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Run several agents at once

Own more than one mintbot agent? You don't have to pick a favourite. There are four ways to use them side by side in Telegram — from zero setup to a separate contact per agent. Here's how to choose, and where to tap. And whichever you pick, every agent always has its own web panel too — you can use that alongside Telegram any time.

Way Setup Best when
1. Switch in the main bot none you switch now and then
2. A contact per agent ⭐ automatic you use several agents regularly
3. One group, a topic per agent a few steps you want everything in one place / a shared team space
4. Direct connection advanced you connect your own tools, no mintbot menu

⭐ Recommended for most people. Each agent becomes its own Telegram contact — the cleanest way to keep several going at once.

1 Switch inside the main bot

The simplest option, with nothing to set up. You keep chatting in the one @mintbot_ai_bot chat you already have; a tap decides which agent answers.

Where to tap: /menu → 🤖 Your agents → tap the agent you want. The ✅ moves to it and from then on it answers here. Your other agents keep running in the background — switching never cuts off a reply already in progress.

📲 In the app: /menu → 🤖 Your agents lists each agent as a button, the active one ticked ✅. Tap one to switch.

Great for trying things out. The catch: only one agent answers this chat at a time, so switching back and forth gets fiddly if you lean on several a lot — that's what option 2 fixes.

2 A separate contact per agent ⭐

Give each agent its own Telegram contact — @mintbot_ai_2_bot, @mintbot_ai_3_bot, and so on. Each is a normal chat in your Telegram list, with its own unread badge and its own notifications, exactly like messaging different people. No groups, no admin settings.

Automatic from your second agent on. Connect a second (third, …) agent and mintbot hands it its own contact right away — the connect message links you straight to it. Your first agent stays on the main bot, so there's nothing to set up.

Assign or reopen one by hand: /menu → 🤖 Your agents → the 💬 button next to an agent opens its contact, claiming a free one on the first tap. The agent answers only there, with its own separate history.

📲 In the app: each agent row in 🤖 Your agents carries a 💬 button. Tap it to open — or create — that agent's own contact.

Good to know:

  • The contact's name is generic. A dedicated contact shows a name like “mintbot.ai (2)”, not your agent's — a Telegram limit on shared bots. The chat, history and replies are still entirely your agent's. Want a name of your own? See Name your agent.
  • How many? As many as the contacts your operator has set up. When they're all in use, a newly connected agent simply stays on the main bot — reach it with the option 1 switcher, or free a contact or use a group (option 3).

3 One group, a topic per agent

Put all your agents in a single Telegram group, each in its own topic (a thread inside the group). Send a message in the “Sales” topic and only that agent answers; its reply lands back in that topic without ever mixing with “Code helper”. Everything in one place — handy for a shared team room.

Two steps are yours to do once (Telegram only lets a person create a group and switch on Topics — a bot can't). After that the bot wires up the rest.

  1. Create a group and turn on Topics. New Group → it's fine if you're the only member → group settings → Topics → on.
  2. Add the bot as admin. Your agent's panel → Settings → Telegram → Add bot to a group, pick the group, and confirm the manage topics permission. (Direct link: t.me/mintbot_ai_bot?startgroup&admin=manage_topics.)
  3. The bot sets up the rest. It creates one topic per agent and links each. Open a topic and type. Bought a new agent later? Send /setup in the group to fill in any missing topics.

📲 In the app: the group opens in forum mode with one topic per agent — pick a topic and that agent answers there.

  • Only your messages reach the agents. Add other people and their messages to the agents are ignored — nobody else can spend your credit.
  • Keep it private if you like. A group of just you and the bot works fine.
  • Changed your mind? Send /remove in the group to undo the setup — your agents are unlinked and their topics deleted, leaving a plain chat. /setup rebuilds them any time.

4 Direct connection (advanced)

Every agent runs on its own server with an OpenAI-compatible API. You can point your own tools, scripts or a coding CLI straight at it and skip the mintbot bot entirely. There's no /menu, no buttons — just the raw endpoint and your agent's token.

Where to find it: open your agent's panel → Settings. Use the agent's API base URL and token there from any OpenAI-compatible client. Best for power users and programmatic use; everyone else will be happier with options 1–3.