tggroupMCP

TypeScript MCP stdio server for a Telegram group through MTProto/GramJS.

The default chat is Парилка228 (-1003179772905), but all chat IDs live in env config so the server can be reused for other groups.

Setup

cd /root/telegram-parilka-mcp
npm install
cp .env.example .env
npm run generate-session
npm run build
npm run smoke:mcp:wrapper

Put the generated TELEGRAM_SESSION into .env.

Related MCP server: Telegram MCP Server

Run

npm run print-config
npm run start

MCP clients and systemd should use the ./bin/* wrappers. They execute the built dist/*.js files and fail with a clear npm run build remediation when the build is missing or stale. Run npm run build and npm run smoke:mcp:wrapper before restarting deployed clients or services.

Cache warmer

Run this as a long-lived process to keep SQLite warm. It fetches recent messages first, then an older backfill chunk, using cursors stored in SQLite:

npm run sync-daemon

One-shot mode, useful for cron/systemd timers:

npm run sync-once

Check cache, daemon, sync, and embedding coverage health without touching Telegram:

npm run status

Status is ok, degraded, critical, or unknown. Alert on critical immediately, and investigate degraded when recent sync or daemon success lag is above the warning threshold shown in the JSON. Use get_status / npm run status as the first read for cache and health tasks; it does not connect to Telegram.

SQLite uses WAL plus a busy timeout and bounded retry for write coordination, so the MCP server, sync daemon, and embedding indexer can share the same DB. Keep any custom/manual write transactions small so reads and other writers do not sit behind long locks.

Vector RAG

Embeddings are disabled unless explicitly opted in. Set TELEGRAM_EMBEDDINGS_ENABLED=true plus OPENAI_API_KEY or TELEGRAM_EMBEDDINGS_API_KEY, then review the first-run estimate before indexing cached messages into local SQLite vector chunks. Indexing sends cached Telegram message text to the configured external embeddings provider.

npm run embed-once -- --limit-chunks 1000 --estimate-only
npm run embed-once -- --limit-chunks 1000 --confirm-estimate

The CLI prints status:"estimate_only", status:"requires_confirmation", or status:"indexed" so operators can tell whether it only estimated or actually called the embeddings API. Confirmation is required for first runs and for chunk/character budget truncation. The regular sync daemon indexes new chunks only when embeddings are explicitly enabled and configured. On the first indexing run it logs the estimate and skips API calls until you run a confirmed manual index. search_messages returns keyword, vector, and hybrid candidates; semantic_search_messages returns only cosine-ranked chunks.

Vector search uses an exact in-process cosine scan capped by TELEGRAM_EMBEDDINGS_VECTOR_CANDIDATE_LIMIT (default 20,000 chunks). If a query would exceed the cap, narrow it with before_id/after_id or raise the cap only after a local benchmark. Current target: p95 <= 250ms and bounded RSS at the configured candidate limit.

npm run benchmark:vector -- --candidates 20000 --dimensions 256 --target-p95-ms 250

If the expected full index cannot meet that target, keep the cap in place and switch the vector store to sqlite-vec, sqlite-vss, pgvector, or FAISS before increasing the scanned candidate set.

MCP config example:

[mcp_servers.telegram-parilka]
command = "/root/telegram-parilka-mcp/bin/telegram-parilka-mcp"

Sending is preview-only by default. Live posts require explicit operator opt-in with TELEGRAM_SEND_ENABLED=true and TELEGRAM_DRY_RUN_DEFAULT=false, plus a server-issued approval for each message. Call preview_message first, then pass the returned approval_id to send_message or reply_to_message with the exact same chat, text, reply id, parse mode, link preview, and silent options. TELEGRAM_DRY_RUN_DEFAULT=true or TELEGRAM_SEND_ENABLED=false forces every send tool call into hard dry-run mode; callers cannot override that with dry_run:false, even when the approval bypass flag is set. Reply targets are validated before approvals are consumed or send outbox rows are reserved; previews and dry-runs include a short reply target excerpt when the target is available.

Use dedupe_key as a permanent idempotency/audit key for actionable live sends. Once a send is recorded as sent, reusing the same key and payload returns the original Telegram message id instead of posting again; different payloads with the same key are rejected. Failed or expired sends can be retried with the same key and payload.