# Hermes on Telegram: read and reply, no API keys | SealGate

Let Hermes read, triage, and reply across Telegram, no API keys required. Routed through SealGate's firewall, policy-checked and logged. Updated for 2026.

Source: https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/hermes

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# Connect Telegram to Hermes

Let Hermes read, triage, and reply across Telegram, governed by SealGate and policy-checked on every call.

Part of the [Telegram setup guide](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram) , which covers every agent and how the connection works under the hood.

Paste this into your coding agent, or run it yourself in a terminal.

Please help me connect Telegram to Hermes through SealGate on my machine. If I do not already have a SealGate account, have me sign up at https://dashboard.sealgate.ai/start/personal-messaging?utm_source=sealgate.ai&utm_campaign=seo-connect&utm_content=telegram-hermes first, since starting there pre-approves the Beeper connector. Then follow the setup steps at https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/hermes.md and stop whenever I need to act myself: approving this device in the browser when the installer asks, and, only if I already had an account, approving the Beeper connector in the SealGate dashboard.

Requires macOS or Windows (Linux is experimental) with the Beeper desktop app installed.

## Connecting Hermes

Hermes adds the SealGate gateway as an MCP server, so Nous Research's agent can read and send your messages through SealGate's governed tools. See the [Hermes setup guide](https://sealgate.ai/docs/getting-started) for the exact steps.

## What Hermes can do with Telegram

- Monitor large community group chats and surface the insights that matter to you.

- Summarize the channels you follow into a short daily digest.

- Draft and send replies across your busiest conversations.

- Search your Telegram history to find a link, file, or decision.

Ready to let Hermes handle your Telegram? Paste the setup prompt into your coding agent and you are connected in a couple of minutes.

Copy setup prompt [New to SealGate? Create your account first](https://dashboard.sealgate.ai/start/personal-messaging?utm_source=sealgate.ai&utm_campaign=seo-connect&utm_content=telegram-hermes)

## Why connect Telegram through SealGate

One setup for every app, works with cloud and mobile agents, fully governed and logged, and your messages are never stored.

### One setup, every network

The same command connects your whole unified inbox, so you are not wiring up a separate bridge for each app.

### Works with cloud and mobile agents

A local daemon tunnels the connector out, so ChatGPT, Claude, and other cloud agents can use it, not just CLI tools.

### Governed and logged

Every tool call runs through SealGate policies and lands in an audit trail that records only metadata, never your message content, so access stays under your control.

### SealGate never stores your messages

Message content only passes through in transit to be checked against your policies, and is never stored or read by anyone at SealGate.

## Related guides

[Telegram to ChatGPT](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/chatgpt) [Use Claude with Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/claude) [Telegram to Codex](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/codex) [OpenCode on Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/opencode) [Connect Devin to Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/devin) [Use GitHub Copilot with Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/copilot) [Grok on Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/grok) [Use Grokbot with Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/grokbot) [Telegram to OpenClaw](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/openclaw) [Lovable on Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/lovable) [Connect Replit to Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/replit) [Connect Muse to Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/muse) [Connect Town to Telegram](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram/town) [WhatsApp to Hermes](https://sealgate.ai/connect/whatsapp/hermes) [iMessage to Hermes](https://sealgate.ai/connect/imessage/hermes) [LinkedIn DMs to Hermes](https://sealgate.ai/connect/linkedin/hermes) [Hermes on Signal](https://sealgate.ai/connect/signal/hermes) [Hermes on Instagram DMs](https://sealgate.ai/connect/instagram/hermes) [Use Hermes with Messenger](https://sealgate.ai/connect/messenger/hermes) [X DMs to Hermes](https://sealgate.ai/connect/x/hermes) [Discord DMs to Hermes](https://sealgate.ai/connect/discord/hermes) [Hermes on LINE](https://sealgate.ai/connect/line/hermes) [All Telegram setups](https://sealgate.ai/connect/telegram) [SealGate vs other MCP gateways](https://sealgate.ai/comparison)

## Connecting Telegram to Hermes: FAQ

Can Hermes read and send Telegram messages? Yes. Hermes adds the SealGate gateway as an MCP server, which lets it use your Telegram tools. A local daemon tunnels the connector out, so the agent can reach it.

Can my AI agent read and send Telegram messages? Yes. Once connected through SealGate, your agent can read chats, groups, and channels and send messages, from local tools or cloud apps like ChatGPT and Claude.

Does it use a bot or my real account? Your real account, through the Beeper desktop app, so the agent sees the same conversations you do rather than only the channels a bot has been added to.

Can it watch busy group chats for me? Yes. A common use is lurking on large community groups and channels to summarize activity and flag the messages worth your attention.

What does SealGate store about my messages? SealGate routes each tool call to your connector and back, holding the request and response in memory only long enough to apply your policies, then discarding them. That check is automated: the gateway inspects the traffic programmatically to enforce your rules, and no one at SealGate can read your messages. They are never persisted and never used to train any model. SealGate keeps only call metadata (which tool ran, when, and which agent ran it), never the tool-call parameters or results, so your conversations and who you are talking to are never stored on SealGate's servers.

Does it work with cloud agents, not just CLI tools? Yes. A small local daemon called stdiod tunnels your local Telegram connector to any cloud or mobile agent, so apps like ChatGPT and Claude can use it too, not just CLI tools on the same machine.

Want the full walkthrough? Read the [documentation](https://sealgate.ai/docs/) or email [hello@sealgate.ai](mailto:hello@sealgate.ai) .

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