Chatroost — unofficial Telegram MCP server

Name: Chatroost — unofficial Telegram MCP server
Author: mcp-telegram

by mcp-telegramversion 1.45.1i★ 65iComputer or cloud

Registry nameio.github.mcp-telegram/mcp-telegram

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Unofficial Telegram MCP server — read, search, reply and react in your own Telegram account.

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Our basic checksi5 of 5 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiVery new★ 65

What you can do with it

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Connection: Computer or cloud
Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
Category: Chat & email
You need to fill in: TELEGRAM_API_ID, TELEGRAM_API_HASH

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorVS Code

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste this address

https://mcp.mcp-telegram.com/mcp

Runs on your computer

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@overpod/mcp-telegram"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TELEGRAM_API_ID": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_API_HASH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http telegram https://mcp.mcp-telegram.com/mcp

Runs on your computer

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add telegram --env TELEGRAM_API_ID=your-value --env TELEGRAM_API_HASH=your-value -- npx -y @overpod/mcp-telegram

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram": {
      "url": "https://mcp.mcp-telegram.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Runs on your computer

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@overpod/mcp-telegram"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TELEGRAM_API_ID": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_API_HASH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "telegram": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.mcp-telegram.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Runs on your computer

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "telegram": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@overpod/mcp-telegram"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TELEGRAM_API_ID": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_API_HASH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Values you fill in

TELEGRAM_API_ID secret required env
Telegram API ID from https://my.telegram.org/apps
TELEGRAM_API_HASH secret required env
Telegram API hash from https://my.telegram.org/apps

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 5, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account mcp-telegram, which owns the repo
✓ Pass
Still maintained
Code last changed 3 days ago
✓ Pass
Has a licence
Uses MIT
✓ Pass
Endpoint responds
Responded in 745 ms (HTTP 401)
✓ Pass
Sign-in with OAuth
Declares OAuth sign-in, so your AI app can take you to log in
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Needs the server’s tool list first; this check starts in the next step

Compared with others in Chat & emaili

More stars than 0% of the other 6 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 100% of the other 6 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 6 servers in this category

Compared only with servers in this prototype, not the whole registry.

Common questions

Is Chatroost — unofficial Telegram MCP server safe?

It passed 5 of 5 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: TELEGRAM_API_ID, TELEGRAM_API_HASH

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

Either way works: install it on your computer or connect to the cloud version.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed 3 days ago, and the latest version (1.45.1) reached the registry 3 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Vexa, emailmd, MCP WhatsApp Cloud

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README from the maker

Open the README

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Telegram MCP Server

[📖 Documentation](https://mcp-telegram.github.io/mcp-telegram/) · [☁️ Cloud version](https://mcp-telegram.com) — connect Telegram to Claude.ai or ChatGPT in 30 seconds with QR code, no API keys needed.

Telegram MCP Server — a Model Context Protocol server that connects AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT to Telegram via the MTProto protocol. Unlike bots, this runs as a userbot -- it operates under your personal Telegram account using GramJS, giving full access to your chats, contacts, and message history.

Features

Comprehensive tool coverage -- the most full-featured Telegram MCP server available
MTProto protocol -- direct Telegram API access, not the limited Bot API
Userbot -- operates as your personal account, not a bot
Full-featured -- messaging, reactions, polls, scheduled messages, stickers, media, contacts, and more
Forum Topics -- list topics, read per-topic messages, send to specific topics, per-topic unread counts
Stickers -- search sticker sets, browse installed/recent stickers, send stickers to any chat
Account & profile management -- update profile, set emoji status, birthday, personal channel, profile photo, manage privacy settings, sessions, auto-delete timers
Chat folders -- create, edit, delete and reorder folders, toggle folder tags, read suggested folders (v1.33.0)
Global privacy -- read and set account-wide privacy settings (v1.33.0)
Global search -- search messages across all chats at once
Real-time polling -- fetch updates via stateless cursors; agent owns {pts, qts, date} state
Inline bots & buttons -- query inline bots, send results, press callback buttons
Stories -- read stories from peers, get story view stats; publish/edit/delete stories, react, pin, stealth mode, archive, report (v1.30.0)
Discussion -- get discussion-group info for channel posts with comments, list groups eligible for discussion (v1.30.0)
Read Receipts -- who read a message in a small group, when your private message was read (v1.30.0)
Admin controls -- toggle channel signatures, anti-spam, forum mode, prehistory; approve join requests
Stats -- channel and supergroup analytics (GetBroadcastStats / GetMegagroupStats)
Boosts & Business -- boost status, boosters list, Telegram Business chat links CRUD, work hours, location, greeting/away/intro messages
Star gifts -- browse available and saved gifts, save/convert gifts, manage Stars balance and subscriptions (opt-in via MCP_TELEGRAM_ENABLE_STARS=1, v1.34.0)
Shared daemon -- one background process serves multiple MCP clients over a single Telegram session; see the shared-daemon guide (v1.38.0)
QR code login -- authenticate by scanning a QR code in the Telegram app
Session persistence -- login once, stay connected across restarts
Human-readable output -- sender names are resolved, not just numeric IDs
Works with any MCP client -- Claude Code, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Mastra, etc.

Prerequisites

Node.js 18 or later
Telegram API credentials -- API_ID and API_HASH from my.telegram.org

Quick Start

1. Get Telegram API credentials

Go to my.telegram.org and log in with your phone number.
Navigate to API development tools.
Create a new application (any name and platform).
Copy the App api_id and App api_hash.

2. Login

TELEGRAM_API_ID=YOUR_ID TELEGRAM_API_HASH=YOUR_HASH npx @overpod/mcp-telegram login

A QR code will appear in the terminal. Open Telegram on your phone, go to Settings > Devices > Link Desktop Device, and scan the code. The session is saved to ~/.mcp-telegram/session and reused automatically.

Custom session path: set TELEGRAM_SESSION_PATH=/path/to/session to store the session file elsewhere.

Two-step verification (2FA): if your account has a cloud password enabled, scanning the QR code is not enough — Telegram also requires the password. Provide it via TELEGRAM_2FA_PASSWORD so the login can complete:

`bash

TELEGRAM_API_ID=YOUR_ID TELEGRAM_API_HASH=YOUR_HASH TELEGRAM_2FA_PASSWORD=YOUR_PASSWORD npx @overpod/mcp-telegram login

`

The password is only used locally to answer Telegram's SRP challenge and is never persisted.

Local files: tools that upload a file (telegram-send-file, telegram-send-voice, telegram-send-album, stories, profile and group photos) read files under your home folder and temp folders, and downloads are saved to Downloads, Desktop, Documents or temp folders. Hidden files and folders (~/.ssh, ~/.mcp-telegram, ...), ~/Library, ~/AppData and the session file are always refused, and an existing file is never overwritten (name (1).ext is used). To use other folders, list them in MCP_TELEGRAM_FILE_DIRS (separated by :, or ; on Windows); this replaces the defaults.

3. Add to Claude

claude mcp add telegram -s user \

-e TELEGRAM_API_ID=YOUR_ID \ -e TELEGRAM_API_HASH=YOUR_HASH \ -- npx @overpod/mcp-telegram

That's it! Ask Claude to run telegram-status to verify.

Multiple Accounts

Use TELEGRAM_SESSION_PATH to run separate Telegram accounts side by side:

# Login each account with a unique session path

TELEGRAM_API_ID=ID1 TELEGRAM_API_HASH=HASH1 TELEGRAM_SESSION_PATH=~/.mcp-telegram/session-work npx @overpod/mcp-telegram login TELEGRAM_API_ID=ID2 TELEGRAM_API_HASH=HASH2 TELEGRAM_SESSION_PATH=~/.mcp-telegram/session-personal npx @overpod/mcp-telegram login

Then add each as a separate MCP server:

claude mcp add telegram-work -s user \

-e TELEGRAM_API_ID=ID1 \ -e TELEGRAM_API_HASH=HASH1 \ -e TELEGRAM_SESSION_PATH=~/.mcp-telegram/session-work \ -- npx @overpod/mcp-telegram

claude mcp add telegram-personal -s user \ -e TELEGRAM_API_ID=ID2 \ -e TELEGRAM_API_HASH=HASH2 \ -e TELEGRAM_SESSION_PATH=~/.mcp-telegram/session-personal \ -- npx @overpod/mcp-telegram

Each account gets its own session file — no conflicts.

Multiple agents / concurrent clients (shared daemon)

The opposite of multiple accounts: one account driven by many clients at once — several Claude Code windows, parallel sub-agents, or multiple IDEs. Normally each process opens the same session and they evict one another with AUTH_KEY_DUPLICATED. Serve mode fixes this.

Run a single persistent daemon that owns the one Telegram connection. Every other process auto-detects the daemon (via a PID lock) and becomes a thin client that proxies tool calls to it over a local Unix socket:

# On the host, once: start the daemon (owns the connection, no stdio)

TELEGRAM_API_ID=YOUR_ID TELEGRAM_API_HASH=YOUR_HASH mcp-telegram serve

(or set MCP_TELEGRAM_DAEMON=1 instead of the `serve` argument)

Then point each MCP client at the same install with the same TELEGRAM_SESSION_PATH — no serve argument. They connect to the daemon automatically; closing any client never drops the shared connection. Credentials are only required by the daemon (the owner), so client commands can omit TELEGRAM_API_ID/TELEGRAM_API_HASH and keep them where the daemon runs.

See the [shared daemon guide](docs/guides/shared-daemon.md) for a systemd unit and SSH usage.

Proxy Support

If Telegram is blocked or you're running in a containerized environment (Docker, K3s), use a SOCKS5 or MTProxy:

# SOCKS5 proxy

TELEGRAM_PROXY_IP=127.0.0.1 \ TELEGRAM_PROXY_PORT=10808 \ npx @overpod/mcp-telegram

MTProxy

TELEGRAM_PROXY_IP=proxy.example.com \ TELEGRAM_PROXY_PORT=443 \ TELEGRAM_PROXY_SECRET=ee00000000000000000000000000000000 \ npx @overpod/mcp-telegram

Variable	Description
`TELEGRAM_PROXY_IP`	Proxy server address
`TELEGRAM_PROXY_PORT`	Proxy server port
`TELEGRAM_PROXY_SOCKS_TYPE`	`4` or `5` (default: `5`)
`TELEGRAM_PROXY_SECRET`	MTProxy secret (enables MTProxy mode)
`TELEGRAM_PROXY_USERNAME`	Optional proxy auth
`TELEGRAM_PROXY_PASSWORD`	Optional proxy auth

Connecting via WSS (port 443)

If your VPS or hosting IP is reachable on outbound port 443 but not the default MTProto port 80 (some cloud providers ban port 80 on Telegram DC IP ranges as anti-abuse policy), set:

TELEGRAM_USE_WSS=true npx @overpod/mcp-telegram

Variable	Description
`TELEGRAM_USE_WSS`	When `true`, gramJS uses port `443` instead of `80` for the MTProto TCPFull transport. Default: `false`. Cannot be combined with `TELEGRAM_PROXY_*` (gramJS limitation) — if both are set, `useWSS` is ignored and the proxy takes precedence (a warning is logged).

Installation Options

npx (recommended, zero install)

No need to clone or install anything. Just use npx @overpod/mcp-telegram.

Global install

npm install -g @overpod/mcp-telegram

mcp-telegram # run server mcp-telegram login # QR login

Pre-built binary (no runtime needed)

Download from Releases — standalone single-file binaries, zero dependencies:

Platform	Server	Login CLI
Linux x64	`mcp-telegram-linux-x64`	`mcp-telegram-login-linux-x64`
Linux ARM64	`mcp-telegram-linux-arm64`	`mcp-telegram-login-linux-arm64`
macOS x64	`mcp-telegram-darwin-x64`	`mcp-telegram-login-darwin-x64`
macOS ARM64	`mcp-telegram-darwin-arm64`	`mcp-telegram-login-darwin-arm64`
Windows x64	`mcp-telegram-windows-x64.exe`	`mcp-telegram-login-windows-x64.exe`

# Download (example for Linux x64)

curl -L -o mcp-telegram https://github.com/mcp-telegram/mcp-telegram/releases/latest/download/mcp-telegram-linux-x64 curl -L -o mcp-telegram-login https://github.com/mcp-telegram/mcp-telegram/releases/latest/download/mcp-telegram-login-linux-x64 chmod +x mcp-telegram mcp-telegram-login

Login

TELEGRAM_API_ID=YOUR_ID TELEGRAM_API_HASH=YOUR_HASH ./mcp-telegram-login

Run

./mcp-telegram

From source

git clone https://github.com/mcp-telegram/mcp-telegram.git

cd mcp-telegram npm install && npm run build

Docker

docker build -t mcp-telegram https://github.com/mcp-telegram/mcp-telegram.git

docker run -it --rm \

-e TELEGRAM_API_ID=YOUR_ID \ -e TELEGRAM_API_HASH=YOUR_HASH \ -v ~/.mcp-telegram:/root/.mcp-telegram \ --entrypoint node mcp-telegram dist/qr-login-cli.js

Run the MCP server:

docker run -i --rm \

-e TELEGRAM_API_ID=YOUR_ID \ -e TELEGRAM_API_HASH=YOUR_HASH \ -v ~/.mcp-telegram:/root/.mcp-telegram \ mcp-telegram

Note: Login must be done once via terminal. After that, the session is persisted in ~/.mcp-telegram and reused a

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Chatroost — unofficial Telegram MCP server

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Runs on your computer

Runs on your computer

Runs on your computer

Runs on your computer

Values you fill in

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Chat & emaili

Common questions

Alternatives

Vexa

emailmd

MCP WhatsApp Cloud

README from the maker

Telegram MCP Server

Features

Prerequisites

Quick Start

1. Get Telegram API credentials

2. Login

3. Add to Claude

Multiple Accounts

Multiple agents / concurrent clients (shared daemon)

(or set MCP_TELEGRAM_DAEMON=1 instead of the serve argument)

Proxy Support

MTProxy

Connecting via WSS (port 443)

Installation Options

npx (recommended, zero install)

Global install

Pre-built binary (no runtime needed)

Login

Run

From source

Docker

(or set MCP_TELEGRAM_DAEMON=1 instead of the `serve` argument)