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Telegram MCP Servers

Extend Hermes with full Telegram account access (contacts, messages, search, media) via MCP.

Top Options (ranked)

  • GitHub: https://github.com/chaindead/telegram-mcp
  • Language: Go
  • Auth: MTProto (your real TG account, NOT bot)
  • Stars: 330+
  • Install: brew install chaindead/tap/telegram-mcp or npx -y @chaindead/telegram-mcp or go install github.com/chaindead/telegram-mcp@latest
  • Features: Dialog listing, message retrieval, unread filtering, mark as read, draft messages, contacts, media download
  • Env vars: TG_APP_ID, TG_APP_HASH (from https://my.telegram.org/auth)
  • Config for Hermes:
    mcp_servers:
      telegram:
        command: "npx"
        args: ["-y", "@chaindead/telegram-mcp"]
        env:
          TG_APP_ID: "your_api_id"
          TG_APP_HASH: "your_api_hash"
    

2. sparfenyuk/mcp-telegram

  • GitHub: https://github.com/sparfenyuk/mcp-telegram
  • Language: Python
  • Auth: MTProto (real account)
  • Install: uv tool install git+https://github.com/sparfenyuk/mcp-telegram
  • Features: Dialog list, messages by date, unread messages, contacts, media download, draft messages, mark as read
  • Setup: Requires first-time sign-in:
    mcp-telegram sign-in --api-id <ID> --api-hash <HASH> --phone-number <PHONE>
    
  • Config for Hermes:
    mcp_servers:
      telegram:
        command: "mcp-telegram"
        args: ["serve"]
    

3. fast-mcp-telegram (leshchenko1979)

4. Bot API based (mcp-server-telegram)

  • Install: pip install mcp-server-telegram
  • Auth: Bot token from @BotFather
  • Limitation: Bots CANNOT read arbitrary user DMs, no contacts, no search
  • Use case: Notification bots, broadcast only

Recommendation

Use chaindead/telegram-mcp for full account access. It's Go-based (fast), well-maintained, and supports contacts + message search + media download — exactly what was needed to "查看TG联系人" and "搜索聊天记录".

Prerequisites

  1. Get API credentials: https://my.telegram.org/auth → API development tools
  2. Note: This is separate from Bot tokens. MTProto API gives full user-account access.

Security Note

MCP server gets full read access to your Telegram account. Only install servers you trust. The env config ensures credentials aren't leaked to other servers.