How to Use the Daily.co MCP in Claude

Q: What's the best way to list all active Daily.co participants using Claude Desktop?

If you know the room name, ask 'who is in the room name meeting?' Your agent will use the getroompresence tool to give you a live list of participants.

Manage Daily.co video calls and recordings right from your Claude Desktop chat, all powered by this MCP server.

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Run Meetings from Chat

This MCP Server connects Claude to your Daily.co account. You can ask it to `create_room` for your next sync, and it'll return the URL right in the chat. No more clicking around the dashboard. Need to know who's in a meeting right now? Just ask. Your agent uses `get_room_presence` to list active participants or `get_meeting` to pull details for a specific session. It's the fastest way to get status checks done.

Live Call Control with Claude Desktop

Things happen mid-call. Now your agent can handle them. Tell it to `start_recording` or `start_live_streaming` to an RTMP endpoint whenever you're ready. It happens instantly. If you need to remove someone, the `eject_participants` tool gets it done. You can also send data directly to everyone in the call with `send_app_message`. You're basically running the control room from a prompt.

Manage Recordings and Logs

The meeting is over, now what? Ask Claude to `list_recordings` to see everything you've saved. It supports pagination, so you can find exactly what you need. To share a recording, use the `get_recording_access_link` tool for a temporary download URL. For deeper analysis, `get_logs` pulls detailed call metrics and events. All the post-call cleanup, done in seconds.

Setup guide

Set up Daily.co 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 Daily.co 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 Daily.co 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 dailyco-mcp.

json

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

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Common questions about Daily.co MCP in Claude Desktop

Just ask your agent, 'Create a Daily.co room for the project kickoff.' It will use the `create_room` tool and give you the new URL directly in the chat.

Yes. Ask it to find the recording you need, then tell it to 'get the recording access link'. It uses the `get_recording_access_link` tool to generate a temporary, secure S3 download URL.

If you know the room name, ask 'who is in the [room name] meeting?' Your agent will use the `get_room_presence` tool to give you a live list of participants.

Yes, it works with both. You can install the MCP Server as a local extension for the desktop app or add it as a custom connector on the claude.ai website.

Your Daily.co API key is encrypted and stored by Vinkius, never exposed to the agent. The server only handles meeting metadata like room names and participant lists. Each tool call runs in a separate, ephemeral sandbox that is destroyed after your request is complete.

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