Your channel's posts in one text file. Telegram — a range of up to 1000 messages per export, Max — up to 500 of the latest. The file arrives as a document right in the bot chat.
Downloading posts means exporting the content of your Telegram or Max channel into a single text file. You choose the range (Telegram — with links to the first and last post, Max — by the number of latest posts), start the export, and when it’s done the file arrives as a document in the bot chat. Small exports take a few minutes; a large Telegram range can take longer.
The file contains full post texts with dates and, for public Telegram channels, links to the originals. Photos and videos are not downloaded: instead, the file notes that they were in the post. Such a file is handy as a dataset for teaching AI your channel’s style, as a backup archive of your texts, or as material for analysis.
The export runs in the background and doesn’t interfere with regular cross-posting. Charging is fair: every 10 downloaded posts cost one post from your plan’s limit, and you pay only for what actually lands in the file.
In your Crosslybot project, choose the 'Download to file' mode. The source can be a Telegram channel or a Max channel. The tab shows how to add the transfer & download bot to the channel as an administrator — it's required to start.
Telegram — paste links to the first and last post of the range (up to 1000 messages; there may be fewer posts). Max — just specify how many of the latest posts you need (up to 500).
Before you start, you'll see about how many posts will be exported and the most that can be deducted from your limit. The export runs in the background — you can close the app.
The finished file arrives as a document in the bot chat. Inside are the full post texts with dates and, for public Telegram channels, links to the originals.
Each post is a separate block: publication date, a link to the original (for public Telegram channels) and the full text. Photos and videos are not downloaded — the file keeps a note that they were there: “Attachments: 3× photo, 2× video”.
A file with hundreds of posts is a ready-made dataset: upload it to ChatGPT, Claude or another AI assistant, and it can write in the style of your channel.
A backup copy of your texts in case of a block or lost access. Easy to hand over to a copywriter or to analyze topics and posting frequency.
Every 10 downloaded posts cost 1 post from your plan's limit. You're charged for what was actually exported: cancel midway and you get a partial file and pay only for what was downloaded.
From Telegram — a range of up to 1000 messages per export (there may be fewer posts — the range counts message numbers) (the range is set with links to the first and last post). From Max — up to 500 of the latest posts. The number of exports isn't limited (one at a time per project), so a large Telegram channel can be downloaded in several runs with different ranges. From Max, each export takes the most recent posts, so up to the latest 500 are available.
No, only texts are exported. Instead of media, the file keeps a note that they were in the post — for example “Attachments: 3× photo, 2× video”. This keeps the file light and convenient for AI tools and analysis.
An export uses your plan's regular post limit: 10 downloaded posts = 1 post from the limit (at least 1 per export). Your monthly limit is spent first, then bonus posts. You're charged only for posts actually exported.
No. The channel must be connected to your project as a source, and Crosslybot's transfer & download bot must be added to it as an administrator. Downloading works only for your own channels.
A .md text file: a header with the channel name, the number of posts and the period, followed by the posts in blocks separated by a divider — date and time (UTC), link (for public Telegram channels) and text without formatting. An album is one block. The file opens anywhere and works as an AI dataset without any changes.
Exporting works only for channels, not groups. One export runs at a time per project, and it can't start while an import of old posts is running (and vice versa).
All plans, including the free one — within your post limit. If a Telegram channel has content protection enabled or is private, the app warns you before the export starts.
You get a partial file with everything exported so far, and you're charged only for the posts actually downloaded. If nothing was exported, nothing is charged.
Move your channel history automatically. Telegram — by links to a range of posts, Max — pick how many. Albums, media, live progress.
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Learn morePost in Telegram or Max — it appears on every connected platform by itself: Telegram, VK, Max and OK. Formatted text, photos, videos, albums, documents.
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