram and review each draft on your phone before it sends: you catch bad copy before it burns a domain.

  • Use the manual fallback if the deep link stalls

    Some Telegram clients strip the deep-link parameter. If START does nothing, expand the manual code entry and send /start <code> by hand.

  • Codes expire fast

    The connect code only lasts a few minutes. If you hit a timeout mid-scan, just tap Connect Telegram again for a fresh QR/code instead of troubleshooting the old one.

  • Always test after connecting

    Hit Send test message right after connecting. If nothing arrives, disconnect and reconnect rather than assuming it's a delay.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to create my own Telegram bot?

No. FirstSales uses a shared bot: you authorize with a one-time code or QR scan. There's no bot token or chat ID to paste in.

What notifications will I get?

Campaign approval prompts when a draft needs your review, and account alerts such as a mailbox disconnecting or credits running low.

Is approval-by-Telegram required?

Only if a campaign's Content Approval step is set to Require Approval: then at least one notification channel (Telegram) is required. In Always Approve mode the channel section is hidden.

The connect code timed out: what now?

Codes expire after a few minutes. Re-open the Telegram connector card and tap Connect Telegram for a new QR/code.

Can I connect Slack or Microsoft Teams instead?

Not yet: those connectors are coming soon. Telegram is the live notification channel today.

How do I stop the alerts?

Open the Telegram connector and choose Disconnect. Notifications stop until you connect Telegram again.

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Prompt for Claude Code

I'm setting up FirstSales (https://firstsales.io), an AI outbound sales platform: campaigns, contacts, a reply inbox, deliverability and lead signals. Help me get my workspace sending real, good emails end to end, from Claude Code.

Read these first so you know how FirstSales works:
- Developer docs and API: https://developer.firstsales.io
- CLI: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@firstsales.io/cli
- Skills for coding agents: https://github.com/firstsalesio/firstsales-skills (read README.md and GUIDE.md)

Setup
1. Install the CLI: npm install -g @firstsales.io/cli
2. Install the FirstSales skills:
   claude plugin marketplace add firstsalesio/firstsales-skills
   claude plugin install firstsales@firstsales
3. Ask me if I already have a FirstSales account. If not, send me to https://app.firstsales.io to sign up.
4. Ask me to create an API key under Settings → API → API Keys, with only the scopes we need.
   Never ask me to paste the key into this chat. Tell me to run this in my own terminal, so the key stays hidden:
   read -rs FS_KEY && firstsales auth login --api-key "$FS_KEY"; unset FS_KEY
5. Run `firstsales whoami` and tell me which workspace and organisation we are connected to.

Then ask me about my business: what I sell, who I sell to (roles, company size, countries), my best customers, and what I use today for outbound (tools, lists, mailboxes). Walk me through:
1. Teaching FirstSales my business: website, offer, proof points and case studies in the knowledge base, so the AI writes like someone who knows the product.
2. Connecting my sending mailboxes and checking my sending domain: SPF, DKIM, DMARC and warm-up. If anything is unhealthy, tell me the exact DNS record to add.
3. Bringing in contacts: import my CSV or CRM export into a clean list, remove duplicates and bad emails, and block domains I must never email (customers, competitors, my own).
4. Building my first campaign: the right list, senders, steps and timing. Write the sequence with me, show me the drafts, and do not launch until I say yes.
5. Setting up Signals if it fits: find people engaging with LinkedIn posts about topics my buyers care about, and turn them into leads.
6. Inviting my team and giving each person the right access.

Once campaigns run, show me how to work the reply inbox from here: which replies need an answer, draft responses in my voice, and move good conversations into deals. If I use Cal.com, connect it so follow-ups can offer my booking link (not the first email).

Throughout, as you learn about my business, proactively suggest and help create:
- Reply templates for the questions and objections my prospects are likely to raise, based on my product, site and codebase if you can see them.
- Campaign ideas and segments worth testing, with the reason for each.

Safety rules:
- Show every change as a dry run (--dry-run) first and wait for my yes. Never send emails, launch campaigns or delete anything without my yes.
- Tell me before anything that spends credits, and how many.

Be opinionated. If the docs give a sensible default, just use it. Don't make me choose between five options.
Developer docs ↗npm: @firstsales.io/cli ↗GitHub: firstsales-skills ↗