io.usefulapi/telegram

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Telegram MCP by usefulapi

Publisher-provided description

Read chats and members; send, edit and delete messages with a bot in Telegram.

Summary by lookupd

Reads chat details, members and bot updates, and sends, edits or deletes Telegram messages through a bot account.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http telegram https://telegram.usefulapi.io/mcp

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add telegram --url https://telegram.usefulapi.io/mcp

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram": {
      "url": "https://telegram.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Other clients: docs. Or tell your agent: Set up lookupd for me: read https://lookupd.com/agent.md and follow it.

Publisher-provided text

telegram_get_me Return the bot's own profile (id, name, username, group-join and inline settings). Use it to confirm the token works. Bot API: getMe.
telegram_get_chat Get the details of a chat the bot belongs to: type, title, username, description, pinned message, permissions. Bot API: getChat.
telegram_get_chat_member_count Get the number of members in a chat. Bot API: getChatMemberCount.
telegram_get_chat_member Get one member of a chat: status (creator, administrator, member, restricted, left, kicked) and rights. Bot API: getChatMember.
telegram_get_chat_administrators List the administrators of a group or channel (not other bots' hidden admins). Bot API: getChatAdministrators.
telegram_get_updates Read the messages and events that users sent to the bot and that wait in Telegram's queue (short poll, no wait). Without offset the same updates return again. A
telegram_send_message WRITE: send a text message from the bot to a chat. The message is visible to real people and cannot be unsent except with telegram_delete_message. Bot API: send
telegram_edit_message_text WRITE: change the text of a message that the bot sent. This replaces the old text. Bot API: editMessageText.
telegram_delete_message WRITE: delete a message. This cannot be undone. A bot can delete its own messages and incoming private-chat messages. In groups it needs the delete-messages adm

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