Telegram Notify MCP Server

A dead-simple MCP server with one job: send AI agent progress back to you on Telegram — text, images, or files.

Local serverstdio

What is the Telegram Notify MCP MCP server?

Telegram Notify MCP MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. A dead-simple MCP server with one job: send AI agent progress back to you on Telegram — text, images, or files.

What the assistant can call

Once Telegram Notify MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • send_message — The send_message tool exposed by this server
  • send_photo — The send_photo tool exposed by this server
  • send_document — The send_document tool exposed by this server

Setting it up

The server ships on npm as @parthj/telegram-notify-mcp, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 2 environment variables: TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN, TELEGRAM_USERNAME. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Choosing this one

Plenty of team communication servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Telegram Notify MCP's toolset — send_message, send_photo, send_document — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by parthjadhav; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the telegram notify mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
send_messageThe send_message tool exposed by this server.
send_photoThe send_photo tool exposed by this server.
send_documentThe send_document tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Telegram Notify MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram-notify": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@parthj/telegram-notify-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "TELEGRAM_USERNAME": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
TELEGRAM_USERNAMEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Telegram Notify MCP to send message.
  • Use Telegram Notify MCP to send photo.
  • Use Telegram Notify MCP to send document.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Telegram Notify MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 3 tools (send_message, send_photo, send_document) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Telegram Notify MCP directly.