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Control Your Telegram with AI: Complete Setup Guide for 2025

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Connect Telegram to AI via MCP — search, send, and control your messages with natural language

Your AI can now read, search, and send Telegram messages. Ask it to summarize a group chat, find all mentions of a project, or draft replies based on context. Set it up in 10 minutes.

What Is it ?

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects your entire Telegram account to AI assistants like Claude, Cline, Kiro CLI or any MCP-compatible client.

What you can do:

No bot creation. No complex APIs. Just your Telegram account + AI.

Why This Matters

Traditional Telegram bots are limited — they only work in specific chats and require complex setup. This gives you full access to your personal account through conversational AI.

Think of it as having a personal assistant who can read, search, and manage all your Telegram messages.

What You Need

See It In Action

Lets start with the fun part. Here’s what you can do:

List your chats:

“Show me my recent Telegram chats”

Search messages:

“Search recent news by New York times”

Send a message:

“Send a message to the Dev Team chat saying ‘Deployment complete ✅’”

Get chat summaries from multiple channels:

“Summarize last day crypto news from my telegram crypto related channels”

Real-World Use Cases

Here’s how people are using this:

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For Remote Teams:

For Crypto Traders:

For Developers:

For Productivity:

How to Set It Up

Step 1: Get Telegram API Credentials

First, you need API credentials from Telegram. Don’t worry — this is official and takes 2 minutes.

5. Save your api_id and api_hash

Step 2: Install the Server

Clone and set up the server:

Create your environment file:

Edit .env with your credentials:

Important: Use your full phone number with country code (e.g., +1234567890).

Step 3: Authenticate with Telegram

Before using the server, authenticate with Telegram using the standalone auth script:

You’ll see a prompt asking for a verification code. Check your Telegram app — you’ll receive a code. Enter it.

If you have 2FA enabled, you’ll also need to enter your password.

That’s it! Your session is saved in the session/ directory and will be reused automatically by the MCP server. You won't need to authenticate again.Step

4: Connect to Your AI Client

Now connect the server to your AI assistant. Here’s how for the most popular clients:

For Claude Desktop

Edit your config file:

Add this:

For Amazon Q CLI

Edit ~/.config/mcp/mcp.json:

Restart your AI client and you’re ready!

Troubleshooting

“Invalid phone number”

“Authentication failed”

“MCP server not connecting”

“Can’t receive verification code”

Try It Yourself

⭐ Star the project on GitHub to stay updated

🤝 Contributions welcome — found a bug or have an idea? Open an issue!

💬 What would you automate? Drop your use case in the comments below.

Quick Links

Built with the Model Context Protocol — the open standard for connecting AI assistants to external tools and data sources.

Tags: #Telegram #AI #Automation #MCP #OpenSource #Claude #Productivity

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