A simple yet powerful Telegram bot built using Python and the python-telegram-bot
library. This bot automatically replies to user messages based on predefined custom replies, making it ideal for managing communities, automating FAQs, and improving user engagement.
This Telegram bot listens to user messages, detects specific keywords or commands, and sends back relevant custom responses. It’s designed to:
- Automate repetitive messaging tasks.
- Provide instant replies in group chats or channels .
- Offer keyword-based or command-based interaction
- Support multiple reply formats (text, emoji, media — customizable)
- 🧠 Keyword-to-Response Mapping
- 🔄 Real-time message handling using
MessageHandler
- 🛡️ Command filtering and reply fallbacks
- 🧱 Clean and modular Python codebase
- 💬 Easy to customize or expand with more commands
- Python 3.x
- python-telegram-bot
- Telegram Bot API
- File-based or in-memory reply storage (can be upgraded)
- Set up your bot via BotFather on Telegram
- Add your Bot Token to the Python script
- Define your custom replies in the code or a config file
- Run the bot locally or deploy it on a server .
- Interact with it on Telegram and see it respond automatically
git clone [GitHub link here]
cd custom-reply-telegram-bot
Make sure you have Python 3.x installed. Then run:
pip install python-telegram-bot