# telegram-bot-mcp

> Telegram Bot MCP Server - publish, edit, and search messages in Telegram channels

Record `telegram-bot-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/telegram-bot-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/telegram-bot-mcp
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/telegram-bot-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.4
- protocols: mcp
- tags: bot, mcp, model-context-protocol, server, telegram
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:telegram-bot-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Telegram Bot MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to publish, edit, search, and manage messages in Telegram channels.

## Features

- **Publish Text Messages**: Post new text messages to Telegram channels with formatting support (Markdown/HTML)
- **Publish Photos**: Post photos with optional captions to Telegram channels
- **Edit Text Messages**: Modify existing text-only messages in channels
- **Edit Photo Captions**: Update captions of existing photo messages
- **Delete Messages**: Remove messages from channels
- **Search Messages**: Search through cached messages (local cache)
- **Channel Info**: Retrieve channel metadata and statistics

## Quick Reference

| Task | Message Type | Tool to Use |
|------|-------------|-------------|
| Publish a text message | Text | `publish_message` |
| Publish a photo | Photo | `publish_photo` |
| Edit a text-only message | Text | `edit_message` |
| Edit a photo's caption | Photo | `edit_message_caption` |
| Delete any message | Any | `delete_message` |
| Search cached messages | Any | `search_messages` |
| Get channel info | - | `get_channel_info` |

**Important:** You cannot use `edit_message` on photo messages or `edit_message_caption` on text messages!

## Installation

### Prerequisites

1. **Python 3.10+** is required
2. **Create a Telegram Bot**:
   - Open Telegram and search for [@BotFather](https://t.me/botfather)
   - Send `/newbot` and follow the instructions
   - Copy the bot token (format: `123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11`)

3. **Add Bot to Your Channel**:
   - Create a Telegram channel or use an existing one
   - Add your bot as an administrator to the channel
   - Grant the bot permissions:
     - Post messages
     - Edit messages of others
     - Delete messages of others

4. **Get Channel ID**:
   - For public channels, use the username format: `@channelname`
   - For private channels, you need the numeric chat ID (e.g., `-1001234567890`)
   - You can get this…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- communication.sms-voice (1, declared)
- communication.chat (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/telegram-bot-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T13:21:12.665Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/telegram-bot-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/telegram-bot-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:telegram-bot-mcp