Brief, mostly signal

Open source WhatsApp MCP server runs on your Cloudflare account

Lets AI agents read and search WhatsApp messages, but not send them. It needs a Workers Paid plan and uses Baileys, which violates WhatsApp terms.

Read the source at github.com Discussion

What the research found

Open source MCP server that runs in your own Cloudflare account, links to WhatsApp as a device, and lets AI agents read and search (not send) messages; needs Workers Paid plan and uses Baileys, which violates WhatsApp terms.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

Server runs in the user's own Cloudflare account and stores messages in a SQLite database inside a Durable Object 99%
It can read and search messages but cannot send them 99%
Setup requires a Cloudflare Workers Paid plan for the default CPU limit 71%
It uses the Baileys library, which is against WhatsApp's terms 97%

Evidence

github.com https://github.com/finereli/whatsapp-mcp
news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50145715

Actionability rated low.