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5 July 2026 · 8 min read

How to connect WhatsApp to Claude: a complete guide to WhatsApp AI automation

Expose your WhatsApp as an MCP server, pick a read-only or read+write scope, and drive it from Claude — with sends still gated.


The clean way to give Claude your WhatsApp is MCP: your assistant exposes your chats as tools, Claude uses them, and your sending rules still apply.

What you need

  • A KKHS Assist account with WhatsApp linked.
  • An MCP-capable client — Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Cursor, or Codex.
  • A decision on scope: read-only or read plus write.

The three steps

  • Copy your MCP address from the MCP page in your dashboard.
  • In Claude, add it as a connector. Claude opens a login in your browser; because you are already signed in, you only see a consent screen.
  • Pick an access level and approve. The client can now use your WhatsApp.

Read-only versus read plus write

Read-only can search and read your chats, contacts and groups, and change nothing. Read plus write adds sending, reacting, and managing chats, groups, labels and contacts. Start with read-only unless you specifically want the client to act.

What is worth asking once connected

  • "Summarise everything I missed in my work groups today."
  • "Find the address Priya sent me last month."
  • "Reply to Sarah that Tuesday at 3 works." (write scope)
  • "Label all the unanswered client chats follow-up." (write scope)

What does not change

Everything still runs through your own account and your own server. Per-chat modes, blocked chats and bulk-send limits apply identically to anything a client asks for — and you can revoke the connection from the dashboard at any time.

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