Messaging
AI agents that use WhatsApp Cloud API
UtilitySpaces gives an AI agent scoped access to WhatsApp Cloud API through its own encrypted connection, not your password. The agent can call 3 named WhatsApp Cloud API tools, and the one that writes waits for a person's approval unless an admin has set the connection to run without asking. Every call is written to a hash-chained audit log with its arguments and its result.
What an agent can do in WhatsApp Cloud API
Send WhatsApp messages from a Meta Cloud API phone number and inspect its templates and status. An agent calls these by name, and matching is exact.
| Tool | What it does | Waits for approval by default |
|---|---|---|
| Get phone number | Get the sending number's verified name and quality rating. | No — read only |
| List message templates | List approved message templates of a WhatsApp Business Account. | No — read only |
| Send message | Send a text or template message to a WhatsApp number. | Yes — it writes |
2 read tools, 1 write tool. Generated from the connector catalogue the product runs on, so it cannot list a tool that does not exist.
What teams hand an agent in WhatsApp Cloud API
Teams hand an agent the outbound side of WhatsApp: checking the sending number's verified name and quality rating with Get phone number, listing which approved templates exist, and drafting the message. Send message is the only write, and it waits for approval unless an admin has set this connection to run without asking.
- Check the sending number's quality rating on a schedule and raise an inbox item when it drops.
- Pick the right approved template for a notification by listing message templates and matching the one the situation calls for.
- Send an order or appointment confirmation to a number when the matching event happens in another connected app (after a person approves it)
What waits for a person
Reads run on their own. These do not — each one waits in Approvals for an owner or admin unless an admin has set this connection to run writes without asking, and every call toWhatsApp Cloud API, approved, rejected or unattended, is logged.
- Send message POST
What connecting WhatsApp Cloud API takes
WhatsApp Cloud API uses an API key you create in WhatsApp Cloud API and paste in once. A workspace admin sets the connection up; the fields are:
- Permanent Access Token
- Phone Number ID
Credentials are encrypted and bound to your workspace, never read back, and every outbound call passes one guarded fetch — the connector security posture sets out exactly how, and the security page covers the platform around it.
Where WhatsApp Cloud API fits
Give an agent WhatsApp Cloud API work by writing a message in the inbox, or put its tools in a scheduled flow. What the run cost is on the cost breakdown.
Other messaging integrations: Chatwoot, Discord, Gmail. Or see every application agents can connect to.
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