---
title: "Deploy Telegram AI Starter — SQLite Memory"
description: "Private Telegram AI bot with persistent memory and daily limits"
category: "Bots"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/telegram-ai-starter-sqlite-memory
---

# Deploy Telegram AI Starter — SQLite Memory

Private Telegram AI bot with persistent memory and daily limits

**[Deploy Telegram AI Starter — SQLite Memory on Railway](https://railway.com/template/telegram-ai-starter-sqlite-memory)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/telegram-ai-starter-sqlite-memory/manifest.json

- **Creator:** s2990341-ui's Projects
- **Category:** Bots

## Template content

### telegram-ai-starter

- **Source:** s2990341-ui/telegram-ai-starter

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Telegram AI Starter — SQLite Memory on Railway

A private Telegram AI assistant with persistent conversation memory, an explicit user allowlist, and daily request limits. Bring your own Telegram bot token and a Chat Completions-compatible AI provider. Written in Python using only the standard library.

## About Hosting Telegram AI Starter — SQLite Memory

The template creates one bot service and a persistent volume mounted at /data for SQLite. Supply TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN, AI_API_KEY, AI_BASE_URL, AI_MODEL and ALLOWED_USER_IDS when deploying. Use a dedicated Telegram bot without an existing webhook. Run one replica and keep sleeping disabled for long polling. Hosting and model usage are billed separately. Request limits are not currency spending caps.

## Common Use Cases

- Personal AI assistant inside Telegram.
- Small private assistant shared with explicitly allowed users.
- Starting point for a custom Python Telegram bot.

## Dependencies for Telegram AI Starter — SQLite Memory Hosting

- A Telegram bot token from BotFather.
- An HTTPS Chat Completions API, API key and compatible model supporting max_tokens.
- Numeric Telegram IDs of permitted users.

## Implementation Details

Retains six conversation pairs per private chat. /new and /delete erase active chat history; /privacy explains data handling. Current messages and retained context are sent to the configured AI provider. Daily limits reset at midnight UTC. Failed AI calls count toward limits. Processing is sequential and at-most-once; a crash may lose a reply. No voice, uploads or payments. Local tests passed; no live Telegram/provider deployment test was performed.

## Why Deploy Telegram AI Starter — SQLite Memory on Railway?

Railway builds the Dockerfile, supplies persistent storage and restarts the process after failures. This template packages the configuration so each user can deploy a separate bot with their own credentials.

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