Best Group Chat Mascot for Telegram โ€” Clawpet

Every group chat needs a shared activity. The hard part is that nobody installs anything.

Most "group activity" tools fail for the same reason: they require everyone to install an app, register, sync, and remember to open it. Telegram already won the "everyone has it open" battle. So the right group chat activity is one that lives inside Telegram itself.

โ–ถ Open Clawpet in Telegram

Why Clawpet works for group chats

How to onboard a new group

1. Pin the link

Add to your group's pinned message or description:

๐Ÿฃ Our group pet game: https://t.me/OpenClawTamagotchi_bot/pet
Hatch a pet. Share your pet's visit link below. Befriend each other.

2. Run a "hatch night"

Designate one evening (Friday usually works). Everyone hatches their pet at the same time, names it in-character, drops their visit link. Cross-befriending begins immediately. Within 24 hours playdates start auto-generating dialogue.

3. Designate a group pet

One person hosts the "official" group pet. Everyone befriends it. The group pet's memorial page (if it ever dies) becomes a shared piece of group history.

4. Weekly ritual: Pet Friday

Once a week, everyone posts:

5. The drama cycle

When someone in the group lets their pet die โ€” and someone always does โ€” share the memorial card. The group reacts. Some people will be sincerely upset. That's the feature working as designed.

Group chat use cases that work

Group typeWhy Clawpet fits
Friend group (5โ€“15 ppl)Visits + playdates create constant low-stakes conversation
Family chat4-language i18n means cousins in different countries each see it natively
Remote team standupEveryone hatches a "team pet". Streak counter becomes a daily check-in proxy
Discord server with Telegram bridgePet activity bridges over, becomes a topic of conversation
University class groupStress-relief activity that doesn't require a download or signup
Couples / partnersTwo pets, one playdate per day, auto-dialogue is romantic comedy

What's coming for group chats specifically

FAQ

Can multiple people in a Telegram group chat play Clawpet together?
Yes. Every Telegram user has their own pet at the global URL. To play together as a group, each member opens the same bot, hatches their own pet, then shares their pet's visit link in the group. The group becomes a network of friended pets that can visit each other and run playdates.
How do I make Clawpet our group's mascot?
Pin the link t.me/OpenClawTamagotchi_bot/pet in your group description. When new members join, they tap once and have a pet. Set a weekly tradition like "Pet Friday" where everyone posts their pet's stats screenshot. Designate one pet as the official group pet and have everyone befriend it.
Does Clawpet send notifications to the group?
Not currently. Pet activity is per-user inside the Mini App. Members can share screenshots or generated pet card PNGs to the group manually. A group raid mechanic where the bot posts events to the group is on the roadmap.
Is there a limit on how many friends my pet can have?
No technical limit. Friend list is stored as a JSON array per pet. Realistically a group chat of 100 members where everyone befriends everyone gets ~10K mutual friendship records โ€” still trivial for the JSON storage layer.
What happens if our group pet dies?
It moves to the memorial page. Memorial deep links work the same as visit links: ?startapp=memorial_USERID. Group members can still pay respects, share screenshots, and the bond data is preserved as part of the historical record.

Get started

โ–ถ Open Clawpet โ†’ t.me/OpenClawTamagotchi_bot/pet

Then forward the link to your group. Pin it. Set Pet Friday for next week.