A Model Context Protocol server that wires Codex straight into the Telegram app on your phone — read unread chats, search your messages and send replies across every account. Zero cloud storage.
BOB Chat exposes a Model Context Protocol server. Your AI client sends a tool call; it's relayed as a short-lived push to the app on your phone, which runs it against Telegram and sends the result straight back.
BOB ChatBOB Chat is a full Telegram client first — folders, groups, channels, threads, up to 4 accounts. A multimodal model runs inside the app, so reply suggestions, catch-up summaries and task extraction happen on your hardware. The on-device tier is always free.
Catch-up summaries of unread runs and three reply suggestions per chat — computed on your phone's GPU, even offline. Nothing is sent until you tap.
The AI reads your incoming messages on-device, extracts what needs action into tasks, watches groups for leads and collapses noisy channels into one daily brief.
Wire Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client into your Telegram — read, search, summarise and send from your desk, across every chat and account.
Same Telegram MCP server, every client. Codex is the smoothest; Claude Desktop is one click.
Point Codex at the hosted endpoint through the mcp-remote bridge. Add this to ~/.codex/config.toml and restart Codex — OAuth opens in your browser on the first call.
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.bob_chat]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.bob.tools/mcp-chat"]Download bob-chat.mcpb and double-click it. Claude Desktop installs the server, wires the config, and shows a settings form. No Node or npm needed.
# one-click bundle bob-chat.mcpb → double-click to install
bob-tools/bob-plugins marketplace — always the latest.Add the bob-tools/bob-plugins marketplace, then install BOB Chat from it. Run these inside Claude Code; restart it after installing.
# in the Claude Code prompt
/plugin marketplace add bob-tools/bob-plugins
/plugin install bob-chat@bob-pluginsclaude mcp add --transport http bob-chat https://api.bob.tools/mcp-chatPrefer a hosted endpoint? Point any MCP client at the remote URL — no install at all.
# streamable HTTP endpoint
https://api.bob.tools/mcp-chatThe relay is deliberately dumb. It carries a request to your device and a result back — and forgets both. There's no chat database to breach.
Get startedRun the messenger and its on-device AI for nothing. Add remote control from Codex or Claude when you want your AI to reach your Telegram from anywhere.
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These are web prices — about 15% cheaper than subscribing inside the Android app, where store fees apply.
The questions people ask before wiring an AI into their Telegram.
~/.codex/config.toml via the mcp-remote bridge and Codex can read, search and reply across your Telegram accounts..mcpb bundle; Claude Code adds it from the bob-tools/bob-plugins marketplace. Any MCP client — including Cursor — can also point at the hosted remote URL.chat_overview to confirm the link. Full walkthrough in the setup guide.Use the messenger and its on-device AI for free — then link your account and let Codex or Claude handle the catch-up.
Android today · iOS soon · On-device AI always free · Nothing stored, ever
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