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DimensionOpenAlex MCP ServerAccess the OpenAlex academic research catalog - 270M+ publications through MCP. STDIO & Streamable HTTP.Telegram MCP ServerTelegram MCP server powered by Telethon to let MCP clients read chats, manage groups, and send/modify messages, media, contacts, and settings.
FMRS63 / 100 · C70 / 100 · B
Reliability10 / 209 / 20
Security and permissions14 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance10 / 2014 / 20
Documentation15 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2014 / 20
Best for
  • Researchers, librarians, and academic writing assistants.
  • Developers needing up-to-date scholarly metadata.
  • Those building AI tools on top of a large academic knowledge base.
  • Developers who want to integrate Telegram into MCP clients like Claude
  • Automation scenarios that need to manage multiple Telegram accounts
  • Building custom Telegram bots or workflows
  • Scenarios that require secure file operation path restrictions
Not for
  • Access to full-text PDFs—the server provides metadata only.
  • Users seeking everyday non-academic search.
  • Applications requiring extremely low latency for massive concurrent requests without rate limit handling.
  • Use cases requiring official Bot API features (this server uses a user client)
  • Non-technical users who want a fully managed solution
  • Multiple processes using the same session without lock management
Required permissions
  • Requires access to the OpenAlex API, either anonymous or with an API key.
  • For HTTP transport, needs to open a port locally or configure a public endpoint.
  • May read or parse input data containing names or identifiers.
  • Requires Telegram API ID and API Hash
  • Requires the user's Telegram session string (equivalent to account access)
  • Can send messages, media, contacts, and settings to any allowed chat
  • Can create or modify groups, channels, and chat settings
  • Can access and operate on the user's media files and contacts
Risks and side effects
  • API rate limits may be more restrictive with anonymous access; without a mailto identifier, requests may be throttled.
  • OpenAlex data is updated regularly but may not be real-time, and some records may be missing.
  • If exposed over the internet, the server could be a target for abuse; protect the endpoint if public.
  • Tools returning large data sets may cause high network traffic and memory usage.
  • Session string leakage could lead to account compromise
  • Sending messages may raise privacy or security concerns
  • Prompt injection: Telegram content may be maliciously crafted, so precautions are needed
  • Risk of using unofficial PyPI package name; avoid pip install telegram-mcp
  • Concurrent clients using the same session may cause AuthKeyDuplicatedError
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Cursor, VS CodeClaude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex
Tools576