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[platforms] Add WhatsApp Business API — 8 workflow templates blocked, 1.2M views #49

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WhatsApp is the #2 most impactful missing messaging platform on One CLI. It blocks 8 workflow templates in the top 150 by popularity, all sole-blocked (WhatsApp is the only missing platform), representing 1.2M combined views.

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Rank Views Workflow
#3 480,089 Building your first WhatsApp chatbot
#22 188,615 AI-powered WhatsApp chatbot for text, voice, images
#33 136,776 AI-powered WhatsApp chatbot for text, voice, images
#40 119,994 Respond to WhatsApp messages with AI like a pro
#48 104,553 Customer support WhatsApp bot with Google Docs knowledge
#70 81,853 AI customer support assistant — WhatsApp ready
#115 52,388 Boost your customer service with this WhatsApp Bot
#149 43,201 Complete business WhatsApp AI-powered RAG chatbot

All 8 are sole-blocked — connecting WhatsApp would unblock all of them immediately.

Note that #3 (480K views) is the 3rd most popular n8n workflow overall — "Building your first WhatsApp chatbot."

Why WhatsApp matters

WhatsApp Business API is increasingly used for:

  • Customer support bots (AI-powered responses)
  • Lead capture and qualification
  • Order notifications and updates
  • Interactive business workflows

Technical scope

WhatsApp Business API (via Meta Cloud API):

  • Send messages (text, media, templates)
  • Receive messages via webhook
  • Manage message templates
  • OAuth via Meta Business platform

Documentation: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api

Impact

Adding WhatsApp would unblock 8 templates worth 1.2M views. Combined with Telegram, these two messaging platforms would unblock 27 of 51 blocked templates (53%).


Moved from withoneai/cli#18

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