How to start MCP in docker?

[shafarizkyf]

First. Thank you for the great library!

I have GOWA running via Docker. I want to start the MCP server. How do I run the MCP server via Docker?

I tried:

shafarizkyf@myserver:~/docker-compose/gowa$ docker exec whatsapp ./whatsapp mcp --host=0.0.0.0
map[]
time="2026-04-03T03:59:49Z" level=info msg="[DEVICE_MANAGER] discovered 0 device records in registry"
time="2026-04-03T03:59:49Z" level=info msg="[DEVICE_MANAGER] discovered 1 device records in store"
time="2026-04-03T03:59:49Z" level=info msg="Starting WhatsApp MCP SSE server on 0.0.0.0:8080"
time="2026-04-03T03:59:49Z" level=info msg="SSE endpoint: http://0.0.0.0:8080/sse"
time="2026-04-03T03:59:49Z" level=info msg="Message endpoint: http://0.0.0.0:8080/message"
time="2026-04-03T03:59:51Z" level=info msg="auto-connected device xxxx:58@s.whatsapp.net"
shafarizkyf@myserver:~/docker-compose/gowa$

but it seems it just exists immediately (?) because I can't access the MCP. I assumed it would run in something like http://192.168.0.219:8083.

I also map port my docker-compose.yml

    ports:
      - "3002:3000"
      - "8083:8080"

[shafarizkyf]

Silly me, I forgot that I just need to add the container

  whatsapp_mcp:
    image: aldinokemal2104/go-whatsapp-web-multidevice
    container_name: whatsapp_mcp
    command: ["mcp", "--host=0.0.0.0"]
    ports:
      - "8083:8080"
    volumes:
      - whatsapp:/app/storages
    depends_on:
      - whatsapp
    restart: unless-stopped

Now I can access http://192.168.0.219:8083

[shafarizkyf]

I tried to connect gowa mcp to mcporter, and I got

shafarizkyf@myserver:~$ mcporter list
mcporter 0.8.1 — Listing 1 server(s) (per-server timeout: 30s)
- whatsapp (Endpoint origin does not match connection origin: http://0.0.0.0:8080, 0.0s)

I assumed because of:

• remote url is "http://192.168.0.219:8083/sse" (this is via docker container above)
• but internally the mcp validate the host, so it does not match with the origin (?)

[aldinokemal]

i prefer to use curl instead and install gowa skill in clawhubskill

[shafarizkyf]

Ok, will try, thank you!