telegram-mcp

telegram-mcp is an MCP server by chigwell. Telegram MCP server powered by Telethon to let MCP clients read chats, manage groups, and send/modify messages, media, contacts, and settings. It has 1,889 GitHub stars and ranks #39 of 1809 in Productivity by stars.

Category

Productivity

Author

chigwell

GitHub stars

1,889

This week

Tracking since 18 Oct 2026

Language

Python

License

Apache-2.0 (open source)

Last update

2026-10-24 (today)

Links

SourcePyPI

• admin
• api
• chat-management
• contacts
• groups
• mcp
• media
• messaging
• search
• telegram
• telegram-api
• telegram-client
• +1 more

How to install telegram-mcp

telegram-mcp is published on PyPI as iflow-mcp_arlanrakh-talk-to-girlfriend-ai. These steps assume it runs as a local stdio server, which is the usual setup.

1. Check the README. Confirm the start command and note any API keys or environment variables it needs (pass them with -e KEY=value or an env block). You need uv for uvx.
2. Add it to Claude Code from a terminal:

   claude mcp add telegram-mcp -- uvx iflow-mcp_arlanrakh-talk-to-girlfriend-ai

3. Or add it to Cursor or Claude Desktop in .cursor/mcp.json or claude_desktop_config.json:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "telegram-mcp": {
         "command": "uvx",
         "args": [
           "iflow-mcp_arlanrakh-talk-to-girlfriend-ai"
         ]
       }
     }
   }

4. Restart the client and check it. Run claude mcp list, or open the client's MCP settings, and confirm telegram-mcp and its tools are listed. The install guide covers VS Code and Codex.

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