WhatsApp Messaging API MCP Server

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WhatsApp Messaging API runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 59 installs a week from npm. Last commit 5 Sep 2026.

Send WhatsApp messages from Claude. No Meta Business approval or WhatsApp Business account.

Installs per day peak 572 · avg 27 · +2% w/w

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5 Sep 2026

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4 releases in 90 days

MIT

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TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check WhatsApp Messaging API every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp -e 'WHATSAPP_API_KEY=<WHATSAPP_API_KEY>' -- npx -y whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WHATSAPP_API_KEY": "<WHATSAPP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp"]
env = { WHATSAPP_API_KEY = "<WHATSAPP_API_KEY>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WHATSAPP_API_KEY": "<WHATSAPP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WHATSAPP_API_KEY": "<WHATSAPP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <WHATSAPP_API_KEY> (RapidAPI key for the WhatsApp Messaging API. Free tier, no credit card). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

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WhatsApp Messaging API — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for WhatsApp Messaging API?

WhatsApp Messaging API runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp was installed 59 times last week.

How do I connect WhatsApp Messaging API?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use WhatsApp Messaging API?

The npm package whatsapp-messaging-api-mcp was installed 59 times in the last week. Week over week that is +2%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is WhatsApp Messaging API open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.