# Telegram

> Use this tool when you need to integrate AI capabilities into Telegram-based workflows, enabling automated notifications, chatbots, or AI-assisted communication channels. It solves problems of complex API interactions by providing a secure and simplified interface for sending messages to specific, whitelisted Telegram chats. Through the Telegram Bot API, it accepts chat IDs and message inputs, producing outputs as sent messages in the targeted chats.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/lane83-telegram  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lane83-telegram

## Description

This Telegram MCP server, developed as an open-source project, enables AI assistants to interact with Telegram chats through the Telegram Bot API. Built with TypeScript and leveraging the Model Context Protocol SDK, it provides tools for sending messages to specific chats. The implementation focuses on security by allowing only whitelisted chat IDs. It's particularly useful for integrating AI capabilities into Telegram-based workflows, enabling use cases like automated notifications, chatbots, or AI-assisted communication channels without requiring deep knowledge of Telegram's API intricacies.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.90
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** communication
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/lane83-telegram)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lane83/mcp-telegram>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "lane83-telegram"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lane83-telegram` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/lane83-telegram/pull`

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