Telegram MCP

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Telegram MCP

Telegram bot + user operations from Claude.

Try Telegram MCP

Best for

Best for teams or communities that operate on Telegram (common in EU/LATAM/MENA).

At a glance

Pricing: open-source
Setup time: 30 minutes
Learning curve: easy
Last verified: 5/27/2026

What we love

✓Telegram still huge globally
✓Easy bot model
✓Free + open

Where it falls short

−Bot vs user-account scopes different
−Some operations need user account
−Rate limits

Install & connect

Copy-paste ready

Install

shell

npx -y @chaindead/telegram-mcp

Config — Claude Desktop

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@chaindead/telegram-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TG_APP_ID": "your_app_id",
        "TG_API_HASH": "your_api_hash"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config — Cursor

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram-mcp": {
      "command": "telegram-mcp",
      "env": {
        "TG_APP_ID": "your_app_id",
        "TG_API_HASH": "your_api_hash"
      }
    }
  }
}

Pricing

✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 2026

1 tier

Open-source

perpetual

✓MIT

Overview

MCP server for Telegram — send messages, read groups, manage bots, upload media. Telegram Bot API auth.

Key features

●Send + receive messages
●Bot management
●File upload
●Group + channel ops
●Bot token auth

Exposed tools

The MCP-tool names this server exposes. Your agent can invoke any of these when this server is connected.

tg_me
Get current Telegram account information.
tg_dialogs
List dialogs with optional unread filter.
tg_read
Mark a dialog as read.
tg_dialog
Retrieve messages from a specific dialog.
tg_send
Send a draft message to any dialog.

Best use cases

Notification bot

Send alerts and reports into a Telegram channel from Claude.

Customer support bot

Build a Claude-powered support bot inside a Telegram chat.

Integrations

Webhooks

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