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Turn on Cloud MCP in Kaption
In WhatsApp Web with the Kaption extension (Chrome or Edge), open AI Assistants (MCP) › Cloud Bridge › Enable. In the Kaption desktop app, switch on Cloud MCP in Settings. Keep Kaption open while ChatGPT works.
MCP · ChatGPT
Export WhatsApp contacts with ChatGPT
Ask ChatGPT for your WhatsApp contacts as CSV, the members of a group, or a chat’s messages as a file. Kaption builds the export on your computer and ChatGPT shows it as a table or text you can save.
MCP server address
https://mcp.kaptionai.com/mcpShort answer
How do I export my WhatsApp contacts with ChatGPT?
Connect WhatsApp to ChatGPT with Kaption’s MCP server and ask “export my saved WhatsApp contacts as CSV”. Kaption builds the list from WhatsApp on your computer, deduplicated by phone number and sorted by name, and ChatGPT returns it. It can also list a group’s members or export a chat’s messages as CSV, JSON or text. It is unlimited in your first 60 days; after that it uses your plan’s monthly credits.
What do I need to do this in ChatGPT?
Kaption open on your computer (the extension in WhatsApp Web, in Chrome or Edge, or the Kaption desktop app) with Cloud MCP on, a Kaption account (every account starts with 60 days of Business, unlimited; after that, a plan with credits), and ChatGPT. Setup takes three steps:
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Create the app in ChatGPT
Turn on Developer mode in Settings › Apps › Advanced settings (Connectors on some plans), click Create, name it WhatsApp, paste https://mcp.kaptionai.com/mcp and choose OAuth.
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Sign in and pick it in a chat
Enter your phone number and the 6-digit code Kaption sends you on WhatsApp. Then pick the WhatsApp app from the tools menu in a ChatGPT conversation.
What should I ask ChatGPT?
Copy a prompt, paste it into ChatGPT and change the names to your own chats and contacts.
Export my saved WhatsApp contacts as CSV with name and phone.
List everyone in the Parents group with their phone numbers, as a table.
Which groups is Martín in with me?
Export my chat with the accountant from this month as text, with the voice-note transcripts.
Export my saved contacts as CSV and count how many there are for each country code.
What can ChatGPT do here, and what can’t it?
It can
- Export all your WhatsApp contacts as CSV or JSON, deduplicated by phone number and sorted by name, with only the fields you want.
- Filter the export to saved contacts, or by a name or number.
- List your groups, a group’s current members, and the groups a contact is in with you.
- Export a chat’s messages as CSV, JSON or text, with voice-note transcripts, in parts of up to 500 messages.
- Work wherever your ChatGPT plan and workspace allow custom MCP apps. If you don’t see Developer mode, ask your workspace admin or check OpenAI’s help center.
It can’t
- Restore chats or move them to another phone. For an encrypted copy of all your chats, use Kaption Backups.
- Include WhatsApp’s private @lid identifiers: only contacts with a real phone number are exported.
- Export locked chats.
- Import contacts into WhatsApp or add people to groups.
What leaves my computer?
The export is built in Kaption on your computer from WhatsApp’s data. The list or messages are then sent to ChatGPT, so the names and phone numbers in it leave your computer at that point. Export only what you need.
Kaption’s relay at mcp.kaptionai.com checks your sign-in and passes each request to Kaption on your computer, which runs it against your WhatsApp and sends back only the answer; the relay does not keep your chats. What comes back, such as message text, names and numbers, goes to ChatGPT, which handles it under its own privacy terms. Locked chats are never visible to the assistant, and you can disconnect at any time.
How many credits does my plan include?
Claude and ChatGPT are unlimited in every account’s first 60 days; after that they need a plan, counted in credits per calendar month: Lifetime local AI 50, Pro 250, and Business 500 with its 2 numbers plus 250 for each extra number, shared by all its numbers, the plan to pick when an assistant uses WhatsApp every day. Business Agent includes them with fair use. A read uses 1 credit, a send 2 and a summary 3. See plans and prices
Questions
Which fields are in the contacts export?
Up to six: the WhatsApp ID, phone number, saved name, the name the person set in WhatsApp, whether they are a saved contact, and whether the account is a business. Ask ChatGPT for only the ones you need.
Is this the same as a backup?
No. An export is a one-off list or file that goes to ChatGPT. Kaption Backups keeps an encrypted copy of all your chats in a folder you choose, and nothing goes to an assistant.
Can I export a whole chat with its photos?
The chat export has the messages and voice-note transcripts, not the media files. ChatGPT can download a single photo, document or voice note from a message if you ask.
Which ChatGPT plan do I need?
One that lets you add a custom MCP app with developer mode. OpenAI changes which plans and workspaces allow it, so if the option is missing, check OpenAI’s help center or ask your workspace admin.
Connect WhatsApp to ChatGPT
Turn on Cloud MCP in Kaption, add the address to ChatGPT and sign in with a code on WhatsApp.
Set up WhatsApp in ChatGPT