Telegram MCP

Reads channels and groups through the Bot API: recent messages, search, and posting. The distinction that matters is bot token versus user session — a bot sees what it is invited to, while a…

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Use it for

Reading a channel or group for research and monitoring

Skip it if

Anything involving personal accounts — use a bot token, not a session string

What it is

Reads channels and groups through the Bot API: recent messages, search, and posting. The distinction that matters is bot token versus user session — a bot sees what it is invited to, while a session string is a person’s full account and should not be handed to an agent.

Install

Terminal
uvx telegram-mcp

Client configuration

Paste this into your MCP client config, then restart the client.

MCP client config (JSON)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "avbbc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "uvx telegram-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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