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better call claude for VS Code

io.github.sns45/better-call-claude

Voice Calls, SMS, and WhatsApp for Claude Code with cross-channel context sharing.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install better call claude in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-phone-provider",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_PROVIDER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-phone-number",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_NUMBER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-phone-account-sid",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_ACCOUNT_SID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-phone-auth-token",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_AUTH_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-user-phone-number",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_USER_PHONE_NUMBER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-openai-api-key",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-whatsapp-number",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_WHATSAPP_NUMBER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-port",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tailscale-hostname",
      "description": "TAILSCALE_HOSTNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-whatsapp-provider",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_WHATSAPP_PROVIDER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-baileys-auth-dir",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_BAILEYS_AUTH_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bettercallclaude-whatsapp-chat-history-size",
      "description": "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_WHATSAPP_CHAT_HISTORY_SIZE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "better-call-claude": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "better-call-claude"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_PROVIDER": "${input:bettercallclaude-phone-provider}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_NUMBER": "${input:bettercallclaude-phone-number}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_ACCOUNT_SID": "${input:bettercallclaude-phone-account-sid}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PHONE_AUTH_TOKEN": "${input:bettercallclaude-phone-auth-token}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_USER_PHONE_NUMBER": "${input:bettercallclaude-user-phone-number}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "${input:bettercallclaude-openai-api-key}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_WHATSAPP_NUMBER": "${input:bettercallclaude-whatsapp-number}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_PORT": "${input:bettercallclaude-port}",
        "TAILSCALE_HOSTNAME": "${input:tailscale-hostname}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_WHATSAPP_PROVIDER": "${input:bettercallclaude-whatsapp-provider}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_BAILEYS_AUTH_DIR": "${input:bettercallclaude-baileys-auth-dir}",
        "BETTERCALLCLAUDE_WHATSAPP_CHAT_HISTORY_SIZE": "${input:bettercallclaude-whatsapp-chat-history-size}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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