{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "abacusai-abacusai-bot--message-a-bot-from-your-phone",
 "repo": "abacusai/abacusai-bot",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/abacusai/abacusai-bot",
 "repo_slug": "abacusai-abacusai-bot",
 "title": "Hand a task to a bot from WhatsApp or Telegram",
 "page_title": "How to hand a task to a bot from WhatsApp or Telegram with Abacusai Bot",
 "summary": "Link a messaging app to a bot so you can give it work from your phone.",
 "who": "A person who is away from the desk and needs a bot to look up or draft something from their phone.",
 "problem": "Work requests come up when you are away from the desktop, and waiting until you return delays them.",
 "outcome": "A bot that answers your own messages from WhatsApp, Telegram, or Discord, with remote approval rules you control.",
 "steps": [
  "Install the desktop app and create a bot with its own instructions and model.",
  "Link AbacusAI Bot as a device in WhatsApp, or sign in and link the shared Abacus AI bot in Telegram or Discord.",
  "Turn on inbound responses for your own sender and approve any other senders you want the bot to answer.",
  "Decide whether risky remote tool calls run immediately or wait for approval in the desktop app.",
  "Send a test message from your Message yourself chat and confirm the reply."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using AbacusAI Bot, link a messaging app for <user's account> to a bot named <bot name>, approve only <sender>, and keep risky tool calls waiting for desktop approval. Send one test request and report the reply. Verify that messages from unapproved senders are recorded but do not start work.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Connecting an account does not make the bot answer everyone, so you must explicitly approve each sender before work starts.",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "A macOS 13 or later, Windows, or Linux computer",
  "A free Abacus.AI account, or a key for another supported model provider",
  "Accounts for any services the bot should use, such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, or GitHub"
 ],
 "risk": "sensitive",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "remote-script",
   "notice": "Unattended remote tool calls are on by default once inbound responses are enabled, so turn that setting off if you want approval before risky actions."
  },
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "Linking WhatsApp or signing in to Telegram or Discord gives the bot access to the connected account's messages."
  }
 ],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/abacusai-abacusai-bot/message-a-bot-from-your-phone/",
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}