Claude Code How to use Twilio with Claude Code
You want Twilio inside Claude Code so it can monitor inbound customer texts, find unanswered customer conversations, send targeted SMS updates, and follow up on an SMS conversation — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.
Create your Twilio gateway
The gateway is the thing Claude Code connects to, and it is where you decide which Twilio tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.
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Create an Arcade account
Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
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Create an MCP Gateway and select your Twilio tools
In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Twilio tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
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Copy your gateway URL
Every client below needs it.
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
Connect the gateway to Claude Code
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Add the gateway as a remote HTTP MCP server
claude mcp add arcade --transport http "<YOUR_ARCADE_GATEWAY_URL>"
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Verify it was added
claude mcp get arcade claude mcp list
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Try it out
Open Claude Code in your project and ask it to use one of your Twilio tools.
Full Claude Code guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13
Try these SMS prompts
Claude Code can now act on your Twilio account. Click a prompt to copy it.
Use tool permissions to control whether an agent can read messages, list phone numbers, or send SMS. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so it can triage incoming texts without being allowed to send one.
