WhatsApp MCP Server

Manage WhatsApp Business templates and send messages from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, or any MCP-compatible client — powered by the Meta Cloud API.

Local serverstdio

What is the WhatsApp MCP Server?

Whatsapp Business Mcp is an MCP project maintained in the nakulben/whatsapp-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Manage WhatsApp Business templates and send messages from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, or any MCP-compatible client — powered by the Meta Cloud API”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using /path/to/whatsapp-mcp/venv/bin/python. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares META_ACCESS_TOKEN, META_WABA_ID, META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID, META_APP_ID. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the WhatsApp MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whatsapp": {
      "command": "/path/to/whatsapp-mcp/venv/bin/python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "whatsapp_mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "META_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "META_WABA_ID": "your_waba_id",
        "META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID": "your_phone_number_id",
        "META_APP_ID": "your_app_id"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
META_ACCESS_TOKENDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
META_WABA_IDDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
META_PHONE_NUMBER_IDDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
META_APP_IDDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Optional