Upload and set a new profile photo from a local file. Supports JPEG/PNG for static avatar or MP4 for animated avatar (square, up to 10s). Optionally set as fallback photo shown to users who cannot see your main photo.
AI agents use telegram-set-profile-photo to create or update resources in MCP-Telegram — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your MCP-Telegram environment.
This tool modifies user-facing profile data (profile photo) but does not delete, execute code, move money, or cause irreversible harm. The blast radius is moderate: an AI agent could change a user's profile picture without authorization, potentially causing embarrassment or impersonation concerns, but the user can immediately revert it.
From the tool's definition Tool description states: 'Upload and set a new profile photo from a local file' — this creates/modifies user profile metadata. The action is reversible (a new photo can be uploaded to replace it).
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access telegram-set-profile-photo gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP-Telegram, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for telegram-set-profile-photo:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"telegram-set-profile-photo": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "telegram-set-profile-photo_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}telegram-set-profile-photo stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Upload and set a new profile photo from a local file. Supports JPEG/PNG for static avatar or MP4 for animated avatar (square, up to 10s). Optionally set as fallback photo shown to users who cannot see your main photo. It is categorised as a Write tool in the MCP-Telegram MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the MCP-Telegram MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for telegram-set-profile-photo: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches MCP-Telegram. Nothing to install.
telegram-set-profile-photo is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the telegram-set-profile-photo rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for telegram-set-profile-photo. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
telegram-set-profile-photo is provided by the MCP-Telegram MCP server (mcp-telegram/mcp-telegram). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP-Telegram, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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