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New filter to delete messages containing quotes from external sources, such as public channels. Sometimes used to avoid spam filters.

Introducing mod reactions!

It is now possible to perform quick administrative actions with Combot even faster than before.

How it works:
- Any group admin who has Telegram Premium can add this custom emoji pack (reactions) by @combot.
- In order for them to work, all reactions must be enabled in your group.

Reactions do following actions:
1. Deletes the message
2. Warns the user
3. Mutes the user
4. Bans the user
5. Bans the user and deletes all their messages that were sent in the last 2 hours

It works by default in all groups with administrative commands enabled. You can set one of these as Quick Reaction on mobile devices to perform the action with double tap.

https://api.combot.org/v2/getChatMember?api_key=replace_w_yours&chat_id=123&user_id=123

You can now use our API to check information about a user in your group (channels are supported, too). You can use this to verify that a certain user is still in your group/channel and when did they join and whether they left and when.

Useful for gaming applications these days and tasks that involve checking users' presence in your group/channel. API is provided free of charge. You can get your API key on combot.org by logging in and checking "My Profile" in the upper right corner.

Please note that Combot will only respond with information about users that joined after Combot was added to your group/channel. You will also see who added/removed that user to your group, essentially implementing a referral system of your own or finding out who removed a user in the past.

http://api.combot.org/v2/getChatMemberReputation?chat_id=123&user_id=123&api_key=replace_w_yours

http://api.combot.org/v2/getChatMemberXP?chat_id=123&user_id=123&api_key=replace_w_yours

http://api.combot.org/v2/setChatMemberReputation?chat_id=123&user_id=123&points=1337&api_key=replace_w_yours

http://api.combot.org/v2/setChatMemberXP?chat_id=123&user_id=123&points=1337&api_key=replace_w_yours

http://api.combot.org/v2/adjustChatMemberReputation?chat_id=123&user_id=123&points=-1&api_key=replace_w_yours

http://api.combot.org/v2/adjustChatMemberXP?chat_id=123&user_id=123&points=-1&api_key=replace_w_yours

You can now use our API to get, set and adjust users' reputation points and experience points. Examples should be self-explanatory.

https://api.combot.org/v2/getChatXPTop?api_key=replace_w_yours&chat_id=123&page=0

https://api.combot.org/v2/getChatReputationTop?api_key=replace_w_yours&chat_id=123&page=1

New API endpoints for XP and reputation leaderboards. Display them on your website or application. More to come! XP endpoint includes your custom ranks and custom level thresholds as well.

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https://api.combot.org/v2/muteChatMember?api_key=replace_w_yours&chat_id=123&user_id=123

https://api.combot.org/v2/unmuteChatMember?api_key=replace_w_yours&chat_id=123&user_id=123

https://api.combot.org/v2/kickChatMember?api_key=replace_w_yours&chat_id=123&user_id=123

https://api.combot.org/indev/stat?api_key=replace_w_yours&chat_id=123&from=unixts&to=unixts

New API endpoints to mute, unmute and kick members. Also, new endpoint allows to export analytics dashboard now so you can show it on your website or mini app!

More API methods are coming, along with documentation. Automate your airdrops or games with Combot, by using new API endpoints to work with XP/reputation/analytics.

While we've been quiet on the update front, significant work has been happening behind the scenes. We're pleased to announce major improvements to Combot's spam protection capabilities, namely CAS (Combot-Anti Spam, cas.chat).

CAS has received a complete overhaul and is now exceptionally efficient at identifying and blocking various spam types. The enhanced system can detect sophisticated techniques including pattern-based messaging and coordinated spam campaigns, successfully blocking spam attempts before they reach your groups.

CAS announcements (in groups) are reworked to include multiple users to reduce amount of messages. Some old announcements will be removed automatically. During attacks you will see less messages from Combot, but efficiency remains the same.

Another significant addition to Combot is new retroactive capability. Retroactive CAS protection works continuously in the background and will remove bots/spammers even if they are not active.

CAS remains completely free for all users of Combot. Additionally, CAS API remains free for developers who wish to implement our anti-spam capabilities into their own applications and services.

We're excited to announce a major upgrade to Combot's referrals analytics with a completely redesigned interface.

📊 Comprehensive Referral Tracking

Invite links - members who joined via shared invite links, new members will be attributed to the link creator, but can be tracked by links themselves as well
Approvals - members who were approved by admins, disregarding the link
Direct invites - members invited directly by other users

Also, there are no date range limitations anymore, effectively eliminating the need to export the data month-by-month.

New API endpoint without limitations is present for groups with Pro.

The new referrals interface is rolling out now across all Combot groups. Visit your group's analytics to explore the enhanced referral insights!

Introducing Combot for Telegram channels!

We're excited to announce that Combot now supports Telegram channels! Previously focused on groups, Combot has expanded to help channel admins manage and understand their audience better.

What's new?

📊 Channel Dashboard
Get a visual overview of your channel's growth with interactive graphs showing subscriber activity over time.

👥 Subscriber Management
Browse your subscribers (members), view individual profiles, and see exactly when users joined or left your channel.

🔗 Referral Analytics
Track which invite links perform best and see who's bringing in new subscribers. Perfect for measuring campaign effectiveness.

📤 Data Export
Export your subscriber data and analytics for external analysis. Most importantly, you can export all users including those who left (or only them, if you wish).

Analytics data is collected from the moment Combot is added to your channel. Earlier installation means more comprehensive historical data.

API v5 & MCP Server

We've launched a new API documentation page at combot.org/api — all endpoints, parameters, and examples in one place.

What's new:

— MCP Server. Connect Combot to Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant and manage your groups through natural language. You can ask things like:

• "Kick all users with 0 messages who joined more than 7 days ago"
• "Give me a weekly summary: joins, leaves, and top 5 most active members"
• "Which invite link brings the most active users?"
• "Mute everyone with more than 2 warnings"
• "Reset XP to 0 for all users who left the group"

Setup instructions on the API page.

— Legacy API shutdown. All non-v5 endpoints will be discontinued on May 1, 2026. Please migrate to v5.

Also: Combot now supports custom emojis (everywhere)! Send one to @combot and it will reply with its ID.

Introducing Combot AI

We are excited to announce Combot AI - an intelligent assistant for your Telegram groups, now available to all communities.

Combot AI allows your group members to get instant AI-powered answers simply by mentioning @combot or replying to the bot. No external apps, no leaving the chat.

Use cases:

1. Group FAQ & Support
Members can ask questions directly in chat and receive immediate answers. Perfect for communities where the same questions come up repeatedly - the AI handles them automatically, so admins don't have to.

2. Engaging Group Atmosphere
Enable random reply mode and let the AI occasionally join the conversation on its own.

Getting started:
- Go to your group's Settings → Combot AI
- Enable the feature and optionally add a custom system prompt to give the AI a personality or focus area
- Top up your AI credits (Card, Crypto, or Telegram Stars accepted)
- New groups receive a free tokens trial to test the feature at no cost

🛡 Introducing Mini App Captcha

Combot now supports a new captcha mode (as a Telegram Mini App), which significantly harder for bots to bypass than a standard button in chat.

New members who do not complete the challenge within 12 hours will be kicked, and their join request will be rejected.

Free for all groups. To enable: Moderation → New users → Captcha → Mini App.

💡 We recommend enabling join request approvals for your group. This allows Combot to send the captcha privately to each new member via DM, keeping your chat clean. Otherwise previous welcome message will always be deleted, remaining the last one.

How to send welcome messages directly to new members?

Combot can message new members privately — sending them a welcome message or captcha in DM rather than in the group chat. Two things are needed on your end.

First, give Combot the "Add members" permission in your group. Second, turn on "Approve new members" in your group settings. On Android this is under "Group type" → "Approve new members".

Once both are set, Combot picks up join requests and handles them privately, without any noise in the chat.

No subscription needed — it works for all groups.

If you haven't tried the new Mini App captcha yet, now is a good time. It's a proper web-based challenge that bots have a much harder time getting past compared to a button in the chat. You can switch to it under Moderation → New users → Captcha → Mini App.

Referral links for regular members

By default, only group admins can generate invite links. It is now possible to extend this capability to regular members.

To enable it, open the Referrals page in the Combot dashboard and enable "Enable ordinary users to create invite links". Once active, members can use /invite inside the group to generate their own links (up to 10 per user). Each member can only view their own links.

Admins retain full visibility: the Referrals leaderboard shows who invited the most new members over any selected time period.

Please note: public groups (with username) are exempt from this feature. This is a technical limitation imposed by Telegram in that case.

Combot — What's New
We've shipped a batch of highly requested updates. Here's everything:

🔐 Permission Manager
New matrix view across all your groups at once. See Combot roles and Telegram admin status for every admin in one interface. You can add users as Telegram admins and assign their permissions directly from the matrix — no more opening each group separately. Find it under Groups → Permission Manager (requires 3+ groups where you have promote rights).

👤 Custom Admins
Add any Telegram user as a Combot admin even if they aren't a group admin on Telegram. They get dashboard access for that group. User must already be a member. Find it under Settings → Admins.

🎛 Granular Admin Permissions
Admins used to get full Combot access or none. Now there are 3 independent roles you can mix and match:
— Analytics: dashboard, stats, export
— Scheduler: scheduled posts
— Settings: moderation, filters, welcome, rules
Applies to both Telegram and custom admins.

💤 Inactivity Kicker
Auto-kick members inactive for 1–60 days. Exempt users with usernames, profile pictures, or a minimum message count. Runs silently in the background. Note: enabling it will immediately kick existing members who already match the condition. Find it under Moderation → Tools.

📢 Reports Routing
Two new options for reports: route them to a dedicated group/channel instead of DMing admins, or exclude specific admins from receiving them. Find it under Moderation → Tools → Reports.

🌙 Closing Hours
Set a daily schedule to automatically lock and unlock your chat. Optionally send a message at open and close time. Useful for solo admins who can't moderate overnight. Find it under Moderation → Tools.

🧹 New: Mass removal

We've added a dedicated "Mass removal" section to your group dashboard (in the sidebar, right after Leaderboards). It bundles six bulk-kick presets — preview matching users, export them as CSV, or ban them in one click:

• Inactive members — kicks members with no recent activity.
• Recently joined — members who joined in the last 1–48 hours.
• By join date — members who joined within a date range you pick.
• By name / username — substring match, or filter by script: RTL (Arabic, Hebrew), Cyrillic, or hieroglyphs (CJK).
• By XP — members above or below an XP threshold.
• By reputation — same, for reputation.

Each preset lets you choose between:
• Ban — permanent ban, nothing else touched.
• Ban & clean — permanent ban plus delete every message and reaction the user has in this group.

🏆 Reminder: XP & reputation leaderboard cleaning

The Clean button on your XP and reputation leaderboards is a separate tool — it only wipes the leaderboard records (XP or reputation values) and does not touch group membership.

Use it when you want to:
• Reset XP/reputation for members no longer in the group.
• Remove records below or above a threshold.

If you want to actually ban members based on their XP or repuation, use the new "Mass removal" page instead.

Anonymous Questions — now available in Combot

We've added Anonymous Questions, a feature that lets people send messages without revealing their identity.

For chats. Enable it under Entertainment in your moderation settings. Combot generates a link you can share; anyone who opens it can submit a message, which is posted to your chat anonymously. You decide whether non-members are allowed to send. Messages are rate-limited to prevent spam and must be sent via the mini-app to protect against bots.

For users. Turn it on in your personal Settings to receive anonymous messages directly. Share your personal link, and @combot delivers the messages to you — you can respond, and the conversation continues anonymously.

🚀 Moderation updates

🛡 Guard Bot support
Combot now verifies group join requests natively within Telegram's interface — no separate DMs needed. Requires "process join requests" permission.

📝 Join request bio filter
Automatically decline requests based on applicant bios. Filter by keywords, regex, and links. Configure via group's "New users" section.

💬 Combot Direct
Private messaging for chat admins. Members contact your team privately (name visible); replies are anonymous. Assign up to 5 admins to receive messages; the whole team sees the thread.

🆕 Reports & join requests: quick-ban button
The "Ban & delete everything" button in report notifications and join request alerts (inside the log channel) now appears highlighted in red — making the destructive action stand out and cutting accidental misclicks. Not only does it ban the user, but it also removes their reactions and most of their messages.

🆕 Captcha: required memberships
You can now require new members to subscribe to other chats or channels before they pass the captcha and enter your group. Add up to 5 required chats/channels — works with mini-app captcha.