generated: '2026-07-17'
method: searched
status: published
source: https://www.twilio.com/docs/ai/mcp
description: Twilio publishes two official Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. A hosted, read-only documentation/discovery
  server (twilio-docs) that needs no account, and an executing server (@twilio-alpha/mcp / twilio-labs/mcp)
  that exposes Twilio's full REST API surface (1,800+ endpoints across 30+ products) as MCP tools using
  your Account SID + API Key credentials. Pair with the official Twilio Agent Skills (skills/) for the
  "which product / how to build" layer.
docs:
- https://www.twilio.com/docs/ai/mcp
- https://www.twilio.com/en-us/blog/developers/introducing-twilio-mcp-skills
servers:
- name: twilio-docs
  kind: hosted-remote
  transport: http
  url: https://mcp.twilio.com/docs
  auth: none
  read_only: true
  description: Remote MCP server indexing Twilio's public API specifications and docs. No Twilio account
    or API keys required; does not execute API calls.
  install:
    claude: claude mcp add --transport http twilio-docs https://mcp.twilio.com/docs
  tools:
  - name: twilio__search
    description: Takes a natural-language query and returns ranked API operations, documentation articles,
      and IDs.
  - name: twilio__retrieve
    description: Takes one or more API IDs from search results and returns full parameter schemas and
      response schemas.
  surface: 1800+ endpoints across 30+ products
- name: twilio-alpha-mcp
  kind: local-npm
  transport: stdio
  package: '@twilio-alpha/mcp'
  registry: npm
  npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@twilio-alpha/mcp
  repo: https://github.com/twilio-labs/mcp
  auth: Account SID + API Key SID + API Key Secret
  read_only: false
  description: OpenAPI-to-MCP tool generator that exposes all of Twilio's API as MCP tools and can execute
    API calls on your behalf. Tools are generated from Twilio's OpenAPI specifications; scope with a services/tags
    filter to avoid overloading the agent's tool list.
  install: npm i @twilio-alpha/mcp
  run: npx -y @twilio-alpha/mcp --account-sid AC... --api-key SK... --api-secret ...
  surface: 1400+ API endpoints generated from Twilio OpenAPI specs
tool_generation:
  note: The executing server derives one MCP tool per Twilio API operation from the provider's OpenAPI.
    The operations captured in this repo's arazzo/ workflows and skills/ (send-message, lookup, verify
    start/check, create-call, create-conference, create-video-room, sendgrid mail send) are representative
    of the tool surface.
deployment:
  mode: remote
  endpoint: https://mcp.twilio.com/docs
  verified: probed
  probe: live
  tools: 2
  checked: '2026-08-12'
  source: catalog MCP census