Lets agents manage Telegram dialogs, messages, drafts and read statuses.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add telegram-chaindead --env TG_APP_ID='<TG_APP_ID>' --env TG_API_HASH='<TG_API_HASH>' --env HOME='<HOME>' --env PATH='<PATH>' -- npx -y @chaindead/telegram-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.telegram-chaindead]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@chaindead/telegram-mcp"]
env = { TG_APP_ID = "<TG_APP_ID>", TG_API_HASH = "<TG_API_HASH>", HOME = "<HOME>", PATH = "<PATH>" }
# codex mcp add telegram-chaindead --env TG_APP_ID='<TG_APP_ID>' --env TG_API_HASH='<TG_API_HASH>' --env HOME='<HOME>' --env PATH='<PATH>' -- npx -y @chaindead/telegram-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"telegram-chaindead": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@chaindead/telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TG_APP_ID": "<TG_APP_ID>",
"TG_API_HASH": "<TG_API_HASH>",
"HOME": "<HOME>",
"PATH": "<PATH>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"telegram-chaindead": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@chaindead/telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TG_APP_ID": "<TG_APP_ID>",
"TG_API_HASH": "<TG_API_HASH>",
"HOME": "<HOME>",
"PATH": "<PATH>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"telegram-chaindead": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@chaindead/telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TG_APP_ID": "<TG_APP_ID>",
"TG_API_HASH": "<TG_API_HASH>",
"HOME": "<HOME>",
"PATH": "<PATH>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"telegram-chaindead": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@chaindead/telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TG_APP_ID": "<TG_APP_ID>",
"TG_API_HASH": "<TG_API_HASH>",
"HOME": "<HOME>",
"PATH": "<PATH>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"telegram-chaindead": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@chaindead/telegram-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TG_APP_ID": "<TG_APP_ID>",
"TG_API_HASH": "<TG_API_HASH>",
"HOME": "<HOME>",
"PATH": "<PATH>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
TG_APP_IDTG_API_HASHHOMEPATH
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.