Turn your WhatsApp self-chat into an AI assistant

The idea

WhatsApp has a “Message yourself” chat — your own private notepad. With CoraPilot, that chat becomes a two-way line to your AI: you type a question or a note, and your AI reads it and replies right there. Run it on a schedule (via Claude Automations) and you get a pocket assistant that checks in every few minutes.

What you'll need

• CoraPilot connected to WhatsApp, with the connector added to Claude (or ChatGPT).
• Claude with Automations (scheduled runs). ChatGPT users can use Scheduled Tasks instead.

Set it up with a Claude Automation

1. Make sure the CoraPilot connector is added in Claude and signed in.
2. Create a new Automation on the schedule you want (e.g. every few minutes / on a timer Claude supports).
3. Use a prompt like the one below.
4. In WhatsApp, message yourself starting with the trigger word, e.g. “Claude, what's on my calendar tomorrow?”

Using the CoraPilot connector, read my WhatsApp self-chat with
get_chat_messages (chat: "me"). Only act on messages that start with
"Claude," that you haven't already answered. For each, reply by sending
a message to "me" with send_message (to_number: "me"). Keep replies
short. If there's nothing new starting with "Claude,", do nothing.

The one trick: use a trigger word

In a self-chat, both your questions and the AI's replies are sent from your number — so the AI can't automatically tell them apart. The fix is a simple convention: start the messages you want answered with “Claude,” (or any trigger you like). The automation only responds to those, and its own replies don't start with the trigger — so it never replies to itself in a loop.

What to ask it

• “Claude, summarise anything important from my WhatsApp groups today.”
• “Claude, remind me in this chat to leave for the game at 5pm.”
• “Claude, draft a reply to the plumber and paste it here for me to copy.”
• “Claude, what did the FC group say about Saturday's kit?”

ChatGPT alternative

Prefer ChatGPT? Its Scheduled Tasks can run a recurring prompt that does the same thing (read your self-chat, reply there). The frequency options are coarser than a true 5-minute poll, but it works for periodic check-ins.