> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.onlyx.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> You are reading OnlyX Help: the OnlyX Help Center and the OnlyX developer documentation. OnlyX is an AI chatting and CRM platform for OnlyFans agencies. Its AI chatter is called Hugo in the app.
> Pages at the site root (for example /inbox/..., /hugo/..., /billing/...) are Help Center articles for agency owners, admins, chatters and creators who use the app at app.onlyx.ai. Words in bold are the exact button, menu and label names the app shows; keep them exactly as written. When these pages do not answer a question, the person can email support at support@onlyx.ai.
> Pages under /developers are the developer documentation. REST API base URL: https://api.onlyx.ai/v1 (authenticate with `Authorization: Bearer <API key>`; keys start with onx_sk_ and are created in app.onlyx.ai under Settings > API & MCP). MCP server: https://mcp.onlyx.ai/mcp (OAuth, or a Bearer API key). In the API the AI chatter is `ai` on the wire. Money is integer US cents in fields ending in Cents; timestamps are UTC ISO-8601.
> Rules for assistants acting on a user's behalf: discover ids with list calls and never invent them; before any call that reaches a real fan or the live OnlyFans account (sending a message, releasing a chat to the AI, turning AI on for a chat, resolving a hand-off, turning review mode off, changing the welcome message, creating a tracking link) show the user the exact content and get explicit confirmation; send every POST with an Idempotency-Key and reuse it on retry; never resend a message whose delivery status is unconfirmed; never ask a creator for her OnlyFans password or codes - she signs in herself through a connect link and the OnlyX Login app.

# Telegram creators: how they differ

> What changes when a creator's fans are on Telegram: how she connects, her Payments and Media tabs, seven setup steps and a few smaller differences.

<Badge color="orange">Owners and admins</Badge>

A Telegram creator works like an OnlyFans creator in most of OnlyX. This page lists what is different, and where you set up the parts that only Telegram has.

## At a glance

| | OnlyFans creator | Telegram creator |
| - | - | - |
| Her account | You or she signs in to her OnlyFans account through OnlyX. | A managed Telegram account that OnlyX has ready, or her own number with a code. |
| Her fans | OnlyX reads them from OnlyFans. | Fans arrive as they message her on Telegram. |
| Her files | The **Vault**, read from OnlyFans | **Media**: you upload her files to OnlyX. |
| How fans pay | OnlyFans takes the payment. | Fans pay into her own Stripe account, which you connect on **Payments**. |
| Setup steps | 5 | 7 |
| Platform tabs | **Earnings**, **Fans**, **Vault**, **Tracking Links**, **Welcome message** | **Payments**, **Media**, **Earnings**, **Fans** |

Hugo's tabs are the same on both platforms: **Overview**, **AI Persona**, **AI Content**, **Custom Content**, **AI Follow-ups**, **AI Rules** and **AI Sexting**.

## Her creator page

The menu on her page has two groups. The first group is Hugo's tabs. The second group is headed **Telegram** and has four tabs:

* **Payments**: her own Stripe account. Fans pay to unlock her content through it. See [Connect Stripe payments](/telegram/connect-stripe).
* **Media**: the photos and videos that OnlyX keeps for her. It takes the place of the Vault. See [Upload media for a Telegram creator](/telegram/upload-media).
* **Earnings**: what fans paid to unlock her content.
* **Fans**: her fans. Chatters and content VAs do not see this tab.

A Telegram creator has no **Vault**, **Tracking Links** or **Welcome message** tab. A link to one of those tabs opens her **Overview** instead.

<Frame caption="**1** Payments and **2** Media are in her Telegram group of tabs">
  <img className="block dark:hidden" src="https://mintcdn.com/onlyx/nEspcAv8Fd2HVd9G/images/help/telegram/how-telegram-creators-differ/tg-rail-light.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=nEspcAv8Fd2HVd9G&q=85&s=89244e334fe5e02d956d2bba6a245745" alt="A Telegram creator's menu: Hugo's tabs first, then the Telegram group with Payments, Media, Earnings and Fans" width="1440" height="1058" data-path="images/help/telegram/how-telegram-creators-differ/tg-rail-light.png" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/onlyx/nEspcAv8Fd2HVd9G/images/help/telegram/how-telegram-creators-differ/tg-rail-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=nEspcAv8Fd2HVd9G&q=85&s=8db353898d5faa6b9ed73b3dea195b1a" alt="A Telegram creator's menu: Hugo's tabs first, then the Telegram group with Payments, Media, Earnings and Fans" width="1440" height="1058" data-path="images/help/telegram/how-telegram-creators-differ/tg-rail-dark.png" />
</Frame>

## Seven setup steps

Her **Overview** tab lists the setup steps. An OnlyFans creator has five. A Telegram creator has these seven:

1. **Connect the account**. Its button reads **Connect Telegram**.
2. **Write the persona**.
3. **Set the hard limits**.
4. **Let the fans sync**. It is done when her first fan writes to her, or when OnlyX has read her existing chats.
5. **Map the content**.
6. **Payments connected**. It is done when Stripe has accepted her secret key.
7. **Media uploaded**. It is done when OnlyX holds at least one file for her. A photo that a fan sends her also counts. So check that her **Media** tab has her own photos and videos.

Hugo answers her fans once the first four steps are done. He can sell only when **Map the content**, **Payments connected** and **Media uploaded** are done too.

<Note>
  The **Payments connected** and **Media uploaded** steps show no status and no button. To do them, click **Payments** or **Media** in her menu.
</Note>

<Frame caption="**1** and **2** The two Telegram steps · **3** Seven steps in all">
  <img className="block dark:hidden" src="https://mintcdn.com/onlyx/nEspcAv8Fd2HVd9G/images/help/telegram/how-telegram-creators-differ/tg-steps-light.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=nEspcAv8Fd2HVd9G&q=85&s=3a1f44cbee40d8624e7bccdcf4fd5b4d" alt="The setup steps on a Telegram creator's Overview: 7 of 7 ready, with the Payments connected and Media uploaded steps marked Done" width="1600" height="1259" data-path="images/help/telegram/how-telegram-creators-differ/tg-steps-light.png" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/onlyx/nEspcAv8Fd2HVd9G/images/help/telegram/how-telegram-creators-differ/tg-steps-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=nEspcAv8Fd2HVd9G&q=85&s=d693ff5d3a63098f2a0a073a9a45faf3" alt="The setup steps on a Telegram creator's Overview: 7 of 7 ready, with the Payments connected and Media uploaded steps marked Done" width="1600" height="1259" data-path="images/help/telegram/how-telegram-creators-differ/tg-steps-dark.png" />
</Frame>

To learn what each step means, see [Get a creator ready for Hugo](/hugo/setup-checklist).

## Connecting her account

When you add a creator and pick **Telegram**, you choose where her account comes from:

* **Use a managed account**: a Telegram account that OnlyX has ready. It connects at once. See [Connect a managed Telegram account](/telegram/connect-a-managed-account).
* **Connect my own account**: her own number. Telegram sends her a code, and you type it in OnlyX. See [Connect her own Telegram account](/telegram/connect-her-own-account).

There is no browser to sign in to, no setup link and no **Preferred location**. After you add her, her page opens with the **Connect Telegram** window. On the **Creators** page, her card has no **Sign in** or **Reconnect** button. Her card shows her @username, or "No Telegram username" if the account has none.

Once she is connected, her profile card shows the account's status and @username. It also shows **On a managed account** or **On her own account**.

## Money

When a fan wants locked content, he pays on a page that looks like part of the chat. The money goes to the Stripe account that is connected on her **Payments** tab.

Her sales are on her **Earnings** tab. OnlyX adds each unlock as the money arrives, so there is no **Sync now** button. The **Dashboard**, **Revenue overview** and **Today** read OnlyFans' earnings records, so her sales are not in them.

## In the inbox

* When you open an unread Telegram conversation, OnlyX also marks it read on Telegram. The fan can see that his messages were read.
* **Unsend** is greyed out on her messages, with the note "Unsend is not available here."
* If your workspace has creators on both platforms, the Master Inbox shows a platform filter: **All platforms**, **OnlyFans** and **Telegram**.

## Hugo's settings

* **AI Content** works the same way. You build her levels from her **Media** instead of a Vault.
* **AI Rules** does not offer **Follow the fan back**, **Add the fan to a list** or **List membership**: Telegram has no pages to follow and no lists.
* Telegram has no subscriptions and no tips. A rule that starts when a fan subscribes or tips never runs for her.
* Every creator starts with the rule **Auto-follow fans back**. On Telegram it has nothing to do. You can turn it off.
* **AI Follow-ups** works for her, but **AI Mass DMs** is for OnlyFans creators only.
* Two hard limits have Telegram wording: **Moving the chat off Telegram** and **Payment outside the pay link**.

## Removing her

A Telegram creator's page has no separate button to disconnect her account.

<Danger>
  On her **Overview**, the **Disconnect** button in the **Danger zone** deletes the creator, with her fans and conversations. It does not only disconnect her account.
</Danger>

When you delete her, a managed account goes back to the pool. Her own account is released from OnlyX, but it is not deleted on Telegram.

## What's next

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Connect a managed Telegram account" icon="users" href="/telegram/connect-a-managed-account" horizontal />

  <Card title="Connect her own Telegram account" icon="smartphone" href="/telegram/connect-her-own-account" horizontal />

  <Card title="Connect Stripe payments" icon="credit-card" href="/telegram/connect-stripe" horizontal />
</Columns>
