WhatsApp MCP
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mcp server
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How HN took it
3 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 15 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Idea: 1 for, 6 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Privacy-first, self-hosted design
From 2 comments
Really cool project, the privacy-first angle and self-hosted design are a huge plus. Curious: have you run into any rate limits or session issues with the whatsmeow API,…
sharmasachin98 on HNI am not sure about how other Whatsapp MCP servers build , but I like the design here : Go server to integrate with Whatsapp , scan the QR etc which acts like a bridge and…
linux_devil on HN
Useful for group chat summaries
From 2 comments
Thank you! I live in Latin America and here WhatsApp group chats are through the roof. I easily receive several hundreds of messages across various group chats. It's not possible…
Mystery-Machine on HNcould i use this to create groupchat summaries?
ahstilde on HN
Objections
Sending LLM access to others' private chats is a privacy problem
From 3 comments
As others have already said, think about what you're doing when you use this. If you connect a not-selhosted LLM to this, you're effectively uploading chat message with other…
echoangle on HNIf I find out someone pipes my chat messages into a LLM, I will not converse with that person anymore.
_def on HNwhat I'm most shocked about is that people choose whatsapp and the like for "end to end encryption" then open a window to small companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
ocBuilder on HN
Risk of WhatsApp account ban from automated calls
From 1 comment
I don’t know if whatsmeow was intended for this use case: imagine a LLM performing multiple calls in a short period of time, could you risk to have your whatsapp account blocked…
gabll on HN
Many similar MCP WhatsApp projects already exist
From 1 comment
I think this is like the 7th or 8th WhatsApp MCP implementation. I really have zero understanding why people think this is something crazy. It’s not. It’s importing the official…
saberience on HN
Requests
Summarise unread group chat messages
From 1 comment
Thank you! I live in Latin America and here WhatsApp group chats are through the roof. I easily receive several hundreds of messages across various group chats. It's not possible…
Mystery-Machine on HN
Support for other messaging apps like Beeper
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. It would be nice to see something like this for all the communication methods in Beeper unified together. That way all communication is covered rather then…
andrewmi on HN
Questions
Rate limits or session issues with whatsmeow
From 1 comment
Really cool project, the privacy-first angle and self-hosted design are a huge plus. Curious: have you run into any rate limits or session issues with the whatsmeow API,…
sharmasachin98 on HN
Can it run without the WhatsApp app on phone via WhatsApp Web on a server
From 1 comment
By the way, I was just searching for a way not to have the WhatsApp app on my phone while limiting the risk of third party software and/or have my number banned. Is there a way…
sunshine-o on HN
Alternatives named
Waha open-source WhatsApp API server
From 1 comment
BTW is there a good "WhatsApp API SaaS" open-source server? There's Waha https://github.com/devlikeapro/waha which is nice, but unfortunately they don't offer "safety features"…
oulipo on HN
vambe.ai
From 1 comment
I just use vambe.ai, 14 days free trial too
MatiasPerez on HN