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Getting started

There's nothing to configure.

That surprises people who ask "how do I set up my mintbot?" — expecting a control panel full of toggles, API keys to paste, servers to wire up. There isn't one. You pick a plan, pay, and a couple of minutes later a personal AI agent is running on its own server, waiting for you in Telegram.

Here's the whole thing, start to finish.

1 Pick a plan

On mintbot.ai, scroll to Pricing and choose a tier. Starter is the popular default — it already includes agent credit and one-click Telegram. (Just trying it out? Try for 24h works the same way.)

The Starter plan card with a “Start with Starter” button
Click Start with Starter (or any tier that suits you).

2 Pay and subscribe

Your plan is already selected on the checkout page. Leave Card as the payment method (or switch to Bitcoin / Monero if you prefer crypto), then press Pay and subscribe. The subscription just keeps your server alive month to month — cancel anytime and the agent stays up for what you've already paid.

The “Pay and subscribe” panel with card and crypto options
Press Pay and subscribe — Card, or pay once with crypto.

3 Pay with Stripe

Card payments go through Stripe's secure checkout — mintbot never sees your card number. Enter your details and confirm.

Stripe's secure card-entry form
A standard Stripe checkout — your card details never touch mintbot.

4 Your agent deploys itself

The moment payment clears, mintbot spins up a dedicated server, installs the agent, sets up its web panel, and links your chat bot — about five minutes, fully automatic. You don't touch anything.

You don't even have to wait: hit Connect to Telegram right away and your agent will message you the moment it's live.

The deploy screen showing setup progress and a “Connect to Telegram” button
Sit back — and connect Telegram while it builds.

5 Done — start chatting

That's it. Your agent is live and answering, with a frontier model behind it — like Claude Opus 4.8. Talk to it in Telegram or in the web panel: ask questions, hand it tasks, upload files, schedule jobs.

The agent chat answering, with “Opus 4.8” shown in the model pill
Your agent, live and working — powered by a frontier model.

What now?

  • Spend less on the LLM. Already pay for ChatGPT or Claude? Point your agent at that subscription instead of buying credit — usually far cheaper. See Best use cases.
  • Let it set itself up. Want it to send email, work with a new API, or add a service? Just ask in chat — your agent installs the software it needs and walks you through any integration that requires something from you.
  • Send it files. Everything you upload lives on your own server forever — here's how mintbot handles files.

Stuck on anything? Just tell your agent — it'll pass the feedback to us.