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Hi,I built Chat-Man because I wanted a cheap way to give my agents access to WhatsApp without integrating a WhatsApp library separately in every project.You get WhatsApp MCP server, so you can connect WhatsApp to an agent and programmatically read, search, extract and send messages - but also have a web UI for non-techies.You can also receive webhooks for incoming messages for starred conversations.What you can do with the MCP? -Read WhatsApp messages and turn them into CRM records -Summarise conversations or groups -Extract structured information from messages -Find messages, participants or other WhatsApp data -Send messages -Manage group membershipsOf course.. you always need to follow data protection regulation.The web UI: -Edit group details -See who joined or left -See who is most active -Export group members -Match members against a CSV (e.g. from a CRM) -Bulk message members -Bulk kick members -Create invite links For individual contacts, you can send messages directly from the UI.Why I built it for myself? I needed WhatsApp access for several projects (hermo.ai, florahaus.co.uk, …) and didn't want to pay for a WhatsApp integration for each project.Link: https://chat-man.netI’d love to get some feedback, especially from people building agents that need access to WhatsApp. Fabian

HN · launched Sep 16, 2026 · 14 upvotes (top 33%) · 0 views

Niche: conversational ai platforms · 84 launches, 8 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Communication
  • Developer
  • AI-native
  • Commercial product

Source listing ↗

Could you build this?

Yes This is a model context protocol (MCP) server wrapper around standard WhatsApp automation libraries or APIs, which can be generated readily with AI coding tools.

Discussion

20 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Superchat, Baileys, whatsapp-mcp

Concerns raised: risk of WhatsApp account bans, WhatsApp Terms of Service violations, unencrypted local message storage, data privacy and conversation leaks, LLM safety and trust with full permissions

Feature requests: local model support

Competitors

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Attention rank: #353 of 957 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 321 days after the earliest competitor.

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  • Zernio WhatsApp API · ph · 2026-06-19 · 362 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • Wapes · ph · 2026-10-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • Wevichat · ph · 2026-11-12 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • AIChatsHub · ph · 2026-10-23 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • whatsapp-mcp-server · github · 2026-10-22 · 58 upvotes · similarity 0.56

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