Guide

4 stepsfrom bot to agent
Guide

From bot to agent in four steps

WAM Agents runs inside Telegram. Four steps: start the bot, talk to your agent on DeepSeek, optionally attach your own model, add the agent to the chats where you work. Everything else happens through conversation and commands inside Telegram.

Step 01 · Install

Open @wamagentsbot

Hit Start — the bot walks you through onboarding. Accept the data-processing terms, including cross-border transfer of requests to DeepSeek's infrastructure (PRC). Pick «Try 30 days free» (no card) or pay the subscription, and choose a name for your own bot. We create the bot automatically. The agent is ready immediately on DeepSeek — no OAuth, no third-party keys required.

Step 02 · Meet the agent

Talk to the agent

Open the agent in Telegram and write in plain language — like to a teammate. Out of the box the agent runs on DeepSeek: text, code, bash, MCP tool calls, multi-turn dialogues. The first few messages are introductions: the agent asks who you are, what you do, how to address you. Then it offers to keep the default persona or tune it to your style — name, tone, boundaries. Any step of the intro can be skipped.

Step 03 · Attach your own model

Optional — add your own model (Claude, Codex)

If you need long-PDF reading or deeper reasoning — send /claude to your agent. The bot replies with an OAuth link — open it, sign in, and send the code back to the chat. From there switch models with /model — an interactive picker (legacy aliases /opus, /sonnet, /haiku still work). Refresh the token later via /login. Tokens bill directly on your subscription with the provider; we store the key only to run your agent. If the auto-auth service is down, the bot offers a manual fallback. This step is optional — DeepSeek default already works (vision and web search are there too).

Step 04 · Workspace upgrade

Set the agent up for multi-tasking

After the intro, the agent offers an optional upgrade — a dedicated group with forum topics. Each topic becomes an independent session with its own memory: handy for running several projects in parallel without mixing contexts. The agent walks you through setup step by step — create the group, enable chat history for new members, turn on topics, add the bot as admin, grant it permission to manage topics. The step is optional — skip it and come back later anytime.

Bot commands

All work in DMs and groups
/start @wamagentsbot
Start onboarding: subscription or 30-day trial
/status @wamagentsbot
Subscription status and next charge date
/delete @wamagentsbot
Delete the agent and withdraw data-processing consent
/assist in your agent
Command reference — categories and examples
/model in your agent
Pick a model — interactive picker for the active provider
/effort in your agent
Reasoning depth: low / medium / high / xhigh / max
/opus in your agent
Legacy alias for /model opus — deep reasoning, long context
/sonnet in your agent
Legacy alias for /model sonnet — default balance
/haiku in your agent
Legacy alias for /model haiku — fast, cheap answers
/claude in your agent
Attach your own model to your agent via OAuth (optional, on top of DeepSeek)
/deepseek in your agent
Switch back to DeepSeek — the default provider for the plan
/login in your agent
Refresh own-model OAuth token (alias for /claude)
/logout in your agent
Disconnect the pro provider — double confirmation within 60 seconds
/reset in your agent
New session — hard reset of the context
/clear in your agent
New topic in the same session — clear conversation history
/compact in your agent
Compress history, keep the gist — optional focus: /compact <topic>
/context in your agent
Show what is filling the current session's context window
/stop in your agent
Interrupt the agent's current response
/simple in your agent
Toggle reply mode: plain text or with reasoning
/mention in groups/topics
/mention on|off — reply only on @mention+reply or on every owner message
/allow in a topic
Grant a guest access to the current topic: /allow @username (experimental)
/revoke in a topic
Revoke a guest from the current topic: /revoke @username
/allowed in a topic
List the current topic's guests
Media

Voice, photo, video, documents

The agent reads and sends Telegram files natively. Voice is auto-transcribed. PDFs are read end-to-end — no manual unzip.

Native · MIME
Memory

Skills and facts per agent

The agent remembers your projects and preferences across chats. Memory lives inside your container — just ask to add, update or forget a fact in plain conversation.

Container · Encrypted
Support

WAM Agents team, directly

Questions and bugs go to @wamagentsbot. SLA and response time are in the terms.

Telegram · SLA