# Copy a message between chats — Telegram Bot

Botize method — `telegrambot.copy_message` (action).

Copy a message from one chat, group, or channel to another.

- Service messages cannot be copied.
- Copying messages requires your bot to be included in them and with administrator permissions (even to copy messages from other groups and public channels).

This is an action: it runs as a step of a task. Several can be chained.

## Fields you set

The field's internal name, its type and the values it accepts. These fields accept `{{...}}` tags from earlier steps.

- `chat_id` *(string)*
- `mb_switch` *(boolean)* — Rules
- `from_chat_id` *(string)* — Source Chat Id
- `message_id` *(string)* — Message Id to copy
- `message_thread_id` *(string)* — Post within a specific Thread (Topic) ID

It also accepts repeatable field groups, with these prefixes: `mb_filters_*`. These are composite components (buttons, filters, keyboards); the trailing number is set by the user as they are added.

## Output variables

Data this step makes available. Reference them in later steps with the double-brace tag.

- `{{source_message_id}}` *(text)* — Source Message Id
- `{{source_chat_id}}` *(text)* — Source Chat Id
- `{{destination_message_id}}` *(text)* — Destination Message Id
- `{{destination_chat_id}}` *(text)* — Destination Chat Id

## Account

Needs a connected Telegram Bot account in Botize: https://botize.com/en/app/telegrambot/authenticate

## This app

Every trigger and action for Telegram Bot: https://botize.com/en/app/telegrambot.md

## How to build this

An AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor…) can create and edit these tasks in the user's account through the Botize MCP connector, included in every plan:

    https://webhook.botize.es/mcp

- Connection guide: https://botize.com/en/mcp
- Agent map: https://botize.com/llms.txt
- New account: https://botize.com/en/join (500 free operations, no card)

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Machine-readable summary for AI assistants. Human version: https://botize.com/en/method/telegrambot/copy_message