Manus brings its AI agent into Telegram chats

Manus has officially announced “Manus Agents,” a way to use its AI agent directly inside messaging apps, starting with Telegram. The company says Telegram support is available immediately across all subscription tiers.^[1]

The launch announcement comes only days after Manus introduced a feature called Project Skills which lets teams curate and lock sets of reusable AI workflows at the project level.^[2]

Their latest new feature, however, is aimed at letting users start multi-step agent tasks and receive results within a messaging app, rather than working only inside the Manus web app.^[1]

Context and background

Agent products are increasingly trying to reduce friction by meeting users where they already communicate. Manus’ announcement frames its approach as eliminating common setup burdens like configuration steps and token management.^[1] 

Manus also positions itself as an agent system that can plan and execute more complex workflows, which it distinguishes from a lightweight “chat mode” focused on instant answers.^[1]

Key details

Manus says “Manus Agents” can be connected to Telegram by linking an account from the Agents tab and scanning a QR code.^[1]

The experience is described as the full Manus agent, including reasoning, tools, and multi-step task execution, delivered through chat.^[1]

The company says the Telegram chat can handle voice messages, photos, and documents, and can return outputs directly in the conversation. It also says users can set a preferred response style and choose between “Manus 1.6 Max” and “Manus 1.6 Lite,” depending on whether they want deeper reasoning or faster responses.^[1]

On privacy, Manus says the agent only has access to messages sent directly to it in the private chat, and cannot read other Telegram conversations, groups, or contacts.^[1]

Why this matters

Manus is pitching a “no setup” Telegram connection flow. OpenClaw, an open-source personal-agent project, also promotes the idea of using an agent through chat apps such as Telegram, however, unlike Manus’ QR-style linking flow, OpenClaw’s Telegram channel is configured through the Telegram Bot API using a bot token and gateway settings.^[3]

For many users, the practical barrier to “agent” software is workflow friction. A chat-based entry point can make it easier to start a task quickly, share files in the same thread, and keep a long-running request in one place. 

This also shifts the product’s center of gravity from a dashboard to a messaging surface. If agents can reliably execute multi-step work inside common chat apps, the “default” interface for automation may become the conversation itself.