That is template for telegram bots based on next stack of technologies:

• Kotlin Coroutines
• Kotlin Serialization
• Telegram Bot API Library (by default everything is included like it was described here)

Since you have used this repo as a template you can copy file example.config.json as local.config.json, put there your bot token and simply run command ./gradlew run --args="local.config.json". As an output you will get your bot information like:

ExtendedBot(id=ChatId(chatId=1234567890), username=Username(username=@username_of_your_bot), firstName=Name of bot, lastName=, canJoinGroups=(some boolean), canReadAllGroupMessages=(some boolean), supportsInlineQueries=(some boolean))

In this template there is template-like docker-compose and docker files. Besides, there is Makefile and you may use something like make buildAndStartCompose to start your bot.

It is important to replace "TOKEN" in Dockerfile or remove and add some config as a volume.

There are several ways to continue:

• Tutorials
• Github readme

In other words, this template (and TelegramBotAPI library) does not limit you on choosing of way to continue 😊