Telegram for AI agents -- messages, chats, media, and contacts across both bot and full user-account modes.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add better-telegram --env TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN='<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>' --env TELEGRAM_API_HASH='<TELEGRAM_API_HASH>' -- uvx better-telegram-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.better-telegram]
command = "uvx"
args = ["better-telegram-mcp"]
env = { TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN = "<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>", TELEGRAM_API_HASH = "<TELEGRAM_API_HASH>" }
# codex mcp add better-telegram --env TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN='<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>' --env TELEGRAM_API_HASH='<TELEGRAM_API_HASH>' -- uvx better-telegram-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"better-telegram": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"better-telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
"TELEGRAM_API_HASH": "<TELEGRAM_API_HASH>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"better-telegram": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"better-telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
"TELEGRAM_API_HASH": "<TELEGRAM_API_HASH>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"better-telegram": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"better-telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
"TELEGRAM_API_HASH": "<TELEGRAM_API_HASH>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"better-telegram": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"better-telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
"TELEGRAM_API_HASH": "<TELEGRAM_API_HASH>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"better-telegram": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"better-telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "<TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN>",
"TELEGRAM_API_HASH": "<TELEGRAM_API_HASH>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKENTELEGRAM_API_HASH
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.