Twilio is a Communication MCP server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and any MCP-compatible AI agent send SMS, make voice calls, and manage messaging campaigns via Twilio APIs. Install in 1 minute with mcpizy install twilio.
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Send SMS, make voice calls, and manage messaging campaigns via Twilio APIs.
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Read the full audit on CheckMCPmcpizy install twilionpx -y @twilio/mcpsend_smsSend an SMS message
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tostringrequiredfromstringrequiredbodystringrequiredlist_messagesList recent SMS/MMS messages
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limitnumberoptionalmake_callPlace a phone call with TwiML
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tostringrequiredfromstringrequiredurlstringrequiredlist_phone_numbersList phone numbers on the account
buy_phone_numberPurchase a new phone number
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country_codestringrequiredWorks identically across clients. Only the config file path differs.
~/.claude.json{
"mcpServers": {
"twilio": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@twilio/mcp"
],
"env": {
"TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID": "AC...",
"TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN": "..."
}
}
}
}.cursor/mcp.json{
"mcpServers": {
"twilio": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@twilio/mcp"
],
"env": {
"TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID": "AC...",
"TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN": "..."
}
}
}
}~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json{
"mcpServers": {
"twilio": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@twilio/mcp"
],
"env": {
"TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID": "AC...",
"TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN": "..."
}
}
}
}Paste any of these prompts into Claude Code, Cursor or another MCP-compatible client.
“Send an SMS to +33612345678 saying 'Your pizza is ready'”
Uses: send_sms
“Show me my last 50 SMS messages”
Uses: list_messages
“Buy a French phone number starting with +33”
Uses: buy_phone_number
If Twilio doesn't fit your stack, these Communication MCP servers solve similar problems.
The Twilio MCP server is an Communication Model Context Protocol server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot, and other MCP-compatible AI agents send SMS, make voice calls, and manage messaging campaigns via Twilio APIs. It exposes Twilio's capabilities as tools the AI can call directly from your editor or CLI.
The fastest way is the MCPizy CLI: run `mcpizy install twilio` and MCPizy will add the server to your `.claude.json` automatically. You can also install it manually by adding an entry under `mcpServers` in `.claude.json` with the command `npx -y @twilio/mcp` and restarting Claude Code.
Yes. The Twilio MCP server is free and open source (see the GitHub repository linked on this page). You may still need a Twilio account or API key to connect the server to the underlying service, but the MCP layer itself has no MCPizy subscription cost.
Yes. Any MCP-compatible client works — including Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor (via `.cursor/mcp.json`), Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot Chat, and custom agents built on the MCP SDK. The same install command targets all of them; only the config file path differs.
Once installed, your AI agent can send SMS, make voice calls, and manage messaging campaigns via Twilio APIs directly inside your conversation. Typical use cases include asking Claude Code or Cursor to run Twilio operations, inspect results, chain Twilio with other MCP servers (see our Workflow Recipes), and automate repetitive communication tasks without leaving your editor.