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Evolution WhatsApp for VS Code

io.github.ewertonslv/evolution-whatsapp-mcp

Send and read WhatsApp messages, send media and manage instances via the Evolution API.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Evolution WhatsApp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "evolution-api-url",
      "description": "EVOLUTION_API_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "evolution-api-key",
      "description": "EVOLUTION_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "evolution-default-instance",
      "description": "EVOLUTION_DEFAULT_INSTANCE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "evolution-timeout-ms",
      "description": "EVOLUTION_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "evolution-read-only",
      "description": "EVOLUTION_READ_ONLY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "evolution-confirm-writes",
      "description": "EVOLUTION_CONFIRM_WRITES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "evolution-allowed-numbers",
      "description": "EVOLUTION_ALLOWED_NUMBERS",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "evolution-whatsapp-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "evolution-whatsapp-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EVOLUTION_API_URL": "${input:evolution-api-url}",
        "EVOLUTION_API_KEY": "${input:evolution-api-key}",
        "EVOLUTION_DEFAULT_INSTANCE": "${input:evolution-default-instance}",
        "EVOLUTION_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:evolution-timeout-ms}",
        "EVOLUTION_READ_ONLY": "${input:evolution-read-only}",
        "EVOLUTION_CONFIRM_WRITES": "${input:evolution-confirm-writes}",
        "EVOLUTION_ALLOWED_NUMBERS": "${input:evolution-allowed-numbers}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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