Get current WhatsApp session status.
AI agents call whatsapp_get_session_status to retrieve information from WSAPI WhatsApp MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only operation—it fetches and returns the current state of a WhatsApp session. There is no data creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial impact. The blast radius of misuse is minimal, as an AI agent retrieving session status cannot cause harm through the retrieval itself.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'whatsapp_get_session_status' and description 'Get current WhatsApp session status' indicate a query operation that retrieves status information without modification or side effects.
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Get current WhatsApp session status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the WSAPI WhatsApp MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the WSAPI WhatsApp MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for whatsapp_get_session_status: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches WSAPI WhatsApp MCP Server. Nothing to install.
whatsapp_get_session_status is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the whatsapp_get_session_status rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for whatsapp_get_session_status. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
whatsapp_get_session_status is provided by the WSAPI WhatsApp MCP Server MCP server (wsapi-chat/wsapi-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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