How do I get a DoubleTick API Key?

Log in to your DoubleTick dashboard, navigate to **Settings > API**, and you can generate or retrieve your unique API Key from there. Ensure you have an active WhatsApp Business account linked.

Can the agent send custom text messages?

This integration primarily uses WhatsApp templates for automated messaging to ensure compliance with official API rules. Sending non-template messages may require an active 24-hour customer service window.

Does the integration support contact tags?

Yes, you can use the get_contact_details tool to retrieve any tags or custom fields associated with your WhatsApp contacts.

DoubleTick MCP Server for Claude Desktop 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

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Claude Desktop is Anthropic's native application for interacting with Claude AI models on macOS and Windows. It was the first consumer application to ship with built-in MCP support, making it the reference implementation for the Model Context Protocol standard.

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "doubletick": {
      // Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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About DoubleTick MCP Server

Integrate DoubleTick, the official WhatsApp Business API-powered marketing and CRM platform, directly into your AI workflow. Manage your customer conversations, track contacts and opt-in statuses, monitor message delivery and templates, and oversee your team activity using natural language.

Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect DoubleTick to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 10 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.

What you can do

Conversation Oversight — List and retrieve detailed information and status for all your WhatsApp customer conversations.
Contact Intelligence — Monitor contact profiles, phone numbers, and opt-in statuses across your organization.
Messaging Intelligence — Monitor real-time message delivery statuses, approved templates, and interaction history via chat.
Fulfillment Auditing — Retrieve high-level summaries of messaging activity, success rates, and active in-progress communications.

The DoubleTick MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Claude Desktop in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect DoubleTick to Claude Desktop via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the DoubleTick MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

Open Claude Desktop Settings

Go to Settings → Developer → Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP Server

Paste the configuration above into the mcpServers section

Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new server

Start using DoubleTick

Look for the 🔌 icon in the chat. your 10 tools are now available

Why Use Claude Desktop with the DoubleTick MCP Server

Claude Desktop by Anthropic provides unique advantages when paired with DoubleTick through the Model Context Protocol.

Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available

Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface

Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions

Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network

DoubleTick + Claude Desktop Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Claude Desktop combined with the DoubleTick MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Interactive data exploration: ask Claude to query DNS records, look up WHOIS data, and cross-reference results in a single conversation

Ad-hoc security audits: type a domain name and let Claude enumerate subdomains, check DNS history, and flag configuration anomalies. all through natural language

Executive briefings: generate comprehensive domain intelligence reports by asking Claude to compile findings into a formatted summary

Learning and training: new team members can explore API capabilities conversationally without needing to read documentation

DoubleTick MCP Tools for Claude Desktop (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect DoubleTick to Claude Desktop via MCP:

get_contact_details

Get detailed profile and conversation status for a specific contact

get_doubletick_account_metadata

Retrieve metadata and limits for your DoubleTick account

list_approved_templates

List all approved WhatsApp message templates in your account

list_conversation_messages

List messages from a specific conversation

list_latest_whatsapp_messages

Identify the most recently received or sent messages across all conversations

list_opted_in_contacts

Identify contacts that have explicitly opted in for WhatsApp communications

list_whatsapp_contacts

List all contacts registered in your DoubleTick account

quick_whatsapp_volume_audit

Retrieve a high-level summary of messaging activity and success rates

search_contacts_by_keyword

Search for contacts using a name keyword or phone number

send_whatsapp_template

Send a pre-approved WhatsApp template message

Example Prompts for DoubleTick in Claude Desktop

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Claude Desktop agent to start working with DoubleTick immediately.

"List all our WhatsApp contacts."

"Show me the approved WhatsApp templates."

"Search for contact with phone number '+1 555-4444'."

Troubleshooting DoubleTick MCP Server with Claude Desktop

Common issues when connecting DoubleTick to Claude Desktop through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

Server not appearing after restart

Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).

Authentication error

Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.

Tools not showing in chat

Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.

DoubleTick + Claude Desktop FAQ

Common questions about integrating DoubleTick MCP Server with Claude Desktop.

How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?

When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.

What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?

Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.

Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?

Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.

Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?

Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.

Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?

Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.