Tdl MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 68 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 Oct 2026.
Read-only Telegram MCP server wrapping the tdl CLI: list chats, read messages, download media.
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Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.
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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.
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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.
claude mcp add tdl-mcp -- npx -y tdl-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"tdl-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"tdl-mcp"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.tdl-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "tdl-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"tdl-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"tdl-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"tdl-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"tdl-mcp"
]
}
}
}
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
TDL_BIN (Path to the tdl binary (default: tdl on PATH, falling back to /opt/homebrew/bin/tdl)), TDL_NS (tdl namespace passed as -n on every call, for separate Telegram accounts/sessions).
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