How to Use the Bandwidth MCP in Claude

Manage your Bandwidth account right from Claude Desktop. Send texts, check campaigns, and manage media without leaving your chat.

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Create your Vinkius account to connect Bandwidth to Claude Desktop and route execution through our secure gateway. The platform manages server hosting, runtime updates, and security layers. Configuration requires no manual server provisioning.

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Send SMS and MMS Directly from Chat

Just tell your AI client what you need. Ask Claude to send a confirmation text or a picture message, and it will use the `send_sms` and `send_mms` tools to do it instantly. There's no code to write and no dashboard to open. You just talk to your agent. This turns your chat into a full media management tool. You can ask Claude to `list_media` to see what's stored, then use `delete_media` to clean up old files, all through the same MCP server connection. It's command and control for your telecom assets.

Audit Campaigns & Numbers in Claude Desktop

Get quick answers about your messaging setup. Ask Claude to pull the details for a specific 10DLC campaign with `get_campaign` or give you a full report with `list_campaigns`. It's faster than navigating a web portal. This gives you a direct query interface into your Bandwidth account. Check the status of your toll-free number verifications with `get_toll_free` or see all your messaging applications with `list_applications`. You get live data right in the chat conversation.

Monitor Your Telecom Stack's Health

Keep an eye on things without switching contexts. Ask Claude, "Is the Bandwidth API healthy?" and it'll ping the service using the `get_health` tool. You get a real-time status check on the spot. Dig deeper by asking your agent to pull message logs. You can use `list_messages` to see the last five messages sent from a particular number to debug a problem. This MCP server gives you operational visibility inside the same tool you use for everything else.

Setup guide

Set up Bandwidth MCP in Claude Web or Desktop

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.
2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL: https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.
3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Bandwidth MCP tools are available immediately — no restart needed.

Endpoint URL

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

No configuration file needed — paste the URL directly in the Claude web interface.

Available on Free (1 connector), Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.

Prerequisites

Claude Desktop installed (macOS or Windows)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Click the menu icon at the top-left corner, go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config. This opens claude_desktop_config.json in your default text editor.
2

Paste the Bandwidth MCP configuration

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

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen the application. Claude needs a full restart to load new MCPs — refreshing a conversation is not enough.
4

Verify the connection

Open a new conversation. Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the message input. You should see tools listed under bandwidth-mcp.

json

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

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Common questions about Bandwidth MCP in Claude Desktop

Just ask it directly in your chat prompt. For example, "send an SMS with Bandwidth to +15551234567 saying 'Your appointment is confirmed'." Claude uses the `send_sms` tool to handle it.

Yes. You can ask Claude to get details for a specific campaign or list all of them. It uses the `get_campaign` and `list_campaigns` tools to pull live data from your Bandwidth account.

The desktop app can run the MCP server locally, which is great for security or accessing things on your machine. The web version connects to a remote server, which is easier to set up but means the server needs a public URL.

When you subscribe to the server on Vinkius, you connect it to your Bandwidth account. Vinkius handles the authentication securely, so you just connect Claude and the tools are ready to go.

Your agent's requests to the Bandwidth MCP server are encrypted. The server only processes message content, recipient numbers, and media files as needed to call the API, and Vinkius runs it in an ephemeral sandbox that doesn't store your data.

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