Telegram catalog as a hosted MCP server + free REST API — 1.2M+ channels, 245k+ group chats, 160k+ bots, full-text search over posts. No Telegram account, no API key, no install; CORS enabled.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add --transport http tgden-telegram-catalog-search https://tgden.com/api/mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.tgden-telegram-catalog-search]
url = "https://tgden.com/api/mcp"
# codex mcp add tgden-telegram-catalog-search --url https://tgden.com/api/mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tgden-telegram-catalog-search": {
"url": "https://tgden.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"tgden-telegram-catalog-search": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://tgden.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tgden-telegram-catalog-search": {
"httpUrl": "https://tgden.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector
{
"mcpServers": {
"tgden-telegram-catalog-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://tgden.com/api/mcp"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tgden-telegram-catalog-search": {
"url": "https://tgden.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}