Plivo MCP Integration

A FastMCP (Model Context Protocol) plugin to interact with Plivo’s API for sending SMS, making calls, creating applications/endpoints, and retrieving call/message details.

This plugin is compatible with Claude Desktop and allows Claude to interact with telephony workflows programmatically.

🚀 Features

• Send SMS via Plivo
• Make Voice Calls with custom answer/hangup/ring URLs
• Create Voice Applications for call routing
• Create SIP Endpoints for VoIP use
• Get Call Detail Records (CDRs)
• Get Message Detail Records (MDRs)

All capabilities are exposed as MCP tools using the fastmcp framework.

⚙️ Installation

Install Python dependencies:

pip install fastmcp plivo

📂 Usage with Claude Desktop

1. Clone or download this repo

git clone https://github.com/your-org/plivo-mcp.git
cd plivo-mcp

2. Configure Claude Desktop

Edit the Claude Desktop config.json file (refer to Claude Setup Guide):

Steps:

Update config.json for Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop.

Go to Settings → Developer Tools.

Click on “Open config.json”.

In the opened file, update the configuration as needed.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plivo": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/plivo_mcp_server.py"],
      "env": {
        "PLIVO_AUTH_ID": "your_auth_id",
        "PLIVO_AUTH_TOKEN": "your_auth_token",
        "MY_NUMBER": "your_verified_number"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then launch Claude Desktop and connect to the Plivo MCP server from Claude’s tool menu.

3. Run the MCP Server manually (for debugging)

python3 plivo_mcp_server.py

4. Claude Desktop Setup Steps (from official guide)

To get started with Claude Desktop:

1. Download the Claude Desktop app from the official site.
2. Install and launch the app.
3. Open your config.json file and add the MCP server block as shown above.
4. In Claude Desktop, open your config.json file and modify it as shown in step 3 above.
5. Enable the server, and Claude will auto-discover tools.
6. Start chatting and invoke tools like plivo/send_sms or plivo/make_call using natural language.

📝 MCP Tools Provided

🔧 Example Prompts for Claude

Send SMS