# io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp (npm · tdl-mcp)

Read-only Telegram MCP server wrapping the tdl CLI: list chats, read messages, download media.

- Trust score: 81/100 (high trust)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-16

## Components

- npm · `tdl-mcp`: 81/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/rixile9999-tdl-mcp/tdl-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/rixile9999-tdl-mcp/tdl-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `tdl-mcp`
- Version: `1.1.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-16.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 92 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to rixile9999/tdl-mcp).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 620 tokens (~124/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp server?

io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y tdl-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add rixile9999-tdl-mcp -- npx -y tdl-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rixile9999-tdl-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tdl-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "rixile9999-tdl-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tdl-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add rixile9999-tdl-mcp -- npx -y tdl-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "rixile9999-tdl-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "tdl-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add rixile9999-tdl-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg tdl-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  rixile9999-tdl-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "tdl-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "rixile9999-tdl-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "tdl-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add rixile9999-tdl-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y tdl-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rixile9999-tdl-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tdl-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-16 (score 81)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `tg_status` (~54 tokens)

Telegram session status

Check whether the local tdl Telegram session is logged in and usable. Call this first if another tg_* tool fails or before starting Telegram work. Never errors — returns {logged_in:false, hint} when the session is missing.

### `tg_chats` (~99 tokens)

List Telegram chats

List the Telegram dialogs (chats/channels/groups/users) visible to the logged-in session, as [{id, type, name, username}]. Use it to find the chat id or @username to pass as `chat` to tg_messages / tg_download. Optional `filter` does a case-insensitive substring match on name/username/id.

Input parameters:

- `filter` (string): Case-insensitive substring to match against chat name, username or id

### `tg_messages` (~158 tokens)

Read recent Telegram messages

Export recent media messages from one chat (by id or @username) and return them as compact {id, date, file, text} objects — newest range exported via tdl. Use last_n for 'the last N media messages', or since_id to fetch only messages after a known message id (incremental reads). Read-only.

Input parameters:

- `chat` (string, required): Chat id or @username/domain (as shown by tg_chats)
- `last_n` (integer): How many recent media messages to export (default 50, max 500)
- `since_id` (integer): Only messages with id > since_id (overrides last_n; for incremental reads)
- `with_text` (boolean): Include message text content (default true)

### `tg_download` (~186 tokens)

Download Telegram media from a chat

Download media files from one chat (by id or @username) to a local directory and return the absolute paths of newly downloaded files. Use extensions (csv, e.g. 'xlsx,pdf') to fetch only certain file types; since_id for 'everything new after message X'; last_n for 'the latest N media messages' (default 100). Already-present files are skipped (--skip-same).

Input parameters:

- `chat` (string, required): Chat id or @username/domain (as shown by tg_chats)
- `dest` (string): Destination directory (default ~/Downloads/telegram)
- `extensions` (string): Comma-separated file extensions to include, e.g. 'xlsx,pdf'
- `last_n` (integer): How many recent media messages to consider (default 100)
- `since_id` (integer): Only messages with id > since_id (overrides last_n)

### `tg_download_url` (~123 tokens)

Download Telegram media by t.me link

Download the media of specific Telegram messages given their t.me links (e.g. https://t.me/channel/123) and return the absolute paths of newly downloaded files. Use when you already have message links rather than a chat to scan. Already-present files are skipped (--skip-same).

Input parameters:

- `dest` (string): Destination directory (default ~/Downloads/telegram)
- `extensions` (string): Comma-separated file extensions to include, e.g. 'xlsx,pdf'
- `urls` (array, required): Telegram message links; each must start with https://t.me/

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/rixile9999-tdl-mcp/tdl-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-16: 81

## Common questions

### What is the io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp server?

io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp. Read-only Telegram MCP server wrapping the tdl CLI: list chats, read messages, download media. This page covers its npm package (tdl-mcp).

### Is the io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp server safe to use?

io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 16 October 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp server expose?

io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp exposes 5 tools: tg_status, tg_chats, tg_messages, tg_download, tg_download_url. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 620 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp server still maintained?

io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 16 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp server under?

io.github.rixile9999/tdl-mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tdl-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/tdl-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/rixile9999/tdl-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/rixile9999-tdl-mcp/tdl-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/rixile9999-tdl-mcp/tdl-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/rixile9999-tdl-mcp/tdl-mcp