MCP Communicator Telegram

MCP Communicator (Telegram)
An MCP server that bridges AI assistants with Telegram, enabling interactive communication and file exchange directly through a bot.

The MCP Communicator (Telegram) solves the common problem of how an AI assistant can interact with a human user outside its native environment. Traditional assistants often rely on webhooks or proprietary chat interfaces, which can be cumbersome to set up and maintain. By exposing a lightweight MCP server that speaks Telegram’s Bot API, developers can tap into one of the world’s most widely used messaging platforms without writing custom integration code. This allows AI-driven workflows to notify users, ask for input, and deliver artifacts in a familiar, real‑time channel.

At its core, the server offers four principal tools that mirror everyday bot capabilities:

• ask_user – Sends a question and waits indefinitely for the user’s reply, returning the text once received.
• notify_user – Pushes a one‑way message to keep the user informed of progress or completion.
• send_file – Transmits any local file, making it trivial to deliver logs, screenshots, or configuration snippets.
• zip_project – Packages an entire project directory (respecting ) into a ZIP archive and sends it, enabling easy delivery of codebases or build artifacts.

These tools are implemented as standard MCP resources, so they can be invoked from any AI client that understands the protocol. The server handles chat‑ID validation, error logging, and asynchronous message tracking behind the scenes, freeing developers from boilerplate bot logic. Because the communication is asynchronous, AI assistants can continue other tasks while waiting for user input, ensuring non‑blocking workflows.

Real‑world scenarios that benefit from this server include:

• On‑call incident response: An AI triage bot can ask for symptom details and send diagnostic logs via Telegram.
• Continuous integration pipelines: After a build, the assistant can notify developers and attach the generated artifact.
• Remote configuration: Users can request changes, receive updated config files, and confirm via a simple reply.
• Education or tutoring: The AI can pose questions to students and receive answers in real time, all within Telegram.

Unique advantages of the MCP Communicator (Telegram) are its zero‑configuration bot setup once the token and chat ID are provided, automatic respect for when zipping projects, and built‑in secure chat ID validation that prevents accidental message leaks. By leveraging the ubiquity of Telegram, developers can embed AI interactions into everyday workflows without exposing new interfaces or learning complex messaging APIs.