Updates

Z.AI is the platform of the Zhipu AI laboratory, creator of the GLM model family. The chat endpoint is compatible with the OpenAI format, and adjacent paths of the same API host image and video generation, web search, and speech recognition — one key covers tasks that usually require three or four different services. At the same time, tokens cost several times less than those of Western leaders, and some models are available for free.

Response length — up to 128K tokens. Free models: glm-4.7-flash, glm-4.5-flash, and vision model glm-4.6v-flash. Non-token operations are billed separately: glm-image — $0.015 per image, cogview-4 — $0.01, cogvideox-3 video — $0.2 per clip, glm-asr speech recognition — $0.03 per megatoken. Prices are based on the Z.AI rate card as of August 28, 2026; payment is made directly to Z.AI using your key.

## What you can build in Botconsole

- Dialogue with the model — system prompt, chat history, JSON mode, reasoning mode, and streaming output: frontline support, catalog consultant, request qualification.
- Image analysis — the bot answers questions about the submitted photo: check a document, recognize a product, assess a defect.
- Image generation — create a picture from a description directly in the scenario.
- Video generation — create a clip from text or from an original image.
- Audio transcription — voice messages are turned into text, which the same model then analyzes.
- Web search — structured output from the Z.AI search engine with links, snippets, and dates, so the response relies on up-to-date sources rather than the model’s memory.
- Message reaction — the model chooses an emoji reaction itself from a list you provide.
- Token counting — estimate the length of the request before sending.

Connection — via a personal API key from the Z.AI dashboard; the “Check connection” button immediately shows if the key is working.

More details in the documentation — https://botconsole.net/documentation/en/z.ai

We have launched the official subreddit — r/Botconsole.

This is an open space for everyone creating chatbots, AI assistants, and omnichannel funnels (Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram, Web-widget).

Why join r/Botconsole:

📦 Exclusive templates and schemas: ready-made sales funnels, CRM and Google Sheets integrations that you can copy with one click.
🧠 AI prompts and logic: sharing tested system prompts for GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini for handling objections and lead qualification.
🛠 "Fix My Flow" section: stuck on branching logic or integration? Send a screenshot of your canvas — the team and community will help analyze and fix it.
💡 Direct influence on the Roadmap: vote for new nodes, integrations, and features that we will develop next.

👉 Join now: https://www.reddit.com/r/Botconsole/

New channel for bots — Facebook Messenger: automate conversations in one of the most popular messengers.
Connection, settings, and message limits — similar to WhatsApp and Instagram, but with more extensive formatting options.
Available starting with the PRO plan.

Knowledge expiration dates and prioritization of manual edits have been added.
Now a manager's response from the chat can be sent to the knowledge base with a single click — such entries receive the highest priority in AI responses.
For example: the knowledge base contains a document with outdated information, and the AI has already provided it to the user. The manager writes the updated information in the chat, sends it to the knowledge base — and from then on, the AI relies on this entry in conversations with clients.

In the AI dialogue, the ability to analyze and test instructions simultaneously through several selected neural networks has been added. This allows you to receive multiple recommendations for prompt improvement at once and choose the best neural network based on quality, speed, and cost of responses.

The scheme represents a Telegram bot for lead generation and qualification:

1. The bot initiates a dialogue with a potential client.
2. The first AI dialogue sequentially identifies the client's task, project scope, timeline, and budget.
3. The collected parameters are passed to the second AI dialogue.
4. The second AI dialogue selects suitable services or plans from the knowledge base, presents an offer, and determines the client's further intent.
5. The bot collects the name, phone number or Telegram contact, the chosen solution, and additional comments.
6. The application is forwarded to an online manager, who receives a summary of the lead.
7. After this, there is an option to send the data to an external CRM or another system via webhook, but this request is currently disabled.

More about the template- https://botconsole.net/templates/en/28/telegram-lead-generation-bot

This diagram represents a chatbot for an online store, functioning as a virtual consultant. It is designed to assist users in selecting products, answering questions about the assortment and ordering conditions. The bot can interact with users through AI dialogue and has the ability to switch to a manager if it cannot answer a question. Integration with your neural network is used to generate responses to user queries.

More about the template - https://botconsole.net/templates/en/24/ai-powered-sales-support-bot

This chatbot schema is designed to provide interactive communication with users on the topic of leisure and entertainment. The bot starts with a welcome message, invites the user to tell about themselves, introduces available plans and payment options, and also has functions for processing voice messages and images. An important part of the bot is its ability to conduct dialogue, save user information, and use AI to generate responses.

More about the template - botconsole.net/templates/en/22/ai-girlfriend-🔞

AI companion bot with long-term memory and file reading.

The operation scheme of this chatbot is designed to create a friendly interactive environment that allows users to communicate with an AI interlocutor who remembers the interaction history and generates personalized responses. The logic is divided into functional blocks (frames), such as a welcome message, user data collection, long-term memory management, and processing of incoming data (text, voice, or images).

More about the template - https://botconsole.net/templates/en/20/ai-companion-bot-capable-of-understanding-photos-and-voice-input

A new option "Dialogue Rating" has been added to the "Actions in Chats" block. How it works:
1. You have connected an AI dialogue
2. The bot completes the dialogue and moves to the final command, where you ask to rate the quality of the bot's responses by adding a text message with buttons from 1 to 5. You pass the rating in a variable.
3. You link the button to the next command with the "Actions in Chats" block, where you insert the rating variable into the "Dialogue Rating" field.
4. Now, when the AI finishes the dialogue, the user will receive a message requesting a rating, press the button, and the rating will be displayed in the dashboard in the dialogue list, allowing you to understand the quality of the AI responses and improve unsuccessful dialogues.

Creating and editing bots is now comfortable from any device! We have adapted the visual builder for mobile screens so you can make changes literally on the go.

And for maximum convenience, we added quick access to all key sections of the platform through https://t.me/Bot_Console_bot. Manage your bots without leaving Telegram.

We continue to improve the platform to make your work even more convenient. Two new functional blocks have appeared in our builder:

✨ The "Rich Message" Block
Now you can create not just text responses but beautiful, structured, and diverse messages. The block supports advanced text formatting, media file attachments, and working with tables.
Benefits: This is the perfect tool for cases when you need to clearly and visually present large amounts of data to the user—for example, analytics or statistics—in a single message.

🛠 The "Actions in Chats" Block
This block gives you more flexibility in managing dialogs. With its help, you can:
• Assign a dialog to a selected or random manager;
• Move a dialog to the desired folder;
• Disable the current scenario for the user;
• Block the user if necessary.

Benefits: The block works great in conjunction with the AI assistant. For example, if a client requests to switch to an operator, the AI triggers a command with this block. The system automatically assigns a manager and disables the scenario—the bot stops responding, and the client waits calmly for a live specialist’s reply.

We hope the new features will help you create even more effective scenarios!

Stripe allows you to quickly and securely accept international payments in your bots. The main requirement is passing the moderation process.

Learn more about the setup in our blog - https://botconsole.net/blog/en/17/how-to-connect-stripe-for-accepting-payments-in-telegram-bots-complete-guide-and-secrets-of-successful-moderation