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Show HN: WhatsApp MCP running free on Cloudflare
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A self-hosted MCP server that runs on Cloudflare Workers and lets an AI agent read and search a single WhatsApp account’s message history. Link a phone like WhatsApp Web once, then any MCP-capable client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, etc.) can call tools to list chats, fetch messages, full-text search, name unnamed numbers, force a sync, check link status, or relink. The server only reads and indexes text into a SQLite database inside a Durable Object; it does not send messages, download media (images/voice notes appear as labeled placeholders), or transcribe audio. The first link imports whatever WhatsApp provides for a new device; the import is one-time unless you relink. Unnamed chats appear as phone numbers and are resolved by the agent using the owner’s contacts tool via set_contact_names.
Implementation details: one Durable Object ("owner") holds SQLite (messages, auth keys, FTS5 index) and runs Baileys sessions only during pairing or pulls; the Worker is stateless aside from a KV namespace for OAuth tokens and a short-lived sign-in record. A daily cron plus on-demand sync pulls queued updates. Setup requires Cloudflare Workers Paid plan (higher CPU limits for large imports), Node 20+, and a phone. This uses the WhatsApp Web protocol through Baileys and thus violates WhatsApp terms; the author warns to use it only for your own account and not for sending messages.
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