Two billion people use WhatsApp. Your customers are already there. But the Business API on its own can't check your CRM, generate invoices, update project boards, or route files to the right folder. OpenClaw connects your WhatsApp Business account to the rest of your stack so every conversation triggers real work.
OpenClaw sits on top of the WhatsApp Business API as the orchestration layer that turns chat messages into business actions.
2B+
monthly active WhatsApp users worldwide
98%
open rate on WhatsApp messages
<3s
from message received to action complete
Templates + Media
full Business API feature coverage
The Business API gives you message templates, interactive buttons, and catalogs. But without orchestration, you're still doing everything by hand.
You send appointment reminders and order confirmations through message templates. When a customer replies, someone on your team has to read it, check another system, and manually respond. The template did its job. The follow-up is where things fall apart because there's no connection between WhatsApp and your operational tools.
You can add reply buttons and list messages to your WhatsApp flows. A customer taps "Confirm Appointment" or "View Invoice." Then what? Without a system connecting that button tap to your calendar, billing tool, or CRM, the interaction stops at the message layer. Someone still has to process it manually.
Customers send photos, receipts, signed documents, and voice messages through WhatsApp all day. Those files sit in the conversation thread. They don't get saved to your cloud storage, attached to client records, or linked to open tasks. When you need that document later, you're scrolling through weeks of chat to find it.
When a customer messages you on WhatsApp, the person replying doesn't know their order status, account balance, or last support interaction. That information lives in your CRM, your helpdesk, your accounting software. Every conversation starts from scratch because WhatsApp can't pull data from those systems on its own.
WhatsApp stays your messaging channel. OpenClaw connects it to everything else and adds the logic the Business API can't handle alone.
OpenClaw manages your pre-approved message templates and sends them based on events in your other systems. A new order in Shopify triggers a shipping confirmation template. An overdue invoice in QuickBooks sends a payment reminder. The templates go out automatically, with dynamic variables pulled from live data. No manual sends, no copy-pasting.
OpenClaw builds reply buttons, list messages, and call-to-action flows based on live data. Customer taps "Reschedule Appointment" and OpenClaw checks your calendar for available slots, presents them as a list message, then books the new time when they pick one. One conversation, three systems updated. The button tap flows through OpenClaw's webhook handler and fans out to every connected tool.
WhatsApp's catalog feature shows products inside the chat. OpenClaw keeps it synced with your actual inventory in Shopify, WooCommerce, or your custom database. Prices update automatically. Out-of-stock items get flagged. When a customer adds items and sends an order, OpenClaw creates the order in your e-commerce system and triggers fulfillment. No duplicate data entry.
Every incoming message, button tap, and status update hits OpenClaw's webhook endpoint in real time. OpenClaw parses the payload, identifies the customer in your CRM, checks their context, and routes the action to the right system. A delivery confirmation triggers a review request two days later. A support question creates a ticket in Zendesk. The webhook is the entry point; OpenClaw handles the routing.
Customer sends a photo, PDF, or voice note through WhatsApp. OpenClaw downloads the media through the Business API, uploads it to Google Drive or Dropbox, attaches it to the client record in your CRM, and confirms receipt in the chat. Signed contracts, damaged-item photos, insurance documents. They all get routed to the right folder automatically.
When someone messages your WhatsApp number, OpenClaw pulls their history from your CRM, checks recent orders, and looks up open support tickets before responding. The reply includes actual data, not generic scripts. A returning customer gets recognized. A new lead gets routed to sales. Every response is informed by live information from your business systems.
OpenClaw is an open-source AI assistant that connects to the tools you already use and operates them for you. Email, calendar, CRM, messaging, accounting, file storage. It reads, it responds, it takes action. It runs on your own devices, so your data stays yours.
For WhatsApp Business users, OpenClaw turns the API from a messaging pipe into a full operations layer. It connects your WhatsApp number to your CRM, accounting software, file storage, and project management tools, so every message template, button tap, and incoming conversation can trigger real business actions across your entire stack.
Three scenarios where OpenClaw extends WhatsApp into the rest of your business.
A new order comes into Shopify. OpenClaw sends an order confirmation template via WhatsApp with the item details and estimated delivery. When the shipment goes out, it sends the tracking number automatically. If the customer replies asking to change the delivery address, OpenClaw updates the order in Shopify and confirms the change in the chat. You didn't touch anything.
OpenClaw sends an appointment reminder template 24 hours before the visit. The message includes two reply buttons: "Confirm" and "Reschedule." If the patient taps "Reschedule," OpenClaw checks available slots in your scheduling system, presents them as a list message, and books the new time when they pick one. Your front desk never made a phone call.
A customer sends a WhatsApp message asking about a refund. OpenClaw matches their phone number to your CRM, pulls up the relevant order, checks the return policy, and replies with the refund status. If it needs human review, OpenClaw creates a Zendesk ticket with the full conversation history and notifies the support team. The customer gets a fast answer. Your team gets the context they need.
Three steps. We handle the technical work.
We configure your Business API access through your BSP (Twilio, MessageBird, or Meta's Cloud API), set up the webhook endpoint for real-time message handling, and connect the external tools you need: your CRM, Google Drive, QuickBooks, Shopify, Zendesk, whatever your business runs on. This happens on day one.
Which templates should fire based on external events? What interactive messages do your customers need? How should incoming media be routed? We design the message templates, configure the reply buttons and list messages, map out the webhook handlers, and set up OpenClaw to orchestrate everything that crosses system boundaries.
Messages come in via webhook. Templates go out based on triggers. Media gets routed. Data flows between systems. Interactive messages update in real time. You review the first few days, tell us what to adjust, and we fine-tune. Within a week, your WhatsApp Business number is running real operations.
One-time setup. No monthly fees from us. No contracts.
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$1,200
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$2,400
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