mcp-telegram and telegram-mcp
These tools are competitors, as both appear to be implementations of a "Telegram MCP Server" or "Telegram MCP" to integrate with the Telegram platform.
About mcp-telegram
dryeab/mcp-telegram
MCP Server for Telegram
Implements Telegram's MTProto protocol via Telethon to expose messaging, search, draft management, and media download capabilities as MCP tools for AI agents. Integrates with Claude Desktop and Cursor through stdio transport, with credentials managed via interactive CLI login and session-based authentication. Provides LLMs with 10+ tools for sending/editing/deleting messages, searching dialogs, and downloading media while handling SQLite session locking for concurrent instance safety.
About telegram-mcp
chaindead/telegram-mcp
Telegram MCP for managing dialogs, messages, drafts, read statuses, and more.
Implements the Model Context Protocol to expose Telegram's TDLib client library through a standardized MCP server interface, enabling AI assistants like Claude Desktop and Cursor to autonomously manage conversations. Built in Go with support for multi-factor authentication and persistent session management via environment variables. Exposes five core tools—account info, dialog listing, message retrieval, read status updates, and draft sending—allowing AI agents to perform end-to-end message workflows programmatically.
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