Quick start

Defendy helps you manage a Telegram community: verify newcomers, filter messages and apply the rules you choose. Configure it in the Telegram Mini App. You do not need to learn a separate command for every setting.

1. Open the Mini App#

Open a private chat with @defendy_bot, tap Start or send /start, then tap Settings under the bot’s reply. You can also use the Settings menu button beside the message field. Depending on your interface language, these buttons may read «⚙️ Настройки» and «Настройки».

2. Connect your group#

Tap Connect group, select your supergroup and make Defendy an administrator. Review the permissions Telegram asks you to grant. Deleting spam requires permission to delete messages; muting and banning require permission to restrict members. See bot permissions.

If the bot is already connected, select the group under My groups. Settings are available to administrators of connected groups.

3. Check the selected group#

The group name appears at the top. Inside a settings section, tap the group name to switch between groups you can manage. Changes to one group do not automatically apply to your other groups.

4. Set up your first protection#

Start with one problem you want to solve:

• Unwanted links: Anti-spam → Links. Configure the filter.
• Unwanted words: Stopwords. Create a list.
• Newcomer verification: CAPTCHA. Choose a check.
• Repeated violations: Warnings. Set thresholds.
• Records of bot actions: Logging. Connect a destination.

Avoid enabling every restriction at once. Test the selected filter and its exceptions with a harmless example in a test group first.

5. Confirm your changes were saved#

Ordinary switches and selectors save when changed. Wait for the Saved confirmation where shown. If a save fails, check your connection and reopen the section to confirm its actual value.

Text forms, list-entry forms and custom-trigger forms have a separate Save button. Use it before leaving. If the app warns about unsaved changes when switching groups, save the form first or deliberately discard those changes.

Next steps#

Set up a greeting, group rules and time zone. Find quick chat actions in the command reference.

Items marked Coming soon are not available yet. If the group or settings button is missing, see troubleshooting.

Saved, but the screen did not refresh#

If the app says the setting was saved but the data could not be refreshed, the write already succeeded. Use Check again to refresh the screen instead of blindly saving a second time.