Install Green API WhatsApp in ECA
What you need first
- ECA, installed.
- Nothing else: the server runs on its publisher's machines and ECA connects to it.
- Your own values for
YOUR_X_INSTANCE_ID,YOUR_X_API_TOKEN.
Steps
- Open
~/.codex/config.toml, or create it. The Codex CLI, its IDE extension and the ChatGPT desktop app share this file. - Add this table at the end of the file.
{
"mcpServers": {
"whatsapp": {
"url": "https://mcp.green-api.com/mcp",
"headers": { "X-Instance-Id": "YOUR_X_INSTANCE_ID", "X-Api-Token": "YOUR_X_API_TOKEN" }
}
}
} - Replace
YOUR_X_INSTANCE_ID,YOUR_X_API_TOKENwith your own values. - Save the file and restart ECA.
Check it worked
Ask ECA: List the tools of whatsapp.
If it does not start
- 401 Unauthorized
- The endpoint wants a sign-in or a key. Sign in when ECA 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. - Nothing changes after a restart
- The file is not valid JSON any more. Look for a missing comma where the block was added.