> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Message

> Start a Run from Live Chat or connected Telegram.

Live Chat and connected Telegram. Catalog line: Live chat and connected messengers.

**Start** on Overview is required for Telegram. Live Chat in the app does not need it. See [Listening](/concepts/watching). Bind the bot on [Connections](/instance/connections).

Use two Message triggers with different **Sources** to route Telegram and Live separately.

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  Input
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Inspector **Settings**. Empty-field rules for the Graph: [Previous nodes](/graph/previous-nodes).

| Field             | Required | Empty                  | Notes                                                                                                |
| ----------------- | -------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Kind**          | Yes      | —                      | **Message**.                                                                                         |
| **Sources**       | No       | Default: every source  | Checkboxes **Live** and **Telegram**. Uncheck to limit this branch.                                  |
| **Inbound files** | No       | Default: Artifact only | Telegram attachments. Live Chat ignores this policy. [Inbound files](/graph/triggers#inbound-files). |

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  Output
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Menu and empty fields: [Previous nodes](/graph/previous-nodes). Tokens below: one Trigger on the Graph (`Trigger`).

| Output              | In menu | Token                    | Type       | Next node gets                                                                               |
| ------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Message text        | Yes     | `{{Trigger.text}}`       | Text       | Chat or Telegram body. Also the Result.                                                      |
| Photos              | Yes     | `{{Trigger.photos}}`     | JSON array | Photo attachments. Not a **File id**. [Photos and Files](/graph/previous-nodes#attachments). |
| Files               | Yes     | `{{Trigger.files}}`      | JSON array | File attachments.                                                                            |
| Sender              | Yes     | `{{Trigger.from}}`       | Text       | Display name.                                                                                |
| Chat ID             | Yes     | `{{Trigger.chatId}}`     | Text       | Telegram chat id. Empty on Live.                                                             |
| Message ID          | Yes     | `{{Trigger.messageId}}`  | Text       | Telegram message id (digits as text).                                                        |
| Sender user ID      | Yes     | `{{Trigger.fromUserId}}` | Text       | Telegram user id.                                                                            |
| Chat type           | Yes     | `{{Trigger.chatType}}`   | Text       | Telegram chat type (`private`, …).                                                           |
| Update ID           | Yes     | `{{Trigger.updateId}}`   | Text       | Telegram update id.                                                                          |
| Memory / State rows | No      | —                        | —          | Written by [Inbound files](/graph/triggers#inbound-files), not Previous nodes.               |