• Open Telegram and find the bot BotFather. This is the official bot from Telegram for managing bots.
• Start a chat with BotFather and send the command /start.
• To create a new bot, send the command /newbot.

Follow the instructions from BotFather:

• Enter a name for your bot (for example, "MyAwesomeBot").
• Enter a unique username for your bot, which must end with "bot" (for example, "MyAwesomeBot_bot").
• After the bot is successfully created, BotFather will provide you with an API token. Save this token as you will need it to configure your bot.

Setting up the environment variable

• Go to the "Settings" section of your system.
• Enter the token you received into an environment variable named __telegram__api__.
• Select "Enable" from the dropdown menu for this variable.