WhatsApp Starter Workflow

n8n template #2162

Summary

This n8n workflow is designed for working with the WhatsApp Business platform. It allows to send custom replies via WhatsApp in response to incoming user messages. 💡 Take a look at the step-by-step tutorial on how to create a WhatsApp bot. The workflow consists of two parts: The first Verify webhook sends back verification challenge string. You will need this part during the setup process on the Meta for Developers portal: Select your App Go to WhatsApp Configuration Click on the Edit button in the Webhook session Enter your production webhook URL, provide Verify token (can be any text string) Remember to activate the n8n workflow! Finally press "Verify and save" Once the webhook is verifie

How to set it up

Open template #2162 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create a credential under Credentials → Add credential: WhatsApp Business Cloud. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.

Hand off to your agent

Prompt

Help me set up the n8n workflow "WhatsApp Starter Workflow" (https://n8n.io/workflows/2162). It uses: WhatsApp Business Cloud. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.

Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.

Apps and nodes

WhatsApp Business Cloud

Questions

Yes. Yulia published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 25K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

WhatsApp Business Cloud. The other 0 nodes are built into n8n.

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