diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 3408838d..eae9ce14 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -1780,6 +1780,7 @@ Locked invariants (pinned by [src/integrations/integration-secrets.test.ts](src/
 4. **Edit mode swallows the whole keyboard.** `d`, `e` and `r` are bindings on this tab; inside the editor they are key material. A paste that silently triggered "clear field" halfway through would be both baffling and destructive.
 5. **A re-sync never yanks the cursor.** Rows are re-read on every refresh; the reducer clamps the selection instead of resetting it, so a background refresh cannot move the operator's place mid-edit.
 6. **Changing a Composio key drops the cached tool-router session.** A session belongs to the key that created it; reusing it across a key swap would keep talking to the old account. The orchestrator unmounts, clears the cache, re-resolves, and remounts live.
+7. **The hub owns credentials; feature tabs keep operations.** Telegram's bot token lives here, but pairing, the owner id, start/stop and the live chat view stay on the Telegram tab — those act on a running channel rather than configuring one, and a pairing countdown inside a credential list would make both surfaces worse. An integration whose credential is read at construction sets `appliesLive: false` and the pane says a restart is needed instead of leaving the operator to guess.
 
 ## Composio (hosted toolkits)
 
diff --git a/src/integrations/index.ts b/src/integrations/index.ts
index f2e36ada..6676289c 100644
--- a/src/integrations/index.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/index.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ export {
 } from "./integration-secrets.js";
 export { findIntegration, listIntegrations } from "./integration-registry.js";
 export { composioIntegration } from "./composio-integration.js";
+export { telegramIntegration } from "./telegram-integration.js";
diff --git a/src/integrations/integration-descriptor.ts b/src/integrations/integration-descriptor.ts
index 752efdd1..742cd3f1 100644
--- a/src/integrations/integration-descriptor.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/integration-descriptor.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ export interface IntegrationStatusContext {
    * one. Absent when the runtime is not available (e.g. in tests).
    */
   mcpServerStates?: ReadonlyMap<string, string>;
+  /**
+   * Live channel states by channel name (`ChannelState` values), for
+   * integrations that run one — Telegram today. Absent when the
+   * runtime is not available (e.g. in tests).
+   */
+  channelStates?: ReadonlyMap<string, string>;
 }
 
 export interface IntegrationDescriptor {
diff --git a/src/integrations/integration-registry.ts b/src/integrations/integration-registry.ts
index d2c05890..43e41b1b 100644
--- a/src/integrations/integration-registry.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/integration-registry.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
  */
 
 import { composioIntegration } from "./composio-integration.js";
+import { telegramIntegration } from "./telegram-integration.js";
 import type { IntegrationDescriptor } from "./integration-descriptor.js";
 
 /** Every known integration, in display order. */
 export function listIntegrations(): readonly IntegrationDescriptor[] {
-  return [composioIntegration];
+  return [composioIntegration, telegramIntegration];
 }
 
 /** Look one up by id. `undefined` when nothing matches. */
diff --git a/src/integrations/telegram-integration.test.ts b/src/integrations/telegram-integration.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ebbcea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integrations/telegram-integration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { telegramIntegration } from "./telegram-integration.js";
+import { TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN_KEY } from "../channels/telegram/index.js";
+
+const TOKEN = "botToken";
+const VALID = `123456789:${"A".repeat(35)}`;
+
+function ctx(present: string[], channel?: string) {
+  return {
+    presentFields: new Set(present),
+    configured: present.includes(TOKEN),
+    ...(channel === undefined
+      ? {}
+      : { channelStates: new Map([["telegram", channel]]) }),
+  };
+}
+
+describe("telegramIntegration", () => {
+  it("owns only the credential, and says where the rest lives", () => {
+    // Pairing, owner id and start/stop stay on the Telegram tab; folding
+    // a pairing countdown into a credential list would make both worse.
+    expect(telegramIntegration.fields).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(telegramIntegration.fields[0]?.envVar).toBe(TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN_KEY);
+    expect(telegramIntegration.summary).toMatch(/Telegram tab/);
+  });
+
+  it("reads an absent token as not configured", () => {
+    expect(telegramIntegration.status(ctx([])).level).toBe("not_configured");
+  });
+
+  it("distinguishes a saved token from a running channel", () => {
+    const saved = telegramIntegration.status(ctx([TOKEN]));
+    expect(saved.level).toBe("configured");
+    expect(saved.detail).toMatch(/pair and enable/);
+    expect(telegramIntegration.status(ctx([TOKEN], "up"))).toEqual({
+      level: "connected",
+      detail: "channel up",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("does not badge a disabled channel as an error", () => {
+    // A token saved with the channel off is a normal resting state.
+    expect(telegramIntegration.status(ctx([TOKEN], "disabled")).level).toBe(
+      "configured",
+    );
+    expect(telegramIntegration.status(ctx([TOKEN], "down")).level).toBe("error");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a token that is not BotFather-shaped", () => {
+    const validate = telegramIntegration.fields[0]?.validate;
+    expect(validate?.(VALID)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(validate?.("not-a-token")).toMatch(/bot token/);
+    // Right shape, secret too short -- the common truncated-paste case.
+    expect(validate?.("123456789:short")).toMatch(/bot token/);
+  });
+
+  it("says changes need a restart", () => {
+    // The channel resolves its token at construction, so a new token
+    // does not take effect until the next boot -- the pane must say so.
+    expect(telegramIntegration.appliesLive).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/integrations/telegram-integration.ts b/src/integrations/telegram-integration.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71509df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integrations/telegram-integration.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/**
+ * Telegram as an Integrations-hub tenant.
+ *
+ * Only the **credential** moves here. Pairing, the owner id, start/stop
+ * and the live chat view stay on the Telegram tab: those are operations
+ * on a running channel, not configuration, and folding a pairing
+ * countdown into a credential list would make both worse. The hub owns
+ * "what is my token", the tab owns "what is the bot doing".
+ */
+
+import { TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN_KEY } from "../channels/telegram/index.js";
+import type {
+  IntegrationDescriptor,
+  IntegrationStatus,
+  IntegrationStatusContext,
+} from "./integration-descriptor.js";
+import { isConfigured } from "./integration-descriptor.js";
+
+const TOKEN_FIELD = "botToken";
+
+/**
+ * A Telegram bot token is `<6..12 digits>:<>=30 [A-Za-z0-9_-] chars>` —
+ * the same shape `scrubErrorMessage` keys off. Checking it at entry
+ * turns a silent "channel won't start" into an immediate, specific
+ * complaint about the paste.
+ */
+const TOKEN_SHAPE = /^\d{6,12}:[A-Za-z0-9_-]{30,}$/;
+
+export const telegramIntegration: IntegrationDescriptor = {
+  id: "telegram",
+  label: "Telegram",
+  summary: "Drive the agent from Telegram — pair and start from the Telegram tab",
+  docsUrl: "https://core.telegram.org/bots#botfather",
+  appliesLive: false,
+  fields: [
+    {
+      key: TOKEN_FIELD,
+      label: "Bot token",
+      envVar: TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN_KEY,
+      secret: true,
+      required: true,
+      help: "From @BotFather. Pair the owner account on the Telegram tab.",
+      validate: (raw) =>
+        TOKEN_SHAPE.test(raw)
+          ? undefined
+          : "Doesn't look like a bot token — expected digits, a colon, then a long string, as @BotFather issues it.",
+    },
+  ],
+  status(ctx: IntegrationStatusContext): IntegrationStatus {
+    if (!isConfigured(telegramIntegration, ctx.presentFields)) {
+      return { level: "not_configured", detail: "no bot token" };
+    }
+    switch (ctx.channelStates?.get("telegram")) {
+      case "up":
+        return { level: "connected", detail: "channel up" };
+      case "down":
+        return {
+          level: "error",
+          detail: "channel failed to start — see the Telegram tab",
+        };
+      case "starting":
+        return { level: "configured", detail: "channel starting" };
+      default:
+        // Token present but the channel is off or unpaired. That is a
+        // normal resting state, not an error -- point at the tab that
+        // can fix it rather than badging it red.
+        return {
+          level: "configured",
+          detail: "token saved — pair and enable on the Telegram tab",
+        };
+    }
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/tui/integrations/integrations-orchestrator.ts b/src/tui/integrations/integrations-orchestrator.ts
index 09cdccfe..1b6c1a43 100644
--- a/src/tui/integrations/integrations-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/src/tui/integrations/integrations-orchestrator.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ export class IntegrationsOrchestrator {
     for (const status of this.runtime.mcpManager.listStatuses()) {
       mcpServerStates.set(status.name, status.state);
     }
+    // Channel-backed integrations (Telegram) report liveness the same
+    // way, so a token that is saved but not running reads differently
+    // from one that is.
+    const channelStates = new Map<string, string>();
+    const telegram = this.runtime.telegramChannel;
+    if (telegram) channelStates.set("telegram", telegram.state());
     return listIntegrations().map((descriptor) => {
       const present = presentFieldKeys(descriptor);
       const status = descriptor.status({
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ export class IntegrationsOrchestrator {
           .filter((f) => f.required)
           .every((f) => present.has(f.key)),
         mcpServerStates,
+        channelStates,
       });
       const fields: IntegrationFieldRow[] = descriptor.fields.map((field) => ({
         key: field.key,