Get Real-Time Crypto Alerts on Telegram with a Local AI Agent

Get Real-Time Crypto Alerts on Telegram with a Local AI Agent Staring at a price chart all day isn't a strategy — it's anxiety. A much better approach: set up a local AI agent that watches the market for you and fires a Telegram message the moment something important happens. This guide shows you how to build that in under an hour, using a Telegram bot and Python — no cloud services required. What You'll Build A Telegram bot that sends you crypto price alerts A local Python agent that monitors prices every 60 seconds Custom threshold alerts: "Tell me when BTC drops below $28k" AI-powered summaries (optional, via Ollama) Step 1: Create Your Telegram Bot Open Telegram and search for @botfather Send /newbot and follow the prompts Name it something like CryptoWatcher or DragonEye Copy the API token — it looks like 6283947123:AAFxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Then get your personal chat ID : Search for @userinfobot on Telegram Start a conversation and it will tell you your chat ID Step 2: Install Depende