# clawcall

Hands your agent tools for real outbound calls in the US: it dials, walks phone menus, sits through hold time and brings back a transcript.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 9
- Author: ClawCall-Dev
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/ClawCall-Dev/ClawCall/tree/HEAD/mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/clawcall

## What it does

clawcall is a stdio MCP server that wraps the ClawCall REST API. It imports nothing from the ClawCall backend — it just exposes that contract as tools any MCP host can call. Calls go outbound only, US numbers only, +1 format.

You can skip the API key entirely. On the first `place_call` the server issues a proto-key itself and writes it to `~/.config/clawcall/key.json`. The ClawCall skill touches the same file, so skill and server share one identity, one trial quota and one call history. Setting `CLAWCALL_API_KEY` in the environment shadows that file — useful for operators and CI.

A call takes minutes, so the loop matters: `place_call` returns a `call_id` right away, then you poll `get_call` every 3 seconds until `lifecycle` reads `finalized`, and pull the transcript with `get_call_transcript`. The `outcome` field describes the phone network, not your task — a picked-up call can still fail what you asked for. Do not retry 402 errors. `trial_exhausted`, `plan_required` and `reserved_number_required` all need a person, and the `action.url` has to be forwarded as-is because it is personalized and carries your proto-key.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://api.clawcall.dev/mcp`
- Environment variables: `CLAWCALL_API_KEY`, `CLAWCALL_BASE_URL` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http clawcall https://api.clawcall.dev/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env CLAWCALL_API_KEY=<CLAWCALL_API_KEY> --env CLAWCALL_BASE_URL=<CLAWCALL_BASE_URL> --transport stdio mcp -- npx -y @clawcall/mcp
```
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### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add mcp --url https://api.clawcall.dev/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add mcp --env CLAWCALL_API_KEY=<CLAWCALL_API_KEY> --env CLAWCALL_BASE_URL=<CLAWCALL_BASE_URL> -- npx -y @clawcall/mcp
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp": {
            "url": "https://api.clawcall.dev/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@clawcall/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "CLAWCALL_API_KEY": "<CLAWCALL_API_KEY>",
                "CLAWCALL_BASE_URL": "<CLAWCALL_BASE_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "mcp": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://api.clawcall.dev/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@clawcall/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "CLAWCALL_API_KEY": "<CLAWCALL_API_KEY>",
                "CLAWCALL_BASE_URL": "<CLAWCALL_BASE_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http mcp https://api.clawcall.dev/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e CLAWCALL_API_KEY=<CLAWCALL_API_KEY> -e CLAWCALL_BASE_URL=<CLAWCALL_BASE_URL> mcp npx -y @clawcall/mcp
```
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## When to use it
- call a business and find out its opening hours
- gather quotes from several suppliers in parallel
- get past an IVR menu and reach a human
- pull a transcript of the conversation into a report
- compare policies across different providers

## Example prompts
- Call the repair shop and ask whether they open on Saturday
- Ring three stores and compare who has this part in stock
- Place the call and show me the transcript when it finishes

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