WhatsApp MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 103 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 4 Apr 2026.
Manage WhatsApp Business templates and send messages via Meta Cloud API
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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 mcp add whatsapp-mcp -e 'META_ACCESS_TOKEN=<META_ACCESS_TOKEN>' -e 'META_WABA_ID=<META_WABA_ID>' -e 'META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID=<META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>' -- uvx jina-whatsapp-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"whatsapp-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jina-whatsapp-mcp"
],
"env": {
"META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<META_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
"META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID": "<META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>",
"META_WABA_ID": "<META_WABA_ID>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.whatsapp-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["jina-whatsapp-mcp"]
env = { META_ACCESS_TOKEN = "<META_ACCESS_TOKEN>", META_WABA_ID = "<META_WABA_ID>", META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID = "<META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"whatsapp-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jina-whatsapp-mcp"
],
"env": {
"META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<META_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
"META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID": "<META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>",
"META_WABA_ID": "<META_WABA_ID>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"whatsapp-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jina-whatsapp-mcp"
],
"env": {
"META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<META_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
"META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID": "<META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID>",
"META_WABA_ID": "<META_WABA_ID>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<META_ACCESS_TOKEN> (Meta API access token with whatsapp_business_messaging and whatsapp_business_management permissions), <META_WABA_ID> (WhatsApp Business Account ID), <META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID> (WhatsApp phone number ID).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
META_APP_ID (Meta app ID (for media uploads)), META_API_VERSION (Meta Graph API version (defaults to v24.0)).
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