Bot Revolution: How Telegram’s New “Manager Mode” Lets AI Agents Spawn Their Own Sub-Bots

The instant messaging titan Telegram has recently intensified its cadence of updates regarding bot functionality. Following the introduction of inter-bot communication—abolishing the previous restriction that precluded bots from interacting with one another—Telegram has now inaugurated the ability for bots to spawn further bots.

This sophisticated new feature empowers a user-created “manager bot” to act as an emissary, performing administrative tasks on the user’s behalf, including the creation and oversight of “sub-bots.” At its core, this architecture is designed to bolster the capabilities of AI agents, providing them with a multifaceted framework for robotic orchestration.

To implement this, an administrator of an AI service first establishes a primary “Master Bot” and activates Manager Mode within @BotFather. Once enabled, the administrator can distribute invitation links; recipients may then follow these links to generate their own subordinate bots.

Any user possessing the link can initiate the creation of a sub-bot. Both the primary administrator and the Master Bot retain the authority to supervise these user-generated entities. By integrating backend AI agents, these sub-bots can deliver complex services without requiring the end-user to engage in manual configuration. This serves as a profound advantage for developers, who can now employ a multi-tenant model to offer ready-made AI agent services to users who lack the technical proficiency or desire to build their own systems, potentially facilitating a subscription-based revenue model.

While optimized for AI agents, this hierarchy remains versatile, allowing developers to deploy various services through subordinate bots.

The link structure is delineated as follows:

https://t.me/newbot/{manager_bot_username}/{new_username}?name={new_name}

For instance, if the Master Bot is designated as @ManagerBot, with {new_username} acting as the placeholder for the sub-bot’s handle and {new_name} as the desired display name, the generated URL would appear as:

https://t.me/newbot/ManagerBot/CoolAIAgentBot?name=Cool+AI+Agent

Upon accessing this link, the system automatically instantiates the CoolAIAgentBot. Simultaneously, the Master Bot receives a notification containing the specifics of the new sub-bot and the identity of its creator. Through the Bot API, administrators can retrieve the sub-bot’s access token, granting them complete control to intercept and dispatch messages, refine profiles, and adjust operational settings.