How to Get Telegram Crypto Alerts from Your Local AI Agent

How to Get Telegram Crypto Alerts from Your Local AI Agent Your AI agent runs analysis 24/7. Your phone is with you 24/7. The missing piece is a reliable bridge between the two. Telegram is that bridge — free, instant, and surprisingly powerful for crypto alerts. This guide walks you through building a complete Telegram alerting system that integrates with OpenClaw. By the end, you'll receive formatted price alerts, RSI signals, regime change notifications, and daily summaries — all delivered to your phone by a local AI agent that never sleeps. Not financial advice. Paper trading only. Why Telegram for Crypto Alerts? You have options: email, SMS, push notifications, Discord. Telegram wins for several reasons: It's free forever. No API costs. No monthly limits. The Telegram Bot API is completely free with generous rate limits (30 messages/second to different users). It has a real Bot API. Unlike email (complex SMTP), Telegram bots are trivially easy to create and control via HTTP. It su