Read SMS, WhatsApp, email, contacts and audiences from your Bird workspace, plus safe CRM writes. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Turn on the Bird connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
For marketing and support teams who send SMS, WhatsApp and email and keep contacts in Bird.
The AI lists the newest inbound and outbound SMS or WhatsApp messages and opens single ones for their details. You can see what was sent and received.
The AI lists the newest email messages sent from the workspace and opens one by id. You can check what went out and its details.
The AI lists your audiences, opens one and lists the contacts of a static audience. It can also show the custom contact-property definitions of the workspace.
The AI lists the SMS and WhatsApp templates available to the workspace, so you can pick the one that fits a customer message.
The AI lists contacts or opens one by id, and creates a new contact with an email or a new audience. Neither action sends any message.
Changes dataThe login page asks for your Bird access key.
Find it in the Bird dashboard → Settings → Access keys. Your key is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"bird": {
"url": "https://bird.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"bird": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://bird.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
} Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Bird access key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Pro | $9/mo · $90/yr | 10,000 tool calls / month |
| Pro+ | $39/mo · $390/yr | 100,000 tool calls / month |
Each paid plan covers this Bird server only. Ask your AI to run bird_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with bird_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with bird_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
bird_list_contactsbird_get_contactbird_list_contact_propertiesbird_list_audiencesbird_get_audiencebird_list_audience_contactsbird_list_sms_messagesbird_get_sms_messagebird_list_sms_templatesbird_list_whatsapp_messagesbird_get_whatsapp_messagebird_list_whatsapp_templatesbird_list_email_messagesbird_get_email_messagebird_create_contactbird_create_audiencebird_usage_statusbird_request_featurebird_upgradebird_cancel_subscriptionCheck recent SMS and WhatsApp messages. Review sent emails. Look through audiences and the contacts in them. Find message templates to reuse. Look up contacts, add a contact or create an audience. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bird. The server calls the Bird API with your own Bird access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Bird access key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Bird access key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Bird API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Bird.
Yes, if you approve it. 2 of the 16 Bird tools can create or change data. The other 14 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Bird server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run bird_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run bird_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run bird_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with bird_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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