wacli
Your self-hosted AI marketing department — a CMO agent that delegates to specialists for content, social, email, SEO, and analytics. Open-source, approval-first, file-based. Built on OpenClaw.
Install / Use
npx skills add promisingcoder/marketingclaw --skill wacliInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
CommunicationSupported Platforms
Tags
Our assessment of wacli
wacli scores 50/100 on our quality scale, 391st of 395 Communication skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 2.3 KB long, lightly structured (1 heading) and no code examples: moderately detailed.
It has no GitHub stars yet, so there is no community track record; judge it on its content.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 4 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
- Our last check on 2026-10-18 found the source still online.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 78/100, with 2 cautions from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.
AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-24. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-24. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install wacli?
- Run
npx skills add promisingcoder/marketingclaw --skill wacli. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does wacli work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is wacli safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It declares no license and scores 78/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is wacli still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 4 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: wacli description: "Send third-party WhatsApp messages or sync/search WhatsApp history via wacli, not normal active chats." homepage: https://wacli.sh metadata: { "marketingclaw": { "emoji": "📱", "requires": { "bins": ["wacli"] }, "install": [ { "id": "brew", "kind": "brew", "formula": "steipete/tap/wacli", "bins": ["wacli"], "label": "Install wacli (brew)", }, { "id": "go", "kind": "go", "module": "github.com/steipete/wacli/cmd/wacli@latest", "bins": ["wacli"], "label": "Install wacli (go)", }, ], }, }
wacli
Use wacli only when the user explicitly asks you to message someone else on WhatsApp or when they ask to sync/search WhatsApp history.
Do NOT use wacli for normal user chats; MarketingClaw routes WhatsApp conversations automatically.
If the user is chatting with you on WhatsApp, you should not reach for this tool unless they ask you to contact a third party.
Safety
- Require explicit recipient + message text.
- Confirm recipient + message before sending.
- If anything is ambiguous, ask a clarifying question.
Auth + sync
wacli auth(QR login + initial sync)wacli sync --follow(continuous sync)wacli doctor
Find chats + messages
wacli chats list --limit 20 --query "name or number"wacli messages search "query" --limit 20 --chat <jid>wacli messages search "invoice" --after 2025-01-01 --before 2025-12-31
History backfill
wacli history backfill --chat <jid> --requests 2 --count 50
Send
- Text:
wacli send text --to "+14155551212" --message "Hello! Are you free at 3pm?" - Group:
wacli send text --to "1234567890-123456789@g.us" --message "Running 5 min late." - File:
wacli send file --to "+14155551212" --file /path/agenda.pdf --caption "Agenda"
Notes
- Store dir:
~/.wacli(override with--store). - Use
--jsonfor machine-readable output when parsing. - Backfill requires your phone online; results are best-effort.
- WhatsApp CLI is not needed for routine user chats; it's for messaging other people.
- JIDs: direct chats look like
<number>@s.whatsapp.net; groups look like<id>@g.us(usewacli chats listto find).
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.