How to Use the ActiveTrail MCP in Claude Code

Q: How does Claude Code send SMS through ActiveTrail?

The agent executes the sendsms tool. You provide the target phone number and message body in your prompt or script input.

Manage ActiveTrail campaigns and trigger SMS alerts directly from your terminal with Claude Code.

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Automate marketing from the CLI

Drop this tool into your bash scripts or CI/CD pipelines. You can configure a GitHub Action where Claude Code automatically pulls your latest release notes and drafts an email using your ActiveTrail integration. Need to sync databases? Pipe your local user dump into the agent and watch it run `create_contact` for every new row. It handles the mapping and execution without a single graphical interface.

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Connecting this MCP Server gives your terminal native access to your marketing stack. Run a quick audit of your audience segments by asking the CLI to hit `list_groups` and grep the output. The agent pulls your full subscriber directory via `list_contacts` when you need to validate database migrations. Everything happens in standard input and output streams.

Trigger pipeline SMS alerts

Production deployments fail. When they do, your terminal agent can immediately fire `send_sms` to page the on-call engineer. You just pass the phone number and the error trace. You can also verify marketing states before triggering major updates. The agent checks `list_campaigns` to ensure no major blasts are going out while you take the database offline.

Setup guide

Set up ActiveTrail MCP in Claude Code

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Run the add command

Open your terminal and run the command shown on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com. Use --scope user to make it available across all projects.
2

Verify the connection

Start a Claude Code session and type /mcp to list connected servers. You should see activetrail-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest ActiveTrail transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available ActiveTrail tools.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http activetrail-mcp https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

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Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open the config file

Create or edit .mcp.json in your project root for project-level scope, or ~/.claude.json for user-level scope.
2

Add the ActiveTrail MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session. Type /mcp to confirm the server is connected. The tools will be automatically available in your conversation.

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "activetrail-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about ActiveTrail MCP in Claude Code

Run claude mcp add --transport http activetrail-mcp -- . Make sure you put all flags before the server name.

Yes. You can schedule the CLI to run headless tasks like pulling new users via `list_contacts` or checking campaign statuses every hour.

The agent executes the `send_sms` tool. You provide the target phone number and message body in your prompt or script input.

You can run Claude Code inside a Docker container or GitHub Action. It authenticates with your Vinkius endpoint token to execute tools like `list_groups` during build steps.

Vinkius handles the auth through an isolated V8 sandbox. When your terminal fetches email addresses or draft campaigns via `list_campaigns`, the payload routes securely to your local ~/.claude.json environment.

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