Which integrations are available for this server?

Handles configuration management through environment variables, specifically for storing Telegram API credentials including API ID, API hash, and phone number. Enables interaction with Telegram messaging platform, providing tools to search channels by keywords, list available channels, retrieve messages from channels, and filter messages by regex patterns.

How do I use Telegram MCP Server?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Telegram MCP Server search for channels about AI news" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

tgcli

Telegram CLI with background sync and an optional MCP server for your personal account (MTProto, not bot API).

Installation

npm install -g @kfastov/tgcli

brew install kfastov/tap/tgcli

Related MCP server: VRChat MCP Server

Authentication

Get Telegram API credentials:

Go to https://my.telegram.org/apps
Log in with your phone number
Create a new application
Copy api_id and api_hash

Then authenticate:

tgcli auth

Quick start

tgcli auth tgcli sync --follow tgcli messages list --chat @username --limit 20 tgcli messages search "course" --chat @channel --source archive tgcli send text --to @username --message "hello" tgcli server

Commands

tgcli auth Authentication and session setup tgcli config View and edit config tgcli sync Archive backfill and realtime sync tgcli server Run background sync service (MCP optional) tgcli service Install/start/stop/status/logs for background service tgcli channels List/search channels tgcli messages List/search messages tgcli send Send text or files tgcli media Download media tgcli topics Forum topics tgcli tags Channel tags tgcli metadata Channel metadata cache tgcli contacts Contacts and people tgcli groups Group management tgcli doctor Diagnostics and sanity checks

Use tgcli [command] --help for details. Add --json for machine-readable output.