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Better Call Claude MCP Server

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Better Call Claude runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 44 installs a week from npm. Last commit 23 Jul 2026.

Voice Calls, SMS, and WhatsApp for Claude Code with cross-channel context sharing.

Installs per day peak 281 · avg 18 · -88% w/w
a month agotoday
44
Installs / week
npm · better-call-claude
1
Stars
0 open issues
23 Jul 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

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

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add better-call-claude -- npx -y better-call-claude
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "better-call-claude": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "better-call-claude"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.better-call-claude]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "better-call-claude"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "better-call-claude": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "better-call-claude"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "better-call-claude": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "better-call-claude"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_PROVIDER (Phone provider: 'twilio' or 'telnyx'), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_NUMBER (Your phone number in E.164 format), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_ACCOUNT_SID (Twilio Account SID or Telnyx API Key), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_AUTH_TOKEN (Twilio Auth Token or Telnyx API Secret), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_USER_PHONE_NUMBER (Your personal phone number in E.164 format (for outbound calls/SMS)), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_OPENAI_API_KEY (OpenAI API key for speech-to-text (Whisper) and text-to-speech), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_WHATSAPP_NUMBER (WhatsApp number if different from phone number (e.g., Twilio Sandbox)), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PORT (Local HTTP server port), TAILSCALE_HOSTNAME (Override Tailscale hostname for webhook URL), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_WHATSAPP_PROVIDER (WhatsApp provider: set to 'baileys' for free WhatsApp via WebSocket (no Twilio needed)), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_BAILEYS_AUTH_DIR (Path to Baileys auth state directory (default: data/baileys-auth)), BETTERCALLCLAUDE_WHATSAPP_CHAT_HISTORY_SIZE (Max WhatsApp chat history messages to retain (default: 50)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Better Call Claude — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Better Call Claude?
Better Call Claude 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 better-call-claude was installed 44 times last week.
How do I connect Better Call Claude?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls better-call-claude straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Better Call Claude?
The npm package better-call-claude was installed 44 times in the last week. Week over week that is -88%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Better Call Claude open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 1 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.