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Create Contact

Create a new contact associated with a WhatsApp number. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Whautomate account once, then configure and run Create Contact from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "whautomate-create-contact",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    whautomate: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    name: "Name",
    phoneNumber: "Phone Number",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Contact inputs
Property Type Description
name Name string
The name of the contact
Required
phoneNumber Phone Number string
The WhatsApp phone number of the contact. Format: +15555555555
Required
locationId Location Id string
The location id of the contact
Required Dynamic
stage Stage string
The Contact Stage
Optional
tags Contact Tags string[]
An array of contact tags.
Optional Dynamic
customFields Custom Fields object
The contact custom fields.
Optional
notes Notes string
The contact notes.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
whautomate-create-contact
Version
0.0.2
App
Whautomate
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes