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Build your first bot one step at a time — menus with Answer and Keyboard fields first, then Logic when you need brains.

You don't need much code at first. TeleBotHost lets you build menus using editor fields alone. Add Logic when you need dynamic behavior.

What are these tutorials?

Hands-on lessons for building your first bot. Work through them in order — each step builds on the last.

You get You skip
Step-by-step bot building Reading reference docs cold
No-code menu tutorials Jumping straight to Logic
Concept guides when you're ready Guessing how commands work

New to TBL?

Brand new? Start with Getting Started, then Your First Bot. Quick intro: Learning TBL.

Before you start

  1. Getting Started — create and launch a bot
  2. Skim Command Fields — know what each editor field does

Hands-on series

Work through these in order:

# Lesson What you'll build
1 Your First Bot /start welcome message
2 Adding a Keyboard Reply keyboard menu
3 Using Aliases Multiple triggers per command
4 Handling User Input Ask a question, wait for reply
5 Handling Callbacks Inline buttons that edit messages
6 Wildcard Command Catch unknown messages

Concept guides (read anytime)

These explain how commands work under the hood — dip in when you're curious, not before your first bot:

# Topic Page
— Overview Command Flow
1 Command fields Command Fields
2 Matching priority Matching & Priority
3 Execution pipeline Execution Flow
4 Special commands Special Commands
5 Dynamic handlers Dynamic Handlers
6 Markdown formatting Markdown & Formatting
7 Public web pages Public Web Commands
8 Inline callbacks Handling Callbacks

Quick paths

I want to… Go to
Format bold/italic answers Markdown & Formatting
Host a landing page Public Web Commands
Build a JSON API Webapps
Secure external trigger Webhooks

After tutorials