Your First TBL Bot — Hello Bot¶

Let’s build your very first Telegram bot using TBL.

This bot will do one simple thing:
when a user sends /start, the bot replies with a friendly Hello message.

No code logic yet — just a command and an answer.

What We Are Building¶

We will create:

This is the easiest way to understand how TBL works.

This is where all bot behavior starts.

Fill the command fields like this:

In command field:
/start

Answer:
Hello 👋 Welcome to my first TBL bot!

That’s it.

No logic is required for this step.

When a user sends /start:

This happens automatically.

Info

The answer is sent before any code logic. If no logic exists, the answer alone is enough.

The Answer field supports Telegram Markdown, which means you can format text to make messages more readable and attractive.

You can use Markdown to:

This is useful for welcome messages, help text, and menus.

Tip

Keep formatting simple to avoid Markdown parsing issues.

To understand what formatting is supported, see the official Telegram documentation:

If you see the message, your bot is working 🎉

With this simple bot, you learned that: