MCP server

tgden — Telegram catalog & search

io.github.JustJuice55/telegram-catalog

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search 1.2M+ Telegram channels, 245k+ chats, 160k+ bots — no account, no key, no install.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

6

Token cost

About 834 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http telegram-catalog https://tgden.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.telegram-catalog]
url = "https://tgden.com/api/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"telegram-catalog":{"httpUrl":"https://tgden.com/api/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"telegram-catalog":{"url":"https://tgden.com/api/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"telegram-catalog":{"type":"http","url":"https://tgden.com/api/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add telegram-catalog https://tgden.com/api/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"telegram-catalog","server_url":"https://tgden.com/api/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"telegram-catalog","server_url":"https://tgden.com/api/mcp"}

Tools

• best_channels_by_category ~196 tokens
  Top Telegram channels ranked by subscribers for a given category. Use this when someone asks 'best telegram channels for [topic]' or 'top channels about [subject]'. Returns channel name, @username, subscriber count, language and description.
• channel_stats ~85 tokens
  Full record for one channel by @username: subscribers, category, language, trust score, description.
• market_listings ~200 tokens
  Fresh classified listings extracted from Telegram groups across the OTC network — Thailand (th), UAE (ae), Turkey (tr), Vietnam (vn), Georgia (ge), USA (us), Russia (ru): rent, sale, services, jobs, exchange. Filter by country and listing type.
• market_stats ~49 tokens
  Listing totals by country and type for the OTC marketplace (th·ae·tr·vn·ge·us·ru).
• search_posts ~110 tokens
  Full-text search over recent posts from catalogued channels (1k+ view posts). Returns text snippets, channel and view counts.
• search_telegram ~194 tokens
  Full-text search over the tgden catalog (1.7M+ channels, 430k+ group chats, 228k+ bots) with subscriber/member counts, categories and trust scores. Needs no Telegram account — this is the public catalog, so it finds communities the user has NOT joined. Use type to restrict to one entity kind.

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