Install Fast Telegram in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- uv, which
gives the
uvxcommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_API_ID,YOUR_API_HASH.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env API_ID=YOUR_API_ID --env API_HASH=YOUR_API_HASH --transport stdio fast-mcp-telegram -- uvx fast-mcp-telegram==0.44.1 - Replace
YOUR_API_ID,YOUR_API_HASHwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of fast-mcp-telegram.
If it does not start
- spawn uvx ENOENT
- uv is not on the PATH that Claude Code sees. Install it, or write the
full path of
uvxin the config. - The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.