telegram-channel-scraper-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible AI scrape public Telegram channels — no Telegram account, no phone number, no API key required.

Powered by the khadinakbar/telegram-channel-scraper Apify actor.

[](https://apify.com/khadinakbar/telegram-channel-scraper) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/telegram-channel-scraper-mcp-server)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | telegram_scrape_messages | Scrape messages from one or more public channels | | telegram_get_channel_info | Get subscriber count, title, verification status | | telegram_discover_related_channels | Find related channels via forwarded message analysis | | telegram_extract_leads | Extract email addresses and links for lead generation |

1. Free Apify account (no credit card required for free tier)
2. Your Apify API token from console.apify.com/account/integrations

Use the Apify-hosted MCP endpoint — no install, no npm, just add this URL to your MCP client:

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,get-actor-run,get-actor-run-list,khadinakbar/telegram-channel-scraper

Claude Desktop (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "telegram-scraper": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,get-actor-run,get-actor-run-list,khadinakbar/telegram-channel-scraper",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json: