Complete Setup Guide for the Official Anthropic Telegram Plugin for Claude Code
The article provides a step-by-step guide to set up the official Anthropic Telegram plugin for the Claude Code AI assistant. It covers creating a Telegram bot, installing the plugin, configuring the bot token, and pairing the bot with your Claude Code session.
Why it matters
The official Telegram plugin provides a convenient way to access the Claude Code AI assistant on mobile devices, expanding the reach and usability of the platform.
Key Points
- 1The Telegram plugin allows you to chat with Claude Code directly through Telegram
- 2Setup requires 6 steps: create a bot, install the plugin, configure the token, relaunch with the channel flag, pair the bot, and lock down access
- 3The plugin exposes 3 MCP tools: reply, react, and edit_message for controlling messages
- 4Access control defaults to
- 5 mode, but can be switched to an allowlist to restrict access
Details
The Claude Code Telegram plugin is an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server developed by Anthropic that connects a Telegram bot to your Claude Code session. Once configured, you can message the Telegram bot and have those messages forwarded directly to your Claude Code assistant, giving you mobile access to Claude Code. The plugin provides 3 MCP tools - reply, react, and edit_message - to control messages. By default, the plugin uses
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