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Let Claude or Cursor read your WhatsApp Web folders (locally, over MCP)

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I wanted to ask Claude "what's still open with my clients?" and get an answer from WhatsApp, where those conversations live. So WA Folders 1.3 added an MCP connection: your AI agent can read the WhatsApp Web folders you allow, and nothing else. What you need Chrome with WhatsApp Web open WA Folders…

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  1. 2026-10-15 18:19 · DEV Community — AI
    Let Claude or Cursor read your WhatsApp Web folders (locally, over MCP)

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