A side-by-side look at the Line Bot MCP Server and Tgcloud — Telegram serverless bots MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Line Bot MCP Server for communication work as a local process; choose Tgcloud — Telegram serverless bots for communication as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
CHANNEL_ACCESS_TOKEN, DESTINATION_USER_ID.postback, message, uri.TGCLOUD_CLI, TGCLOUD_CLI_ARGS, TGCLOUD_TIMEOUT_MS.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T Tgcloud — Telegram serverless bots | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Communication | Communication |
| Quality signal | 84/100 · Excellent | 40/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | CHANNEL_ACCESS_TOKENDESTINATION_USER_ID | TGCLOUD_CLITGCLOUD_CLI_ARGSTGCLOUD_TIMEOUT_MS |
| Verified owner | Verified | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 789 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 40 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 9 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Line Bot MCP Server | View Tgcloud — Telegram serverless bots |
postbackFor sending a postback actionmessageFor sending a text messageuriFor opening a URLdatetimepickerFor opening a date/time pickercameraFor opening the cameracameraRollFor opening the camera rolllocationFor sending the current locationrichmenuswitchFor switching to another rich menuclipboardFor copying text to clipboardNo tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"line-line-bot-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@line/line-bot-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CHANNEL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_CHANNEL_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE",
"DESTINATION_USER_ID": "YOUR_DESTINATION_USER_ID_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tgcloud-telegram-serverless-bots": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"tgcloud-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TGCLOUD_CLI": "YOUR_TGCLOUD_CLI_HERE",
"TGCLOUD_CLI_ARGS": "YOUR_TGCLOUD_CLI_ARGS_HERE",
"TGCLOUD_TIMEOUT_MS": "YOUR_TGCLOUD_TIMEOUT_MS_HERE"
}
}
}
}