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Connect WhatsApp

WhatsApp Cloud API: Meta app, permanent token, webhook verify, then a test that lands in Inbox.

WhatsApp in Cove is Cloud API. It is not a Crisp-complete channel and it is not a phone contact-center.

The wizard

Open Channels → WhatsApp. Three phases:

  1. Meta app and number. In Meta for Developers, create an app, add the WhatsApp product, and add a business phone number.
  2. Token and IDs. Create a system user, grant WhatsApp permission, generate a permanent access token. Temporary test tokens expire and drop the channel. Copy the app secret (Settings → Basic), the phone number ID (WhatsApp → API setup — the ID, not the digits people dial), and the E.164 display number.
  3. Connect, webhook, test. Connect first so Cove can generate the verify token. WhatsApp → Configuration → Callback URL = the URL we show. Verify token = the value after connect. Subscribe to the webhook fields listed on the screen. Send a WhatsApp from your phone to the display number. Check for test confirms it landed in Inbox.

Unsigned posts are rejected (X-Hub-Signature-256). Replies from the desk send back on the same number.

What this is not

  • Not a WABA port from Intercom or Crisp. You reconnect Cloud API.
  • Not template campaigns from this wizard.
  • Not X, Viber, or Line.

Depth is Cloud API, not Crisp-complete. Marketing stays on integrations this pass — there is no standalone /whatsapp page yet.

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