# chigwell/telegram-mcp

Telegram MCP server powered by Telethon to let MCP clients read chats, manage groups, and send/modify messages, media, contacts, and settings.

Repository: https://github.com/chigwell/telegram-mcp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/telegram-mcp
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: admin, api, chat-management, contacts, groups, mcp, media, messaging, search, telegram, telegram-api, telegram-client, telethon
Last push: 2026-08-23T14:05:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 37
- inputs: {"age_days": 531, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 102}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1513, forks 394 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:55.897037+00:00)

## What it is
A Telegram MCP server built on Telethon that exposes 80+ tools for reading chats, managing groups and channels, and sending, editing, and searching messages, media, and contacts. It lets MCP-compatible clients like Claude and Cursor interact with Telegram accounts directly.

## Use cases
- let Claude read and analyze my Telegram chat history
- send and edit Telegram messages from an AI assistant
- manage Telegram groups and channels via MCP
- search Telegram messages through an MCP client
- download and send media files on Telegram with an agent
- run multiple Telegram accounts behind one MCP server

## When to choose
- you use Claude, Cursor, or another MCP client and want Telegram access
- you need programmatic Telegram chat, group, or admin operations via Telethon
- you want multi-account Telegram management with proxy support

## When to avoid
- you need a standalone Telegram bot framework rather than an MCP server
- you only need simple bot API messaging without user-account features
- you cannot provide Telegram API credentials or a Python runtime

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: mcp, chatbot, search-engine, file-upload
- domain: messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: python, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: telegram, telethon, model-context-protocol, mcp-server, claude, messaging, chat-management, multi-account, ai-agents, automation, docker

## Member repositories
- chigwell/telegram-mcp (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.897037+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:15.287613+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chigwell/telegram-mcp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.897037+00:00, sha fb1b56cbda2c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.