What It Does

Normalizes Samoan phone numbers from business_leads to E.164 format (+685XXXXX)
Sends WhatsApp messages via Playwright browser automation on web.whatsapp.com
Uses https://web.whatsapp.com/send?phone=...&text=... URL scheme (works for numbers not in contacts)
Rate-limited with configurable daily limits, batch sizes, and human-like jittered delays
Filters by category, island, priority
Detects "not on WhatsApp" errors and marks as failed

Setup

1. First-Run QR Login

On first run (no cookies/whatsapp-web.json), the script opens a visible browser to WhatsApp Web. Scan the QR code with your phone's WhatsApp app. Cookies are saved automatically.

# First run — will open browser for QR scan
node skills/whatsapp-outreach/scripts/whatsapp-outreach.js --limit 1