MCP Server

WhatsApp MCP Server MCP Server

Name: WhatsApp MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.nakulben

io.github.nakulben/whatsapp-mcp

Repository Registry

What is the WhatsApp MCP Server MCP server?

Manage WhatsApp Business templates and send messages via Meta Cloud API

How to install WhatsApp MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

META_ACCESS_TOKEN
required
secret
Meta API access token with whatsapp_business_messaging and whatsapp_business_management permissions
META_WABA_ID
required
WhatsApp Business Account ID
META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID
required
WhatsApp phone number ID
META_APP_ID
Meta app ID (for media uploads)
META_API_VERSION
Meta Graph API version (defaults to v24.0)

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whatsapp-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "jina-whatsapp-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "META_WABA_ID": "<YOUR_META_WABA_ID>",
        "META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID": "<YOUR_META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>",
        "META_APP_ID": "<YOUR_META_APP_ID>",
        "META_API_VERSION": "<YOUR_META_API_VERSION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whatsapp-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "jina-whatsapp-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "META_WABA_ID": "<YOUR_META_WABA_ID>",
        "META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID": "<YOUR_META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>",
        "META_APP_ID": "<YOUR_META_APP_ID>",
        "META_API_VERSION": "<YOUR_META_API_VERSION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whatsapp-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "jina-whatsapp-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "META_WABA_ID": "<YOUR_META_WABA_ID>",
        "META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID": "<YOUR_META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>",
        "META_APP_ID": "<YOUR_META_APP_ID>",
        "META_API_VERSION": "<YOUR_META_API_VERSION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "whatsapp-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "jina-whatsapp-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "META_WABA_ID": "<YOUR_META_WABA_ID>",
        "META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID": "<YOUR_META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>",
        "META_APP_ID": "<YOUR_META_APP_ID>",
        "META_API_VERSION": "<YOUR_META_API_VERSION>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add whatsapp-mcp --env META_ACCESS_TOKEN=<YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN> --env META_WABA_ID=<YOUR_META_WABA_ID> --env META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID=<YOUR_META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID> --env META_APP_ID=<YOUR_META_APP_ID> --env META_API_VERSION=<YOUR_META_API_VERSION> -- uvx jina-whatsapp-mcp