T TierLogic

Before You Begin

Before we build your workspace, there are two things to prepare — it takes about 20 minutes, and this page walks you through every step for both Mac and Windows.

When you're done you'll have:

1A Telegram botThe private "phone line" you'll use to talk to your agent.
2Your Claude accessA Claude Max plan and a one-time setup token.

You'll hand us both by pasting them into the secure setup link we emailed you. We never see or type your credentials — they go straight into your own encrypted workspace.

🧭 Pick your computer. The steps that differ between Mac and Windows use a Mac / Windows switch. Everything else is the same for everyone.

Part 1 · Create your Telegram bot

Your agent talks to you through Telegram — a free, secure messaging app. You'll create a private bot, and that bot becomes your primary agent — the AI teammate you'll message every day to get work done.

💬 This is your main teammate, so give it a real name. You'll talk to it by name in chat and it introduces itself that way — name it like you'd name a new colleague (e.g. Ava, Max, Remy, Nova), not a generic label like "Assistant" or "Bot." Pick a name you'll enjoy working with.

Step 1 — Install Telegram (skip if you already use it)

On your phone (easiest): install Telegram and sign up with your phone number.

📱 iPhone / iPad — App Store 🤖 Android — Google Play 💻 Computer — telegram.org

Signing up on your phone first is simplest.

Step 2 — Create the bot with BotFather

  1. In Telegram, search for @BotFather (the official blue-check account) and open the chat.
  2. Send /newbot.
  3. When asked for a name, type the real name you're giving your agent (e.g. Ava, Max, Remy) — this is what it's called when you chat with it.
  4. When asked for a username, choose something unique that ends in bot (e.g. ava_yourcompany_bot).
  5. BotFather replies with a token — a long string like 1234567890:AAExampleTokenDoNotShare.
🔑 Copy that token somewhere safe and keep it private. It's the key to your bot — treat it like a password. You'll paste it into your secure setup link later.
BotFather chat showing /newbot and the token reply, with the token hidden

Step 3 — Lock the bot down to just you (required)

Your bot is created, but not yet secured. These steps are required — they make sure only you can ever talk to your agent.

  1. Message your new bot once (send it hello). This ties the bot to your Telegram account: from that point on it only accepts messages from you, and silently ignores anyone else who finds it. (We apply this lock automatically — you don't configure anything.)
  2. Tighten the bot's privacy in @BotFather (both required):
    • /setprivacy → pick your bot → Enable — so the bot can't read ordinary chatter, only messages meant for it.
    • /setjoingroups → pick your bot → Disable — so the bot can't be added to any group chat.

Together these keep your agent private and one-on-one with you — no groups, no other people.

That's Part 1 done. ✅

Part 2 · Set up your Claude access

Your agent's "brain" runs on Claude (by Anthropic). Two steps: get the right plan, then generate a setup token.

⚠️ Important: this is not an "API key." Please follow the steps below to create a setup token instead — it's what connects your Claude plan to your agent.

Step 1 — Get a Claude Max plan

Go to claude.ai, sign up (or sign in), and subscribe to the Claude Max plan.

💡 Why Max? Your agent works for you around the clock. The Max plan gives it the usage headroom to do that without hitting limits. (The cheaper Pro plan has much lower limits and your agent would stall.)

Step 2 — Generate your setup token

This uses your computer's built-in command line — no extra software to install, just two commands, and we're happy to hop on a quick call and do it with you. Pick your computer:

Showing: Mac
  1. Open Terminal. Press ⌘ + Space, type Terminal, press Return.
  2. Install Claude. Copy-paste this and press Return (~30 seconds):
    curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
  3. Generate your token:
    claude setup-token
    Your browser opens — sign in to Claude and approve. Back in Terminal you'll see a token starting with sk-ant-oat…
Terminal showing claude setup-token and the sk-ant-oat result, with the token hidden
🔑 Copy the whole sk-ant-oat… token and keep it private, right next to your Telegram token.

That's Part 2 done. ✅

Part 3 · Hand it to us — securely

Open the secure setup link from your welcome email (it's private to you and expires in 72 hours) and paste in:

Submit, and you're finished — we take it from there and build your workspace. We never see your tokens; they're encrypted straight into your own instance.

Need a hand?

Totally normal to want help with the token step — just reply to your welcome email and we'll jump on a short call and do it together.