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Claude Desktop

Telegram MCP Server for Claude Desktop

io.github.tolboy/telegram-mcp-tdlib

Local-first TDLib Telegram MCP server with 110 tools, account isolation and production guardrails.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Telegram MCP Server in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram-mcp-tdlib": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/tolboy/telegram-mcp-tdlib:1.16.2-stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TDLIB_API_ID": "<TDLIB_API_ID>",
        "TDLIB_API_HASH": "<TDLIB_API_HASH>",
        "TDLIB_PHONE_NUMBER": "<TDLIB_PHONE_NUMBER>",
        "TDLIB_AUTH_CODE": "<TDLIB_AUTH_CODE>",
        "TDLIB_2FA_PASSWORD": "<TDLIB_2FA_PASSWORD>",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY": "<MCP_READ_ONLY>",
        "MCP_TOOL_PROFILE": "<MCP_TOOL_PROFILE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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