message_id
(required): ID of the message to react to
How to use it
message_id is exposed by the Whatsapp MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the message_id tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Whatsapp MCP
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"Other tools in Whatsapp MCP (39)
(optional): Number of messages after (default 5)
(optional): Messages after this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
(optional): Number of messages before (default 5)
(optional): Messages before this date (YYYY-MM-DD)
(optional): Caption for the media
(optional): Filter by specific chat JID
Download media from a received message.
(required): Reaction emoji (e.g. "👍"). Pass an empty string "" to remove an existing reaction.
(required): Path to the file
(optional, default false): Whether the original message was sent by the current user
Get specific chat metadata by JID.
Resolve a WhatsApp contact name from a phone number, LID, or full JID.
List all chats involving a specific contact.
Find a direct message chat with a contact.
Get the last message exchanged with a contact.
Get messages around a specific message for context.
(required): Phone number, LID, or full JID (aliases: phonenumber, phone)
(required): Chat JID
(optional): Number of messages (default 50, max 500)
List all chats with metadata.
Get messages with filters, date ranges, and sorting.
Mark one or more messages from the same chat and sender as read. This explicitly
(optional): List of users to @-mention, as phone numbers with country code (e.g. ["12025551234"]) or JIDs. For each entry the message text must contain a matching @<number> token (e.g. "thanks @12025551234!"), which recipients' devices render as a highlighted, tappable mention that also notifies the
(required): Text content to send
(required): IDs of messages from the same chat and sender
(required): Phone number of the contact
(required): Name or phone number to search
(optional): Text content of the quoted message, used for the reply preview. Only plain text is supported.
(optional): ID of the message to reply to. When provided, the sent message appears as a quoted reply in WhatsApp.
(optional): Full JID of the author of the quoted message. Required for group replies so WhatsApp renders the correct attribution header.
(required): Phone number or group JID
Search contacts by name or phone number.
Send a voice message (automatically converts to Opus .ogg format).
Send a media file (image, video, document).
Send a text message to a contact or group, optionally as a quoted reply.
Send (or remove) an emoji reaction to a message.
(required for groups): Full JID or bare phone number of the original message sender
(optional): "newest" or "oldest" (default "newest")
(optional): RFC 3339 read timestamp; defaults to the current time