Introducing - Gavi WhatsApp Automations

April 24, 2026

Hey IH 👋

I just launched Gavi WhatsApp Automations — a platform to make WhatsApp messaging actually usable for developers and AI coding tools.

The problem

Every existing WhatsApp API provider I tried was one of these:

Enterprise-only with 3-week sales cycles for a $50/mo use case

10–50% markup on Meta's already-priced per-message charges

Terrible DX — no MCP, no SDK, no examples, XML-based APIs

I kept thinking: I just want to type "send a WhatsApp to my friend saying the deploy is done" in Cursor and have it work.

So I built it.

What I built

MCP server (npx @gaviwhatsapp/mcp) — works in Cursor, Claude Code, Codex. Just ask in natural language.

REST API — 7 endpoints (send, template, media, broadcast, history, templates, webhooks)

TypeScript & Python SDKs — published to npm and PyPI

Visual flow builder — for non-devs who want forms/conversation flows without code

Webhooks — HMAC-SHA256 signed events (message.received, delivered, read, failed)

Runs on the official WhatsApp Business Cloud API — same infra as "real" WhatsApp Business. Meta bills you directly for messages (no middleman markup).

Pricing

$9.99/mo — API access, MCP server, SDKs, webhooks

$24.99/mo — Everything + visual flow builder + broadcast UI

No per-message fees from me. You pay Meta's rates directly to your WABA.

What I learned building this

MCP is insanely powerful for distribution. I published to the official MCP Registry and 3+ directory sites. Every AI coding tool now has a path to discover my product.

Pricing is a positioning tool. $9.99 feels "indie" and trustworthy. $49 would have positioned me against the enterprise guys — and I'd lose.

Skills files (SKILL.md, CLAUDE.md, CODEX.md) are the new README. AI agents read these. I shipped them day one.

Building 3 SDKs (TS, Python, REST) doubles your addressable market. It's not 2x work when you have good code gen / a clean core API.

The problem

What I built

Pricing

What I learned building this

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