Telegram Context MCP

Name: Telegram Context MCP
Author: egor-fedorov

by egor-fedorovversion 0.8.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

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

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Read permitted Telegram chats, track changes and optionally confirm outbound actions locally.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Chat & email

Install

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

Before you install

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You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "telegram-context-mcp",
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add telegram -- uvx telegram-context-mcp serve

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "telegram-context-mcp",
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "telegram": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "telegram-context-mcp",
        "serve"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

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Is Telegram Context MCP safe?

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What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.8.0) reached the registry 2 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

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Telegram Context MCP

Read Telegram through your own account from an MCP client. Find permitted conversations, search and read original posts, navigate topics and replies, and inspect albums, reactions, and polls. Connect several local clients to one session-owning process, or run standalone STDIO.

Supports Windows, macOS, and Linux with Python 3.12–3.15. The server uses Telethon and preserves original text, dates, links, entities, and available metadata. It is read-only by default, never joins channels or marks messages read. Version 0.4 adds opt-in selected attachment downloads, durable change checkpoints, named subscriptions, and JSONL/Markdown exports with optional permanent copies. Subscriptions poll only when requested and retain a batch until acknowledged. It also bounds scope previews, returns restricted search results earlier, reuses dialog snapshots and accepts concurrent calls. See the 0.4 migration guide before upgrading from 0.3.

Version 0.5 adds bounded history across chats or folders, watch batches saved before acknowledgement, and watch_digest / period_digest prompts with local watch-name completion. When upgrading, restart the server and client proxies and refresh tools and prompts. The 0.5 changelog describes the additive changes and archive setup. Version 0.5.1 is a security patch: Telegram's service-notification chat, which delivers login codes, is never readable, even with all-chat or folder access. Upgrade every installation.

Version 0.6 adds optional PDF/DOCX text extraction with bounded continuation and source references, terminal QR login, a Claude Desktop MCPB bundle, and an optional Agent Skill. For document extraction, install 'telegram-context-mcp[extraction]==0.8.0' in the session-owning server and enable attachment downloads. See the usage guide for limits and platform coverage.

Version 0.7 adds message buttons, outgoing search, channel membership, authentication-notice omission, and opt-in native drafts, reusable files, confirmed sends and private-bot callbacks. Write capabilities default off; native drafts support plain text only. See outbound workflows for permissions, client confirmation requirements, recovery and validation limits.

Install and log in

Install uv, then run:

uv tool install --python 3.12 telegram-context-mcp==0.8.0

telegram-mcp --version telegram-mcp login telegram-mcp configure telegram-mcp status

These examples target release 0.8.0; check PyPI for published versions. Use the source setup for unreleased revisions. Upgrading from 0.3? Read the migration guide, then restart the server and refresh your client's tool schemas.

Obtain api_id and api_hash from my.telegram.org, then enter them in the local login prompt with your phone number, login code, and any 2FA password. Do not send login codes or credentials to the model.

Version 0.6 also supports telegram-mcp login --qr: scan the terminal QR from Telegram on your phone instead of entering a phone number and login code. See the QR login guide.

configure lets you choose folders/chats and separately enable all-chat access, explicit public-channel reads, or public-channel discovery. Enter keeps the current value. By default, no message sources are permitted. status should report authorized: true after login. Use catalog to find folder and chat IDs locally.

The package name is `telegram-context-mcp`; the executable is `telegram-mcp`. You can also run a pinned version without installing a persistent command:

uvx --python 3.12 --from telegram-context-mcp==0.8.0 telegram-mcp --version

The server is listed in the official MCP Registry as io.github.egor-fedorov/telegram-mcp. The entry launches a local STDIO server through uvx; it does not supply a hosted Telegram service. Complete login and configure locally before connecting a client. Registry publication starts with version 0.5.0. See the release procedure for verification and the client guide for sharing one session between clients.

Connect your clients

Start one server in a terminal and leave it running:

telegram-mcp serve --transport http

On Linux with systemd, the optional user-service setup starts that server at login and keeps it running independently of a terminal.

It listens only on http://127.0.0.1:8765/mcp. Configure each MCP client to launch telegram-mcp connect over STDIO. This small proxy reads the local token and connects to the existing server; it does not start a server or silently fall back to another Telegram session. Closing a client leaves the shared server running.

Client examples cover Codex, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and VS Code, including a pinned uvx command and executable paths for Windows.

A Claude Desktop MCPB bundle is attached to each matching GitHub Release. It uses the same shared server and separate local login; see the guide for installation and current validation coverage.

For one client, standalone STDIO is still available: configure that client to launch telegram-mcp serve. Use either mode for a given session. Stop the session-owning process before running local login, configure, catalog, or status; use the get_status MCP tool while the server is running.

All shared clients use the same Telegram account, read permissions, and cursor store. The HTTP bearer token is created in the local user profile and read by connect; do not paste it into client configuration. This is a local, single-user integration.

Tools

Tool	Purpose
`get_status`	Authorization, connection, permitted sources; running server/proxy build identity
`list_folders`	Folders, IDs, order, inclusion/exclusion rules
`list_chats`	Chats filtered by name, type, or folders
`get_chat`	Description and linked discussion group
`search_public_channels`	Find public broadcast channels by query; metadata only
`get_similar_channels`	Find similar public channels for one specified public source; metadata only
`search_messages`	Search by keywords, chats, folders, dates, sender, media type, or links
`get_history`	Chat or forum-topic history over a time range, in either order; bounded chat/folder periods
`list_topics`	Forum topics with navigation references, optional title query, and pagination
`get_pinned_messages`	Chat-wide or forum-topic pinned messages, newest first
`get_messages`	Messages by links/IDs with authors, dates, attachments, counters, reactions, and polls
`get_album`	Members of a selected album within a bounded neighborhood of one message
`get_context`	Messages before/after an anchor and a chain of parent replies
`get_thread`	Comments on a channel post or replies in a group thread
`download_attachment`	One selected attachment up to 20 MiB as a temporary local file and MCP resource
`extract_attachment_text`	Optional local PDF/DOCX text extraction with bounded continuation and PDF page references
`get_changes`	New messages and recent observed revisions in one chat, with restartable checkpoints
`create_watch` / `list_watches`	Save and discover named chat/folder subscriptions
`get_watch_changes` / `ack_watch_changes`	Poll and acknowledge a durable batch without per-chat tokens; optionally save it first
`delete_watch`	Explicitly discard a subscription and its pending batch
`export_history`	Source-linked JSONL or Markdown history in bounded, restartable parts

When a write capability is enabled, these additional tools appear. Each still checks its own capability flag and explicit recipient permission:

Tool	Purpose
`get_draft` / `list_drafts`	Read native drafts and revisions for permitted recipients
`create_draft` / `update_draft`	Prepare plain-text drafts with conflict checks and local confirmation policy
`register_file` / `list_files`	Register and discover immutable files for reuse in sends
`send_message` / `send_file`	Send one text or file under local permission/form policy with a durable idempotency key
`get_send_status`	Read a stored send/callback receipt by operation ID or idempotency key
`resolve_recipient`	Exact recipient metadata and local send/form policy without history
`verify_sent_message`	Reread only this MCP's sent message and compare text/attachment metadata
`list_operations`	Filter and page through this account's MCP journal; excludes manual sends
`invoke_button`	Invoke one ordinary callback in a selected private bot dialog under local form policy

Version 0.8.0 adds all-chat/one-off recipient modes, independent form settings and outbound inspection/recovery; see outbound policies.

Two prompts package these tools for monitoring: watch_digest turns a named watch into a source-linked digest, saving each batch before acknowledging it; period_digest reads one chat or folder over a fixed period with explicit budgets. They do not add permissions. See monitoring prompts.

An optional Agent Skill guides tool selection, bounded reading, watch acknowledgements and selected attachments. Install it in your client separately from the server; see the skill setup.

First tasks

Ask the client to list the folders you permitted and read a selected conversation over a timezone-qualified date range.
Enable discovery to find candidate public channels, select a source, then read its posts with a separate read permission.
Follow next_cursor with the original filters until it is null. An empty page can still have a cursor. Respect retry_after_seconds after a temporary failure.
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Telegram Context MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

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 Context MCP

Install and log in

Connect your clients

Tools

First tasks