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Ops Comms

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  • Updated August 2, 2026
  • davepoon/buildwithclaude

Send and read messages across WhatsApp, email, Slack, Telegram, Discord, and Notion from one ops command.

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Sends and reads messages across all configured channels (WhatsApp, Gmail, Slack, Telegram, Discord, Notion), routing on arguments or natural language. A developer uses it to handle cross-channel communication from the ops suite.

  • Routes send/read across WhatsApp, email, Slack, Telegram, Discord, and Notion
  • Loads contact profiles, preferences, and donts before drafting any message

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Last updatedAugust 2, 2026
Repositorydavepoon/buildwithclaude

What it does

Send and read messages across WhatsApp, email, Slack, Telegram, Discord, and Notion from one ops command.

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

OPS ► COMMS

Runtime Context

Before executing, load available context:

1. Daemon health: Read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA_DIR:-$HOME/.claude/plugins/data/ops-ops-marketplace}/daemon-health.json

  • Check wacli-sync status before any WhatsApp operation
  • Also check ~/.wacli/.health — if not status=connected, surface auth issue before proceeding

2. Ops memories: Before drafting any message, check ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA_DIR}/memories/:

  • contact_*.md — load profile for the recipient
  • preferences.md — match user's communication style, language, and tone
  • donts.md — restrictions that must not appear in any draft

3. Preferences: Read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA_DIR}/preferences.json for default_channels to determine which channel to prefer when multiple are available for a contact.

CLI/API Reference

wacli (WhatsApp)

Health file — check ~/.wacli/.health BEFORE any wacli command:

  • status=connected → proceed
  • status=needs_auth or status=needs_reauth → prompt user for QR scan, do NOT run wacli commands
CommandUsageOutput
wacli doctor --jsonCheck auth/connected/lock/FTS{data: {authenticated, connected, lock_held, fts_enabled}}
wacli chats list --jsonAll chats{data: [{JID, Name, Kind, LastMessageTS}]}
wacli messages list --chat "<JID>" --limit N --jsonMessages for chat{data: {messages: [{FromMe, Text, Timestamp, SenderName, ChatName}]}}
wacli messages search --query "<text>" --jsonFTS searchSame as above
wacli contacts --search "<name>" --jsonContact lookupContact objects
wacli send --to "<JID>" --message "<msg>"Send textSuccess/error

gog CLI (Gmail/Calendar)

CommandUsageOutput
gog gmail search "in:inbox" --max 50 -j --results-only --no-inputSearch inboxJSON array of threads
gog gmail thread get <threadId> -jGet full thread with all messagesFull message JSON
gog gmail send --to "user@example.com" --subject "subj" --body "text"Send new emailSend result
gog gmail send --reply-to-message-id <msgId> --reply-all --body "text"Reply allSend result
gog gmail send --to "a@b.com" --subject "subj" --body "text" --attach /path/fileWith attachmentSend result
gog gmail archive <messageId> ... --no-input --forceArchive messagesArchive result

---

Parse $ARGUMENTS and route immediately:

Routing table

PatternAction
whatsappShow WhatsApp recent chats — offer to read or send
emailShow recent email threads via Gmail MCP
slackShow recent Slack activity
telegramShow Telegram recent chats
discordShow recent Discord channel activity (via bin/ops-discord)
notionSearch Notion workspace — pages, comments, tasks
send * to *Parse message and contact, determine best channel, send
read *Read the specified channel or contact's messages
(empty)Show channel picker menu

Natural-language parsing: phrases like send "deploy done" to #general on discord or to #ops-alerts on Discord should resolve to the discord branch below. Extract the channel token (the word after #, case-insensitive) and pass it as the first arg to bin/ops-discord send.

---

Send flow: send [message] to [contact]

1. Parse contact name and message from $ARGUMENTS. 2. Determine channel by contact lookup:

  • Check WhatsApp: wacli contacts --search "[contact]" --json 2>/dev/null
  • Check Slack: mcp__claude_ai_Slack__slack_search_users with query: "[contact]"
  • Check email: known from context or ask

3. If multiple channels found, use AskUserQuestion: [WhatsApp] / [Slack] / [Email] 4. Always preview before sending. Use AskUserQuestion to confirm:

Ready to send via [channel]:
  To: [contact name] ([identifier])
  Message: "[full message text]"

  [Send now]  [Edit message]  [Cancel]

If user picks "Edit message", use AskUserQuestion with free-text to get the revised message, then re-preview.

5. Send via the chosen channel. Confirm with: Sent to [contact] via [channel] ✓

WhatsApp send

CRITICAL — READ BEFORE SENDING: Before drafting ANY WhatsApp reply, you MUST: 1. Read the full conversation: wacli messages list --chat "<JID>" --limit 20 --json 2. Understand which messages are from the user (FromMe: true) vs the contact 3. Summarize what the conversation is about and what the contact is asking 4. Only THEN draft a reply that addresses what the contact actually said

Never send a reply based on a single message. A message like "can you pull it from Klaviyo?" means nothing without knowing what "it" refers to from prior messages.

Pre-flight: Before any wacli command, check ~/.wacli/.health. If status=needs_auth or status=needs_reauth, prompt the user: "WhatsApp needs re-authentication. Run wacli auth in a separate terminal and scan the QR code, then type 'done'." Use AskUserQuestion: [Done — re-paired], [Skip WhatsApp]. On Done, restart daemon: launchctl kickstart -k gui/$(id -u)/com.claude-ops.wacli-keepalive, wait 5s.

wacli send --to "[contact]" --message "[message]"

Slack send

Use mcp__claude_ai_Slack__slack_send_message with resolved channel/user ID.

Email send (draft)

Use mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__create_draft — always create draft first. Then use AskUserQuestion:

Draft created for [recipient]:
  Subject: [subject]
  Body: [preview]

  [Send now]  [Keep as draft]  [Edit]

---

Read flow: read [channel]

WhatsApp:

wacli chats --limit 10 --json 2>/dev/null

Show last 10 chats with sender, preview, timestamp.

Email: Use mcp__claude_ai_Gmail__search_threads with query: "in:inbox" (NOT is:unread — scan full inbox including read messages), show thread list.

Slack: Use mcp__claude_ai_Slack__slack_search_public_and_private with query: "in:channel" (NOT is:unread — scan full recent activity).

Telegram: Use mcp__claude_ops_telegram__get_updates (limit: 20) and mcp__claude_ops_telegram__list_chats. Fall back to: telegram-cli --exec "dialog_list" 2>/dev/null || echo "Telegram MCP not configured"

Discord: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/ops-discord read "<CHANNEL_ID>" --limit 20 --json — requires DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN (or credential-store discord/bot-token). Fall back to bin/ops-discord channels --json if the user doesn't know the channel ID and DISCORD_GUILD_ID is set.

Notion: Use mcp__claude_ai_Notion__notion-search with the user's query (or query: "" sorted by last_edited_time for general browsing). For each result:

  • Fetch full page content with mcp__claude_ai_Notion__notion-fetch using the page URL/ID from search results
  • Get comments with mcp__claude_ai_Notion__notion-get-comments
  • Show page title, database name, last editor, and recent comments

Notion API fallback: If MCP tools fail and NOTION_API_KEY is set, use curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOTION_API_KEY" -H "Notion-Version: 2022-06-28" -X POST https://api.notion.com/v1/search -d '{"query":"<QUERY>","page_size":10}'

Notion comment/reply

Use mcp__claude_ai_Notion__notion-create-comment with the page ID to reply to a comment thread. For creating new pages in a database, use mcp__claude_ai_Notion__notion-create-pages.

Always preview before commenting:

Ready to comment on Notion page:
  Page: [page title]
  Comment: "[comment text]"

  [Post comment]  [Edit]  [Cancel]

Telegram send

Use mcp__claude_ops_telegram__send_message with chat_id (from list_chats) and text.

Discord send

Shell out to bin/ops-discord send. Three invocation shapes:

# By channel alias (resolves DISCORD_WEBHOOK_<UPPER> or DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL)
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/ops-discord send "<channel-alias>" "<message>" --json

# By channel snowflake (17-20 digit ID, routed through bot token)
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/ops-discord send "<CHANNEL_ID>" "<message>" --json

# By full webhook URL (useful when the URL is stored per-project)
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/ops-discord send "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/<ID>/<TOKEN>" "<message>" --json

If the script exits 1 with {"error":"no discord credential configured — run /ops:setup discord"}, prompt the user via AskUserQuestion (≤4 options per Rule 1): [Run /ops:setup discord] / [Paste webhook URL now] / [Skip]. Do NOT silently skip — that violates Rule 3.

Note: DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL is shared with the ops-fires notification sink (scripts/ops-notify.sh). When pre-existing, prefer it as the default for /ops:comms discord send rather than asking the user to set a separate value.

---

Empty arguments — channel picker

Display the header, then use batched AskUserQuestion calls (max 4 options each):

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 OPS ► COMMS
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Before presenting options, read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA_DIR}/preferences.json and check which channels are configured. Only show configured channels. If <=4 total options (configured channels + "Send a message"), present in a single call. If >4, batch:

AskUserQuestion call 1 — Read channels:

  [Read WhatsApp]
  [Read Email]
  [Read Slack]
  [More...]

AskUserQuestion call 2 (only if "More..."):

  [Read Telegram]
  [Send a message]

If all channels are configured, that's 5 options — always batch. If only 3 channels are configured, "Read X" + "Read Y" + "Read Z" + "Send a message" = 4, fits in one call.

Execute the selected action.

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