WhatsApp (Evolution API)

Requirements

• Environment variables:
  • EVOLUTION_API_URL (optional if config)
  • EVOLUTION_API_TOKEN
  • EVOLUTION_INSTANCE (optional if config)
• Configure api_url and instance in ~/.config/skills/config.json under whatsapp_evo (recommended). The token must be set via env var.

Example:

{
  "whatsapp_evo": {
    "api_url": "https://evo.example.com",
    "instance": "MyInstance"
  }
}

Commands (from the skill folder)

1) Inbox (unread)

scripts/whatsapp-inbox --json-out /tmp/whatsapp-inbox.json

• Shows a clean numbered list.
• Saves metadata for later actions.
• Note: the inbox is computed from the last incoming message without READ status in the API (it may not match "mark as unread" in the app).
• Saves local state in ~/.cache/whatsapp-evo/inbox-state.json to avoid repeating chats (override with --state or WHATSAPP_EVO_STATE_PATH).
• Use --no-update-state if you want to list the same chats again.
• Use --since-days N to ignore old messages in the first pass (default 7).
• Use --pending-reply to list conversations from the last N days where the latest message is not yours (ignores local state).

2) Reply (with user confirmation)

scripts/whatsapp-reply --index <n> --text "reply"

• Replies to the chat at the given index using message/sendText.
• For direct chats use the number; for groups use remote_jid if needed.
• Optional: --delay <ms>, --link-preview, --instance, --url.

3) Conversation history

scripts/whatsapp-history --index <n> --limit 50

• Use --jid or --number if you don’t have an index.
• Filter by date with --since 2025-01-01 or --since 2025-01-01T10:00:00Z and --until.
• Use --incoming-only to show only inbound messages.

Metadata format

/tmp/whatsapp-inbox.json contains:

• index
• name
• remote_jid
• number
• unread_count
• last_message_id
• last_message_from_me
• last_message_text
• last_message_timestamp
• last_message_sender

Rules

• Show the user only the clean list; never show tokens.
• Before replying, ask for confirmation.
• If the JSON is stale or missing, re-run inbox.