tgden — Telegram catalog & search
Search 1.2M+ Telegram channels, 245k+ chats, 160k+ bots — no account, no key, no install.
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"telegram-catalog": {
"url": "https://tgden.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://tgden.com/api/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (6)
🟢search_telegram(query, type, limit)
Full-text search over the tgden catalog (1.8M+ channels, 442k+ 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.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Search query, any language"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"all",
"channel",
"chat",
"bot"
],
"description": "Entity kind filter (default all)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 25,
"description": "Max results (default 10)"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
]
}⚪channel_stats(username)
Full record for one channel by @username: subscribers, category, language, trust score, description.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"username": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Channel @username (with or without @)"
}
},
"required": [
"username"
]
}🟢search_posts(query, limit)
Full-text search over recent posts from catalogued channels (1k+ view posts). Returns text snippets, channel and view counts.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Search query"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 25,
"description": "Max results (default 10)"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
]
}⚪market_listings(country, type, limit)
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.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"country": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"th",
"ae",
"tr",
"vn",
"ge",
"us",
"ru"
],
"description": "OTC country code"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"rent",
"sale",
"service",
"job",
"exchange",
"wanted"
],
"description": "Listing type filter ('wanted' = demand: сниму/куплю/ищу, any kind)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50,
"description": "Max results (default 10)"
}
}
}⚪market_stats
Listing totals by country and type for the OTC marketplace (th·ae·tr·vn·ge·us·ru).
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}⚪best_channels_by_category(category, limit)
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.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"category": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Category slug: crypto, news, tech, ai, finance, entertainment, gaming, marketing, education, sports, music, politics, business, food, travel, health, science, movies, anime, books"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 25,
"description": "Max results (default 10)"
}
},
"required": [
"category"
]
}Community
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