What you get
| Type | What for | MCP URI / Tool id |
|---|---|---|
| Resources | Browse archive stats, chats, and folders read-only | telegram-archive://stats<br>telegram-archive://chats<br>telegram-archive://folders<br>telegram-archive://health |
| Tools | Search and retrieve messages, inspect chat statistics | search_messages<br>get_messages<br>get_pinned_messages<br>get_messages_by_date<br>get_chat_stats<br>get_topics<br>refresh_stats |
Everything is exposed over a single JSON-RPC endpoint (/mcp).
LLMs / Agents can: initialize -> readResource -> listTools -> callTool ... and so on.
Quick-start (Docker Compose)
services:
telegram-archive-mcp:
image: drumsergio/telegram-archive-mcp:latest
ports:
- "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
environment:
- TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL=http://telegram-archive:3000
- TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER=your-username
- TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS=your-password
Security note: The HTTP transport listens on
127.0.0.1:8080by default. If you need to expose it on a network, place it behind a reverse proxy with authentication.
Install via npm (stdio transport)
npx telegram-archive-mcp
Or install globally:
npm install -g telegram-archive-mcp
telegram-archive-mcp
This downloads the pre-built Go binary from GitHub Releases for your platform and runs it with stdio transport. Requires at least one published release.
Local build
git clone https://github.com/GeiserX/telegram-archive-mcp
cd telegram-archive-mcp
# (optional) create .env from the sample
cp .env.example .env && $EDITOR .env
go run ./cmd/server
Configuration
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_URL | http://localhost:3000 | Telegram-Archive instance URL (without trailing /) |
TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_USER | (empty) | Login username for session auth via /api/login |
TELEGRAM_ARCHIVE_PASS | (empty) | Login password for session auth via /api/login |
LISTEN_ADDR | 127.0.0.1:8080 | HTTP listen address (Docker sets 0.0.0.0:8080) |
MCP_AUTH_TOKEN | (empty) | Bearer token for HTTP auth (required if not loopback) |
TRANSPORT | (empty = HTTP) | Set to stdio for stdio transport |
Put them in a .env file (from .env.example) or set them in the environment.
Testing
Tested with Inspector and it is currently fully working. Before making a PR, make sure this MCP server behaves well via this medium.
Example configuration for client LLMs
{
"schema_version": "v1",
"name_for_human": "Telegram-Archive-MCP",
"name_for_model": "telegram_archive_mcp",
"description_for_human": "Search messages, browse chats, and access archived Telegram history.",
"description_for_model": "Interact with a Telegram-Archive instance that stores archived Telegram messages. First call initialize, then reuse the returned session id in header \"Mcp-Session-Id\" for every other call. Use readResource to fetch URIs that begin with telegram-archive://. Use listTools to discover available actions and callTool to execute them.",
"auth": {
"type": "bearer",
"token": "<your MCP_AUTH_TOKEN value>"
},
"api": {
"type": "jsonrpc-mcp",
"url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp",
"init_method": "initialize",
"session_header": "Mcp-Session-Id"
},
"contact_email": "acsdesk@protonmail.com",
"legal_info_url": "https://github.com/GeiserX/telegram-archive-mcp/blob/main/LICENSE"
}
Credits
Telegram-Archive -- Telegram message archival and search
MCP-GO -- modern MCP implementation
GoReleaser -- painless multi-arch releases
Maintainers
Contributing
Feel free to dive in! Open an issue or submit PRs.
Telegram-Archive-MCP follows the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct.
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|---|---|
| Telegram-Archive | Automated, incremental Telegram backups with a local web viewer |
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