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Your n8n workflows,
now on WhatsApp.

n8n's standard HTTP Request and Webhook nodes connect straight to WABridges — no community package, no custom code. Send WhatsApp messages from any workflow, and let incoming messages trigger the next one. Flat $5/month, unlimited messages.

n8n can already talk to almost everything you run — and with WABridges, "almost everything" includes a real WhatsApp number. There's no community node to vet and no code to write: your bridge is a plain web endpoint, which is exactly what n8n's HTTP Request node is for.

Sending is one HTTP Request node. Receiving is one Webhook node whose URL you paste into your bridge's settings. And because n8n ships AI Agent nodes, "auto-answer my WhatsApp with AI" is a two-node workflow, not a programming project.

How it works

1
Pair your WhatsApp number
Sign up, create a bridge from the dashboard, and scan the QR code with your phone — the same way you'd link WhatsApp Web. About a minute, no code.
2
Send: add an HTTP Request node
In any workflow, add an HTTP Request node set to POST to your bridge's send address, with your API key as a header and the recipient number and message text in the body — mapped from earlier nodes like any other n8n data.
3
Receive: add a Webhook node
Add a Webhook trigger node, copy its URL, and paste it into your bridge's webhook setting in the WABridges dashboard. Every incoming WhatsApp message now starts the workflow. If you self-host n8n, the webhook URL must be reachable from the internet.
4
Build the flow between
From there it's ordinary n8n: branch on the message text, look the sender up in your database, hand the conversation to an AI Agent node, or fan out alerts — then reply with the HTTP Request node.

What you can build

🤖
AI on your number
  • Webhook → AI Agent → reply
  • Your prompt, your model choice
  • Hand tricky ones to a human
  • A two-node auto-responder
🖥️
Ops and alerts
  • Failed job → on-call WhatsApp group
  • Server monitor → instant message
  • Reply "ACK" to acknowledge
  • Daily digest workflow
📇
Customers and leads
  • New enquiry → CRM record
  • Instant acknowledgement reply
  • Order status lookups by reply
  • Appointment reminder flows
🧩
Internal tools
  • Query your database by message
  • Approve requests from your phone
  • File incoming media to storage
  • Bridge WhatsApp to Slack or email

Stuck? Paste this into ChatGPT or Claude

Copy this prompt → paste into any AI assistant → get a node-by-node walkthrough for your exact workflow.
I use n8n and I want to connect WhatsApp to my workflows using
WABridges (wabridges.com). I don't write code.

What I want to build: [describe it plainly — e.g. "when a customer
messages my WhatsApp number, answer common questions with AI, and
forward anything it can't answer to my personal number"]

My setup:
- A WABridges account with a bridge created and my number paired
- My WABridges API key
- n8n [cloud / self-hosted — update this]

Please read the WABridges API docs first:
https://wabridges.com/llms-full.txt

Then walk me through, node by node:
1. The Webhook trigger node and where to paste its URL in WABridges
2. The exact HTTP Request node settings to send a reply (URL,
   headers, body fields) — as values I can enter in the n8n form
3. How to wire the nodes in between for my flow above (including an
   AI Agent node if it fits)

Explain it like I'm setting up n8n for the first time — which nodes
to add and what to paste where, no code.

Why WABridges

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