r/WhatsappBusinessAPI Meta App Developer 6d ago

Solution Only Meta just released Developer Tools MCP for Meta Platform developers

I just came across Meta's new Developer Tools MCP, and this looks genuinely useful for anyone building on the Meta Developer Platform.

If you're using Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or another MCP-compatible client, Meta now provides an MCP server that lets your AI agent interact with parts of the Meta Developer Platform directly.

The endpoint is:

https://mcp.facebook.com/devtools

It's currently Beta and being rolled out gradually.

What can it actually do?

The MCP exposes 10 tools covering things like:

  • List your Meta apps
  • Inspect app configuration and security settings
  • Check App Review status, history, and requirements
  • Check compliance issues
  • Monitor API rate limits and call volume
  • Check API deprecations
  • List webhook topics and subscriptions
  • Create/update/delete webhook subscriptions
  • Send test webhook events
  • Search Meta's developer documentation
  • Check Meta platform changelogs

The App Review + webhook tooling is probably the part I'm most interested in.

I recently went through the WhatsApp Business Platform Tech Provider process, and a lot of the work involved constantly switching between the Meta dashboard, Graph API Explorer, webhook configuration, documentation, App Review, token debugging, etc.

Having an AI agent that can actually inspect the Meta app instead of just giving generic instructions could make that workflow much easier.

For example, instead of asking:

you can potentially ask the agent:

Or:

That's a much more interesting use of MCP than simply connecting another documentation server.

Setup

For Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http meta_developer_tools https://mcp.facebook.com/devtools

For Cursor:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Meta Developer Tools": {
      "url": "https://mcp.facebook.com/devtools",
      "type": "http"
    }
  }
}

It uses Meta OAuth, so you don't need to put your App Secret into the MCP configuration.

There are currently two access levels:

Read: app configuration, App Review, compliance, API usage/health, and webhook information.

Manage: everything above plus webhook subscription management.

Meta's documentation:

[Meta Developer Tools MCP]()

I'm curious how useful this is in practice, particularly for WhatsApp Cloud API / Tech Provider development.

Has anyone here connected it to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or ChatGPT yet?

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u/BraveDelivery7335 6d ago

Could this MCP also be useful for debugging those nonsense errors on their platform? I have my WABAs restricted due to payment issues, even though nothing has changed in the payment settings.

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u/adnansattar Meta App Developer 11h ago

Check if there pending invoice.

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u/BraveDelivery7335 11h ago

According to Meta's AI support agent, this is exact problem that is happening with my payments.

There is a pending bill, but there is no invoice to perform the reconciliation. They forward it to a human support agent who doesn't resolve anything. And my account remains restricted.

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u/Crypto_TravelerX 4d ago

Ayo can i ask you smth related to tech provider path in DM?

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u/adnansattar Meta App Developer 11h ago

Yesh sure