About Catalogue App
Catalogue App connects AI assistants to a Telegram catalogue and creation studio for bots, emoji, and sticker packs. It also searches public Telegram channels, bots, mini apps, and packs.
Key features
- 01Create hosted Telegram bots from templates
- 02Create emoji and sticker packs
- 03Search Telegram apps, bots, and channels
- 04Find packs with add links
- 05Access Telegram Bot API guidance
Use cases
- 01Build a support or feedback bot
- 02Make a themed sticker pack from media
- 03Find channels or bots by topic
- 04Look up Telegram Bot API details
MCP support
The remote Streamable HTTP MCP server exposes tools for searching apps, channels, and packs, listing bot templates, creating bots and packs, and retrieving Bot API guidance. It requires no sign-in.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://gramnews.org/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http org-gramnews-catalogue-app https://gramnews.org/mcp{"mcpServers":{"org-gramnews-catalogue-app":{"type":"http","url":"https://gramnews.org/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"org-gramnews-catalogue-app":{"type":"http","url":"https://gramnews.org/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"org-gramnews-catalogue-app":{"type":"http","url":"https://gramnews.org/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"org-gramnews-catalogue-app":{"serverUrl":"https://gramnews.org/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project README
Catalogue App for AI assistants
Telegram bots in one click, emoji and sticker packs, and search across Telegram — for Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Grok, Gemini and any MCP client. Free.
@catalogue_app in Telegram ·
Studio on the web ·
MCP: https://gramnews.org/mcp
Catalogue App (@catalogue_app) is a Telegram bot and mini app: a catalogue of the Telegram ecosystem and a studio that builds bots and packs for you. This repository plugs it into AI assistants.
What the assistant can do
| Create a bot in one click | The assistant returns a link; the user opens it in Telegram, confirms, and the bot is live. No @BotFather, no token, no server — the bot is hosted by @catalogue_app and edited in its node editor. Templates: support, feedback, anonymous questions, shop, website support, private chat or channel, paid channel, join captcha, channel posting, pack owner. |
| Hosting included | Bots made with Catalogue App run on its servers — webhook, logic and node editor — so the user needs no server, domain or deploy. Packs live in Telegram itself under the user's account. |
| Make emoji and sticker packs | Photos, videos or GIFs become a custom emoji or sticker pack in one tap, or a pack is assembled from the library by theme. |
| Search Telegram | Mini apps, bots and TON services; 1.5M+ public channels, group chats and bots with subscriber counts; emoji and sticker packs with add links. Refreshed daily. |
| Widgets in chats | Catalogue Widgets: interactive cards and mini games sent right into any Telegram chat — a profile card (t.me/catalogue_app?start=card, or type @catalogue_app card in any chat) and a runner game (t.me/catalogue_app?start=game). |
| Bot API knowledge base | Current notes on managed bots, Mini Apps, packs, Telegram Stars payments, webhooks and limits, with links to the official docs. |
Install
Any MCP client (remote server)
https://gramnews.org/mcp
Streamable HTTP, no sign-in. Tools: search_apps, search_channels, search_packs,
list_bot_templates, create_bot, create_pack, telegram_bot_api_guide.
Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add vitalikgpt/catalogue-app-plugin
/plugin install catalogue-app@catalogue-app
or just the server: claude mcp add --transport http catalogue-app https://gramnews.org/mcp
Claude.ai / Claude Desktop
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://gramnews.org/mcp.
ChatGPT
Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode → Create → URL
https://gramnews.org/mcp, authentication: none.
Codex
codex mcp add catalogue-app --url https://gramnews.org/mcp
Cursor
Add to Cursor
or add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "catalogue-app": { "url": "https://gramnews.org/mcp" } } }
Gemini CLI
gemini extensions install https://github.com/vitalikgpt/catalogue-app-plugin
VS Code / Copilot, Windsurf, Zed and others
Add an HTTP MCP server with the URL https://gramnews.org/mcp.
Skills
| Skill | When it is used |
|---|---|
telegram-bot-builder | "make me a Telegram bot for …" |
telegram-packs | emoji / stickers on a theme, or from the user's own media |
telegram-search | "is there a Telegram bot / channel / app for …" |
telegram-widgets | profile card or mini game right in a chat |
telegram-id | "what is my Telegram ID", or the ID of a channel, group or bot |
telegram-channel-analytics | statistics of a channel or group |
telegram-channel-posting | posts with buttons, scheduling, autoposting from RSS/YouTube |
telegram-emoji-art | a big picture made of custom emoji |
telegram-save-media | saving videos, circles, voice messages, exporting a chat |
telegram-formatting | bold, spoiler, code, disappearing photo |
telegram-privacy | hide number, online status, photo |
telegram-account-security | 2FA, log out everywhere, after a hack, delete account |
telegram-stars-gifts | Stars, Premium, gifts and their market |
telegram-whats-new | Telegram features from 2025–2026 that older answers miss |
telegram-bot-api-updates | Bot API 9.x–10.x changes for developers |
telegram-group-moderation | moderation bot: service messages, captcha, antiflood, filters, /ban /mute /purge |
telegram-secretary | deleted and edited messages, AI auto-reply, reminders from chats |
telegram-bot-api | writing or debugging Bot API and Mini App code |
Without an assistant
- Bots: https://gramnews.org/studio/bots
- Emoji: https://gramnews.org/studio/emoji · Stickers: https://gramnews.org/studio/stickers
- Everything in Telegram: https://t.me/catalogue_app
Privacy
The server is read-only and needs no account. It keeps no record of queries beyond a per-address daily counter held in memory. Creation happens in Telegram, where the user confirms it. Policy: https://gramnews.org/privacy · Terms: https://gramnews.org/terms
License
MIT
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