Claude Code How to use Telegram with Claude Code
You want Telegram inside Claude Code so it can triage incoming bot messages, run a Telegram support flow, send approved team updates, and collect a button choice — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.
Create your Telegram gateway
The gateway is the thing Claude Code connects to, and it is where you decide which Telegram tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.
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Create an Arcade account
Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
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Create an MCP Gateway and select your Telegram tools
In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Telegram tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
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Copy your gateway URL
Every client below needs it.
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
Connect the gateway to Claude Code
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Add the gateway as a remote HTTP MCP server
claude mcp add arcade --transport http "<YOUR_ARCADE_GATEWAY_URL>"
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Verify it was added
claude mcp get arcade claude mcp list
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Try it out
Open Claude Code in your project and ask it to use one of your Telegram tools.
Full Claude Code guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13
Try these Telegram prompts
Claude Code can now act on your Telegram account. Click a prompt to copy it.
Use scoped credentials and permissions to limit which Telegram actions an agent can take. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so an agent can read incoming messages without being allowed to send messages or audio.
