Handles configuration management through environment variables, specifically for storing Telegram API credentials including API ID, API hash, and phone number.

Enables interaction with Telegram messaging platform, providing tools to search channels by keywords, list available channels, retrieve messages from channels, and filter messages by regex patterns.

1. Click on "Install Server".

2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.

3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Telegram MCP Server search for channels about AI news"

That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.

Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

npm install -g @kfastov/tgcli

brew install kfastov/tap/tgcli

tgcli auth

tgcli auth
tgcli sync --follow
tgcli messages list --chat @username --limit 20
tgcli messages search "course" --chat @channel --source archive
tgcli send text --to @username --message "hello"
tgcli server

tgcli auth Authentication and session setup
tgcli config View and edit config
tgcli sync Archive backfill and realtime sync
tgcli server Run background sync service (MCP optional)
tgcli service Install/start/stop/status/logs for background service
tgcli channels List/search channels
tgcli messages List/search messages
tgcli send Send text or files
tgcli media Download media
tgcli topics Forum topics
tgcli tags Channel tags
tgcli metadata Channel metadata cache
tgcli contacts Contacts and people
tgcli groups Group management
tgcli doctor Diagnostics and sanity checks

tgcli config set mcp.enabled true

tgcli config set mcp.host 127.0.0.1
tgcli config set mcp.port 8080