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Telegram MCP Server

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Telegram MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 736 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Telegram for AI agents: messages, chats, media, and contacts in bot and user-account modes.

Installs per day peak 497 · avg 24
a month agotoday
736
Installs / week
pypi · n24q02m-telegram
11
Stars
1 open issue
2 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 4 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Sends data to a third-party sink [пакет] src/telegram/backends/bot_backend.py:19
API_BASE = "https://api.telegram.org/bot{}/"

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add better-telegram-mcp -- uvx n24q02m-telegram
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "better-telegram-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "n24q02m-telegram"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.better-telegram-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["n24q02m-telegram"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "better-telegram-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "n24q02m-telegram"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "better-telegram-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "n24q02m-telegram"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN (Telegram bot token from @BotFather (for bot mode)), TELEGRAM_API_ID (Telegram API ID from my.telegram.org (for user mode)), TELEGRAM_API_HASH (Telegram API hash from my.telegram.org (for user mode)).

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Telegram MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Telegram MCP?
Telegram MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package n24q02m-telegram was installed 736 times last week.
How do I connect Telegram MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls n24q02m-telegram straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Telegram MCP?
The pypi package n24q02m-telegram was installed 736 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Telegram MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python, 11 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.