WAHA Onboarding

Onboard a new user to WhatsApp via WAHA—greet them, collect and sanitize their phone number, create/start a WAHA session, request and share a pairing code, verify authentication, and then offer next actions (recent chats, contacts, specific chat).

WAHA Onboarding Skill

Use this skill when a user wants to connect their WhatsApp account through WAHA.

Onboarding flow

1) Collect phone number

Ask for the user’s WhatsApp number including country code.

Example prompt:

"👋 I can connect your WhatsApp. Send your phone number with country code (digits only if possible), for example 905380546393."

2) Sanitize number and derive session name

• Strip all non-digit characters from the input.
• Use sanitized value as <phonenumber>.
• Session name format: user-<phonenumber>.

3) Create and start WAHA session

Run:

bash

waha-cli waha-create-session --name user-<phonenumber>
sleep 5
waha-cli waha-start-session --session user-<phonenumber>

4) Request pairing code

Run:

bash

sleep 5
waha-cli waha-request-pairing-code --session user-<phonenumber> --phone-number <phonenumber>

5) Share pairing instructions

Send the returned code and tell user:

1. Open WhatsApp → Linked Devices
2. Tap Link a Device
3. Tap Link with phone number instead
4. Enter the pairing code

6) Verify authentication after user confirms

Run:

bash

waha-cli waha-check-auth-status --session user-<phonenumber>

• If status is WORKING: onboarding succeeded.
• Otherwise: run fallback.

7) Confirm success and offer next actions

Offer:

• recent conversations
• contacts
• messages from a specific chat

Fallback (if not WORKING)

Restart and issue a fresh code:

bash

waha-cli waha-start-session --session user-<phonenumber>
sleep 8
waha-cli waha-request-pairing-code --session user-<phonenumber> --phone-number <phonenumber>

Then ask user to retry from WhatsApp Linked Devices.

Naming and ID conventions

• WAHA session: user-<phonenumber>
• Direct chat id convention: <phonenumber>@c.us