Green API WhatsApp
MCP gateway for WhatsApp via Green API: messaging, contacts, groups and instance management.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
An API key from the service settings is required
MCP gateway for WhatsApp via Green API: messaging, contacts, groups and instance management.
How to connect
How to connect Green API WhatsApp to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://mcp.green-api.com/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect Green API WhatsApp to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://mcp.green-api.com/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect Green API WhatsApp to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://mcp.green-api.com/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (41)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| whatsapp_add_group_participant | Add a participant to a WhatsApp group |
| whatsapp_check_whatsapp | Check whether a phone number has a WhatsApp account |
| whatsapp_connect | Connect a WhatsApp instance. Call this before using other tools. Validates credentials via getStateInstance. |
| whatsapp_create_group | Create a WhatsApp group |
| whatsapp_create_instance | Create a new WhatsApp instance via the GREEN-API Partner API |
| whatsapp_delete_instance | Delete a WhatsApp instance via the GREEN-API Partner API |
| whatsapp_delete_message | Delete a message |
| whatsapp_delete_notification | Delete a notification from the queue (acknowledge receipt) |
| whatsapp_disconnect | Disconnect a WhatsApp instance and remove credentials from the session |
| whatsapp_edit_message | Edit a previously sent message |
| whatsapp_forward_messages | Forward messages to another chat |
| whatsapp_get_authorization_code | Get an authorization code for sign-in by phone number |
| whatsapp_get_chat_history | Get chat message history. Use a small 'count' (default 50, max 100) to keep responses focused. |
| whatsapp_get_contact_avatar | Get the avatar of a contact or group |
| whatsapp_get_contact_info | Get information about a contact or group |
| whatsapp_get_contacts | Get the contact list |
| whatsapp_get_group_data | Get group data (members, name, invite link) |
| whatsapp_get_instances | List all partner instances via the GREEN-API Partner API |
| whatsapp_get_message | Get a message by ID |
| whatsapp_get_qr | Get the QR code for instance authorization. The result contains the QR as an image and a qrLink URL to an official GREEN-API page with a full-size auto-refreshing QR code. Always include the qrLink in your response as a clickable markdown link so the user can open it in the browser and scan comfortably. |
| whatsapp_get_settings | Get instance settings |
| whatsapp_get_state | Get instance state (authorized, notAuthorized, blocked, sleepMode) |
| whatsapp_get_wa_settings | Get WhatsApp account settings (name, description, etc.) |
| whatsapp_last_incoming_messages | Get recent incoming messages from the last N minutes (default 60, max 1440 = 24 hours). |
| whatsapp_last_outgoing_messages | Get recent outgoing messages from the last N minutes (default 60, max 1440 = 24 hours). |
| whatsapp_leave_group | Leave a WhatsApp group |
| whatsapp_logout | Log out the WhatsApp instance |
| whatsapp_read_chat | Mark chat messages as read |
| whatsapp_reboot | Reboot the WhatsApp instance |
| whatsapp_receive_notification | Get one notification from the queue (manual polling) |
| whatsapp_remove_group_admin | Revoke admin rights from a group member |
| whatsapp_remove_group_participant | Remove a participant from a WhatsApp group |
| whatsapp_send_contact | Send a contact card via WhatsApp |
| whatsapp_send_file | Send a file by URL |
| whatsapp_send_file_by_upload | Send a file directly to a chat via multipart upload (no separate URL step) |
| whatsapp_send_location | Send a location |
| whatsapp_send_message | Send a text message via WhatsApp |
| whatsapp_send_poll | Send a poll via WhatsApp |
| whatsapp_set_group_admin | Promote a group member to admin |
| whatsapp_set_settings | Update instance settings (webhooks, proxy, etc.) |
| whatsapp_upload_file | Upload a file to GREEN-API storage and return its URL. Use the returned URL with whatsapp_send_file. |