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# Telegram

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## Description

**What it does**: Sends automated updates or alerts to your team’s group chat.

**When to use it?**&#x20;

* **Real-Time Alerts**: Send immediate notifications to a group chat when important events occur in your workflow (e.g., system alerts, sales notifications).
* **Community Updates**: Keep your community informed about news, updates, or workflow progress.
* **Daily/Weekly Summary Reports**: Automatically post summary reports of workflow activity to a dedicated Slack channel.
* **Task Assignment Notifications**: Notify team members when tasks are assigned to them via your workflow.

## Component settings

| Parameter Name | Description                                                                   |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Credentials    | You can specify to use your own API Key                                       |
| Action         | <p>Options:<br>- Send Message</p>                                             |
| Chat ID        | Select your chat ID you want to send the message                              |
| Message        | <p>Input email message<br><br>Or refer to data input from before the node</p> |

## Example

**Input**

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