Cloning the Sinch MCP toolkit repository and running it locally

[Shahzad_Ismail]

To clone the Sinch MCP toolkit repository and run it locally, take the following steps:

1. Go to https://github.com/sinch/sinch-mcp-server/blob/main/README.md, go over the pre-requisites such as node.js version greater than 19, npm version greater than 9. Clone the Sinch MCP toolkit repository:

git clone https://github.com/sinch/sinch-mcp-server.git

2. Navigate to the mcp directory and build the MCP server:

cd sinch-mcp-server/mcp
npm install
npm run build

3. Edit the claude_desktop_config.json file with the following script. Replace the "dummy text" with the actual keys and values. Save the file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sinch": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/your/path/to/sinch-mcp-server/mcp/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CONVERSATION_PROJECT_ID": "YOUR_PROJECT_ID",
        "CONVERSATION_KEY_ID": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
        "CONVERSATION_KEY_SECRET": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET",
        "CONVERSATION_REGION": "YOUR_REGION (optional, default to US)",
        "DEFAULT_SMS_ORIGINATOR": "YOUR_DEFAULT_SMS_ORIGINATOR (required in some countries if you want to send SMS messages)",
        "GEOCODING_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_GEOCODING_API_KEY (optional, needed only if you want to send location messages)",
        "VERIFICATION_APPLICATION_KEY": "YOUR_VERIFICATION_APP_KEY",
        "VERIFICATION_APPLICATION_SECRET": "YOUR_VERIFICATION_APP_SECRET",
        "VOICE_APPLICATION_KEY": "YOUR_VOICE_APP_KEY",
        "VOICE_APPLICATION_SECRET": "YOUR_VOICE_APP_SECRET",
        "CALLING_LINE_IDENTIFICATION": "YOUR_CALLING_NUMBER",
        "MAILGUN_DOMAIN": "YOUR_MAILGUN_DOMAIN",
        "MAILGUN_API_KEY": "YOUR_MAILGUN_API_KEY",
        "MAILGUN_SENDER_ADDRESS": "YOUR_MAILGUN_SENDER_ADDRESS"      
      }
    }
  }
}

4. If Claude desktop is open, close it, and restart it. It will now use the latest config file. Create a new chat, click on the 'Search and Tools' icon next to the + icon and you should see the tools from Sinch listed. Now you can use search queries like "list all my apps" or "lookup my number" or "send SMS" and those queries will start using the Sinch tools.
   
   

What's next

Hope that helped you set up the Sinch MCP server - please give it a whirl.

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We plan to release more updates about the Sinch MCP server and how we participate in the Agentic AI experience, stay tuned!