Install WhatsApp MCP Server in Claude Code

What you need first

• Claude Code, installed.
• uv, which gives the uvx command the server starts with.
• Your own values for YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN,YOUR_META_WABA_ID,YOUR_META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID.

Steps

1. Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that project; put --scope user after claude mcp add to have it in every project.

claude mcp add --env META_ACCESS_TOKEN=YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN --env META_WABA_ID=YOUR_META_WABA_ID --env META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID=YOUR_META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID --transport stdio whatsapp-mcp -- uvx jina-whatsapp-mcp==0.1.0

2. Replace YOUR_META_ACCESS_TOKEN,YOUR_META_WABA_ID,YOUR_META_PHONE_NUMBER_ID with your own values.
3. Start Claude Code and type /mcp: the server is listed with its state.

Check it worked

Ask Claude Code: List the tools of whatsapp-mcp.

If it does not start

spawn uvx ENOENT

uv is not on the PATH that Claude Code sees. Install it, or write the full path of uvx in the config.

The server starts, but its tools fail

A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.