Telegram API FAQs

Question 1

What is the Telegram API MCP server?

Accepted Answer

It's a robust Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides 100% coverage of the Telegram Bot API v9.6, designed for seamless integration with advanced AI models to power intelligent Telegram bots. It offers features like meta-mode, rate limiting, and circuit breaking.

Question 2

What Telegram Bot API version does it support, and how complete is its coverage?

Accepted Answer

The server provides full 100% coverage of the latest Telegram Bot API v9.6 (April 2026), including all 169 methods. This ensures your AI bots can leverage every available feature, from managed bots to revoting polls.

Question 3

How does 'Meta-mode' save context tokens in AI conversations?

Accepted Answer

Meta-mode significantly optimizes AI context by exposing only two tools (`telegram_find` and `telegram_call`) instead of all 169 individual methods. This can save up to 99% of context tokens, making AI conversations more efficient and cost-effective for large models like Claude.

Question 4

What advanced features are included for reliability and security?

Accepted Answer

It features robust global and per-chat rate limiting, a 3-state circuit breaker with auto-recovery for fault tolerance, and retry with exponential backoff. For security, it offers secure file uploads with path traversal protection, Zod validation for all parameters, and bot token masking in logs and responses.

Telegram API

Telegram API

Key Features

Use Cases

Key Features

Use Cases