Connect WhatsApp (through Unipile) to Claude

What you need:

• A Unipile account (paid, from 49 EUR a month, 7 day free trial)
• Your account linked in Unipile
• A scoped Unipile API key, saved in the app's secret store or connector screen

Built from each app's own docs.

Plan: Any Claude plan. Free can add one custom connector. Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds it.

1. Create a Unipile account. It is paid, from 49 EUR a month for up to 10 accounts, with a 7 day free trial.
2. Connect your WhatsApp in Unipile. You scan a QR code from your phone, or type a pairing code in WhatsApp.
3. Make a scoped API key in Unipile. Keep it in Unipile and your app's secret store only.
4. Go to Customize, then Connectors.
5. Click + Add, then Add custom connector.
6. Name it Unipile. Enter https://developer.unipile.com/mcp?branch=v2.0 and click Continue.
7. Under Request headers, add X-API-KEY with your key. Under Authentication, pick No sign in. Click Add.
8. In a new chat, click +, point to Connectors, and turn Unipile on.

Test it: Ask: list my 10 newest WhatsApp chats. Don't send anything.

What it can do: Read and send WhatsApp messages for the number you link in Unipile.

What it can't do: It can send, so ask read questions first and approve each send. Text only people who said yes to it.

Claude's custom connector takes an API key in Request headers. Unipile names Claude Code, not the Claude app.

From unipile.com and developer.unipile.com and developer.unipile.com and support.claude.com. Last checked Oct 28, 2026.

Never paste an API key into a chat. Use the app's connector screen.

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