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wacli skill

by openclaw·openclaw/openclaw·394k stars·MIT

Send third-party WhatsApp messages or sync/search WhatsApp history via wacli, not normal active chats.

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Install the wacli skill

A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description. 

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git /tmp/openclaw
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/openclaw/extensions/whatsapp/skills/wacli ~/.claude/skills/wacli
available in every project

In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub

The instructions your agent would load

SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub

wacli

Use wacli only when the user explicitly asks you to message someone else on WhatsApp or when they ask to sync/search WhatsApp history. Do NOT use wacli for normal user chats; OpenClaw routes WhatsApp conversations automatically. If the user is chatting with you on WhatsApp, you should not reach for this tool unless they ask you to contact a third party.

Safety

  • Require explicit recipient + message text.
  • Confirm recipient + message before sending.
  • If anything is ambiguous, ask a clarifying question.

Auth + sync

  • wacli auth (QR login + initial sync)
  • wacli sync --follow (continuous sync)
  • wacli doctor

Find chats + messages

  • wacli chats list --limit 20 --query "name or number"
  • wacli messages search "query" --limit 20 --chat
  • wacli messages search "invoice" --after 2025-01-01 --before 2025-12-31

Inspect / verify messages

  • wacli messages show --chat --id --json --full
  • messages show requires both --chat and --id; do not pass the message ID as a positional argument.
  • After sending, verify the stored message when exact formatting matters, especially multiline text.

History backfill

  • wacli history backfill --chat --requests 2 --count 50

Send

  • Text: wacli send text --to "+14155551212" --message "Hello! Are you free at 3pm?"
  • Group: wacli send text --to "1234567890-123456789@g.us" --message "Running 5 min late."
  • File: wacli send file --to "+14155551212" --file /path/agenda.pdf --caption "Agenda"
  • Multiline: --message is literal by default; pass --message-escapes to interpret \n, \r, \t.

Notes

  • Store dir: ~/.wacli (override with --store).
  • Use --json for machine-readable output when parsing.
  • Backfill requires your phone online; results are best-effort.
  • WhatsApp CLI is not needed for routine user chats; it's for messaging other people.
  • JIDs: direct chats look like @s.whatsapp.net; groups look like @g.us (use wacli chats list to find).

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