Install Green API WhatsApp in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Nothing else: the server runs on its publisher's machines and Claude Code connects to it.
- Your own values for
YOUR_X_INSTANCE_ID,YOUR_X_API_TOKEN.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --transport http whatsapp https://mcp.green-api.com/mcp --header 'X-Instance-Id: YOUR_X_INSTANCE_ID' --header 'X-Api-Token: YOUR_X_API_TOKEN' - Replace
YOUR_X_INSTANCE_ID,YOUR_X_API_TOKENwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of whatsapp.
If it does not start
- 401 Unauthorized
- The endpoint wants a sign-in or a key. Sign in when Claude Code asks, or check the value in place of the placeholder.
- The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.