List or search public Telegram groups
list_groupsSearch Telegram group directory by keyword or language, or list top groups by Limzo Score. Returns public groups with stats, scores, and language mix.
Instructions
Call this to discover Telegram groups tracked by Limzo — to browse the directory, filter by language, or find a group's slug for get_group_stats. Optional query filters case-insensitively over group title, username, slug, and description. Optional lang (ISO 639-1, e.g. "fa", "es") keeps only groups where that language is a meaningful share of what members write — the way to answer "find active Persian/Spanish groups". Omit both to list the top groups by Limzo Score. The directory covers PUBLIC groups only — a group with no t.me handle is never listed, though it may still have a /s/ page. Each row carries a language mix (primary language + top languages as percentages); rows also include slug, title, username, plan, member_count, 7-day messages and active members, score and page URLs, plus total_matches so you can tell when more groups matched than were returned.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| lang | No | ISO 639-1 language code (e.g. "fa", "es", "en"). Keeps groups whose main language it is (the detected top language, or the admin's chosen one when both are languages Limzo speaks) or where it is a meaningful share of the group. | |
| limit | No | Maximum groups to return. Defaults to 20, capped at 50. | |
| query | No | Keyword matched case-insensitively against group title, username, slug, and description. Omit to list the top groups by Limzo Score. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| ok | Yes | ||
| docs | No | Human-readable API documentation. | |
| lang | No | The applied ISO 639-1 language filter, or null when not filtering by language. | |
| query | No | The normalized search keyword, or null when listing top groups. | |
| groups | Yes | ||
| openapi | No | Machine-readable OpenAPI document for the REST API. | |
| total_matches | Yes | Groups that matched, before the limit was applied. |