Chat SDK adds WhatsApp adapter support
Chat SDK now supports WhatsApp. Teams can build AI bots across 6 platforms with a single codebase.
Why it matters
Vercel's Chat SDK expands its multi-platform adapter ecosystem to WhatsApp, lowering the friction for teams to deploy conversational AI across fragmented messaging channels. Relevant for builders shipping chatbots and agentic workflows at scale.
The key facts
7 to knowChat SDK now supports WhatsApp adapter alongside Slack, Discord, GitHub, Teams, Telegram
Features: message reactions, auto-chunking, read receipts, multi-media downloads (images, voice, stickers), location sharing
Limitations: no message history/editing/deletion, 24-hour messaging window enforced by WhatsApp, cards render as interactive reply buttons (max 3 options)
Single-codebase approach reduces development overhead for multi-platform bot deployment
Limitations: no message history/editing/deletion, 24-hour messaging window enforcement, cards render as interactive reply buttons (max 3 options)
Single-codebase approach across 6 messaging platforms
Community contribution (PR #102) by @ghellach
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Publisher excerpt: Chat SDK now supports WhatsApp, extending its single-codebase approach to Slack, Discord, GitHub, Teams, and Telegram with the new WhatsApp adapter. Teams can build bots that support messages, reactions, auto-chunking, and read receipts. The adapter handles multi-media downloads (e.g., images,…