§ 06 / Messengers

Development of Telegram bots, Mini Apps and bots for MAX.

Bots that stick around and actually do their job. From a simple auto-responder to a Mini App with catalog, cart, and payments. We work with both Telegram and MAX — the new Russian messenger with a fast-growing audience and its own SDK.

§ 06.1 Bots we build

→ Business

Support and sales bots

First-line support, lead qualification, bookings, appointment scheduling. CRM and operator hand-off — when the bot can't help, it passes the conversation to a human.

→ Commerce

Shop bots and Mini Apps

Catalog, cart, payments via Telegram Payments or YooKassa, order tracking, status notifications. Full commerce without ever leaving the messenger.

→ Service

Service bots

Delivery, taxi, cleaning, salon bookings. Geolocation, maps, request forms, push notifications, customer feedback.

→ Content

Content bots

Paid channel subscriptions, broadcasts, quizzes, digital goods sales, referral programs, gamification.

→ Internal

Internal company bots

CI/CD notifications, monitoring alerts, reports, HR process automation, task tracking.

→ AI

LLM-powered bots

Connecting YandexGPT, GigaChat, Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen3, Kimi K2.5, MiniMax M2.7, GLM 5.1, Llama: smart assistants, content generation, document data extraction, AI user support. Russian models — when data must stay inside the country.

§ 06.2 Telegram Mini Apps

A Mini App is a full web interface that lives inside Telegram. For users — one tap, no install. For the business — access to all 900M+ users without going through the App Store or Google Play.

We build Mini Apps as standalone SPAs in React or Svelte: custom design, payments via Telegram Payments or an external gateway, haptic feedback, main button, seamless authentication via the Telegram Login Widget.

§ 06.3 MAX

MAX is the new Russian messenger with a built-in ecosystem of bots and Mini Apps. For companies serving Russian B2C audiences, it's the second relevant channel after Telegram. The audience is growing, bot competition is still light — a good time to move in.

We're fluent in the MAX SDK: bots, mini-apps, payments, custom keyboards, files, geolocation. The API is simpler than Telegram's — familiar things take fewer lines of code.

§ 06.4 What's included

Scenario design: what the bot should do, how it should respond, when to hand off to a human.
Implementation in Node.js (grammY) or Python (aiogram) — whichever fits the task.
Mini App in React or Svelte, adapted to the messenger's theme.
Integrations with payments, CRM, 1C, Google Sheets, email.
Admin panel — so you can edit content, broadcasts, and settings without a developer.
Hosting on Hetzner or your own server, monitoring, automatic restart on failure.
Documentation: how to add a new command, how to launch a broadcast, where to find the logs.

§ 06.5 Timelines

Simple bot

1 week

Menu, FAQ, request form, notification to CRM or Google Sheets. For automating the first line of contact.

Bot with integrations

2–3 weeks

Payments, CRM, customer database, broadcasts, admin panel. Mid-size — built for active audience work.

Mini App

3–4 weeks

A full web app inside Telegram or MAX: catalog, cart, checkout, user account.

Pricing is always custom — it depends on the number of scenarios and external systems the bot needs to talk to. We quote after a short call.

§ 06.6 FAQ

Can payments happen right inside Telegram?

Yes. Telegram Payments (via YooKassa, CloudPayments, and other providers) is a built-in mechanism — the user never leaves the messenger. It works in regular bots and in Mini Apps.

Who hosts the bot?

Either you or us. Usually Hetzner — a VPS for around €5/mo is plenty for a mid-size bot. If you have your own hosting, we deploy there. We hand over all credentials and source code.

Will we be able to edit response texts ourselves?

Yes — through an admin panel or a simple Google Doc the bot reads. We pick the right setup for your case so editors never have to touch code.

What about MAX? Is it for real?

Real enough. The audience is growing, there's a full SDK, payments, Mini Apps. For Russian B2C it's the second relevant channel after Telegram. Worth getting in now while bot competition is still small.

Do you offer follower-boosting?

No. Bot-bought subscribers don't pay, they ruin your analytics, and they invite bans. We'll happily refer you to marketers who do honest growth instead.

§ — Write to us

Tell us
what the bot should do.

hi@weiss.help ↗

or via Telegram · phone

First 20-minute call — free. Estimate within 24 hours.