Twilio MCP

Name: Twilio MCP
Author: Twilio

TwilioOfficial

Exposes Twilio APIs as MCP tools to send SMS, manage phone numbers and configure accounts; includes an OpenAPI-to-MCP generator.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add twilio --env YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID='<YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID>' --env YOUR_API_KEY='<YOUR_API_KEY>' --env YOUR_API_SECRET='<YOUR_API_SECRET>' -- npx -y @twilio-alpha/mcp YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID/YOUR_API_KEY:YOUR_API_SECRET

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.twilio]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@twilio-alpha/mcp", "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID/YOUR_API_KEY:YOUR_API_SECRET"]
env = { YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID = "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID>", YOUR_API_KEY = "<YOUR_API_KEY>", YOUR_API_SECRET = "<YOUR_API_SECRET>" }

# codex mcp add twilio --env YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID='<YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID>' --env YOUR_API_KEY='<YOUR_API_KEY>' --env YOUR_API_SECRET='<YOUR_API_SECRET>' -- npx -y @twilio-alpha/mcp YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID/YOUR_API_KEY:YOUR_API_SECRET

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twilio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@twilio-alpha/mcp",
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID/YOUR_API_KEY:YOUR_API_SECRET"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID": "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID>",
        "YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "YOUR_API_SECRET": "<YOUR_API_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "twilio": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@twilio-alpha/mcp",
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID/YOUR_API_KEY:YOUR_API_SECRET"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID": "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID>",
        "YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "YOUR_API_SECRET": "<YOUR_API_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twilio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@twilio-alpha/mcp",
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID/YOUR_API_KEY:YOUR_API_SECRET"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID": "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID>",
        "YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "YOUR_API_SECRET": "<YOUR_API_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twilio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@twilio-alpha/mcp",
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID/YOUR_API_KEY:YOUR_API_SECRET"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID": "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID>",
        "YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "YOUR_API_SECRET": "<YOUR_API_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twilio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@twilio-alpha/mcp",
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID/YOUR_API_KEY:YOUR_API_SECRET"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID": "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID>",
        "YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        "YOUR_API_SECRET": "<YOUR_API_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

YOUR_ACCOUNT_SID
YOUR_API_KEY
YOUR_API_SECRET

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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