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Telegram MCP Server

DLHellMe/telegram-mcp-server

A powerful MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables Claude to interact with Telegram channels and groups. This server provides both web scraping and direct API access to Telegram content.

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Install

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram-scraper": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/telegram-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TELEGRAM_API_ID": "<TELEGRAM_API_ID>",
        "TELEGRAM_API_HASH": "<TELEGRAM_API_HASH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

TELEGRAM_API_IDTELEGRAM_API_HASH
Author
@DLHellMe
Category
Research & Data, Social Media
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • 100x faster than web scraping

  • Direct access via Telegram's MTProto protocol

  • Search functionality within channels

  • Access to private channels you're a member of

  • Complete message metadata (views, reactions, forwards)

  • Persistent sessions - authenticate once

  • No browser automation needed

  • Unlimited post retrieval by default

  • No API credentials required

  • Browser-based scraping with Puppeteer

Tools (5)

  • telegram_api_login

    Authenticate with Telegram (first time only)

  • api_scrape_channel

    Scrape channel posts (unlimited by default)

  • api_search_channel

    Search within a channel

  • scrape_channel

    Scrape public channels

  • telegram_login

    Login for restricted content

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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