name: telegram-personal description: "Access a personal Telegram account's messages and chats via MTProto (Telethon). Use when asked to: search Telegram messages across all chats, read DMs or group history, list conversations, check unread messages, export chat history, download media from Telegram, or any task requiring access to a user's full Telegram account (not just bot-visible messages)."

telegram-personal

Read-only access to a personal Telegram account via Telethon (MTProto API).

Setup

One-time: bash scripts/setup.sh (installs Telethon, runs interactive auth).

Requires api_id + api_hash from https://my.telegram.org → API Development.

Credentials stored at ~/.config/telegram-personal/credentials.json (mode 600). Session file at ~/.config/telegram-personal/session.session.

CLI: scripts/tg.py

# List all conversations
tg dialogs [--limit N]

# Read messages from a chat (username, phone, or numeric ID)
tg read <chat> [--limit 20]

# Search across all chats (or one specific chat)
tg search "query" [--chat <name>] [--limit 20]

# Show unread DMs/groups with previews
tg unread [--limit 30]

# Download media from a message
tg download <chat> <msg_id> [-o dir]

# Export chat to markdown
tg export <chat> [--since 7d] [--limit 500] [-o file.md]

# Get info about a chat or yourself
tg info [chat]

Chat identifiers

Any of: @username, +phone, numeric ID (from tg dialogs), or chat title.

Safety

• Read-only — no send/delete commands
• Session file = full account access. Never expose it
• Telethon auto-handles FloodWait (sleeps on rate limits)
• Global search iterates dialogs (slower); prefer --chat when possible

Integration with OpenClaw

From a skill or heartbeat, call via exec:

cd /path/to/telegram-personal && uv run tg search "keyword" --limit 10
cd /path/to/telegram-personal && uv run tg unread