# Does WhatsApp have an MCP server?

**Sort of — Community only.** WhatsApp does not maintain an official MCP server. Community-built servers exist.

> The dominant community server bridges WhatsApp Web unofficially and hasn't been updated since mid-2025 — expect breakage.

## Facts

- Verdict: Community only (Sort of)
- Access: Local server — Runs on your machine over stdio, launched by your MCP client.
- Repository: [lharries/whatsapp-mcp](https://github.com/lharries/whatsapp-mcp) — ★ 6.1k, last push 2025-07-13, MIT
- Maintainer: Luke Harries
- Language: Go
- Category: [Communication](https://mcpyet.com/category/communication/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-08-10
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-08-11 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## What it does

> WhatsApp MCP server
> — how [lharries/whatsapp-mcp](https://github.com/lharries/whatsapp-mcp) describes itself

Project site: <https://x.com/LukeHarries_/status/1905986562388635913>

## The receipts

- **Top community server:** [lharries/whatsapp-mcp](https://github.com/lharries/whatsapp-mcp) — ★ 6.1k, pushed 2025-07-13, MIT (stale)

## How to connect it

Runs on your machine over stdio, launched by your MCP client.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add whatsapp -- npx -y <package-from-readme>
```

Swap in the exact package and flags from the repo README — most servers need an API key passed as an environment variable. Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

Open **Settings → Developer → Edit Config** and add the server to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whatsapp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whatsapp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "…"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "whatsapp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "<package-from-readme>"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

ChatGPT connects to **remote servers only**, and this one runs on your machine. Either expose it through an MCP gateway that gives it a public URL, or use a client with native local support (Claude or Cursor).

## Before you connect this

A community server is unaudited third-party code that will hold your WhatsApp API credentials and see whatever data they unlock. Independent research puts SSRF vulnerabilities in roughly a third of public MCP servers, and 41% ship with no authentication at all.

- Read the source before running it — especially any network calls it makes.
- Check who maintains it and whether commits are recent (this one: last push 2025-07-13).
- Issue a scoped, revocable API key rather than an account-wide token.
- Prefer read-only credentials until you trust it with writes.

## How we know

Meta's MCP docs cover only Ads and Devtools — no WhatsApp server. Community: lharries/whatsapp-mcp (~6.1k stars, unmaintained since 2025-07). COMMUNITY-ONLY confirmed.

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-08-11, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-08-10.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

## Also in Communication

- [Discord](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/discord.md) — Community only (Sort of)
- [Slack](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/slack.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Microsoft Outlook](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/outlook.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Gmail](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/gmail.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Telegram](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/telegram.md) — Community only (Sort of)
- [Twilio](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/twilio.md) — Official (Yes)

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/whatsapp/ — data refreshed 2026-08-11