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MCP Telegram Bot README

The full upstream README, mirrored here for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals, and an original overview live on the MCP Telegram Bot listing page.

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mcp-telegram-bot

MCP server that exposes a Telegram bot

Install

Terminal

pip install mcp-telegram-bot

Setup

Create a Telegram bot by talking to @BotFather on Telegram
Get your bot token
Set the TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN environment variable

Usage

server.ts

export TELELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="your-bot-token-here"
mcp-telegram-bot

MCP Tools

send_message: Send a message to a Telegram chat
get_me: Get bot information
get_updates: Get recent updates from Telegram

MCP Resources

bot://status: Get bot status

mcp-name: io.github.daedalus/mcp-telegram-bot

Development

bash

git clone https://github.com/daedalus/mcp-telegram-bot.git
cd mcp-telegram-bot
pip install -e ".[test]"

# run tests
pytest

# format
ruff format src/ tests/

# lint
ruff check src/ tests/

# type check
mypy src/

License

MIT