# Telegram Bot

This guide introduces Telegram bots and the various concepts you can use to start or complement your orbital project.

## Intro to Telegram Bots

### What is a Bot?

By definition, a bot is a software application that is programmed to do certain tasks.

**Bots are commonly used to:**

->  Perform simple tasks based on user inputs

* “Get me the bus timings”
* "Add these numbers up”
* Solve the quadratic equation (fun, I know)

->  Perform complex tasks

* “Find me the name of the object in this image”
* "Be my friend and Chit Chat with me"

### Assumptions / Prerequisites

1. Have a telegram account
2. Basic knowledge of the Python
3. Python installed on your system


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://wiki.nushackers.org/orbital/telegram-bot.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.