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🖥️ wacraft UI Walkthrough

Welcome to a quick tour of the wacraft‑client interface. This guide covers the daily workflow for operators and admins, from chatting with users to sending bulk campaigns and wiring automations.

1 — Layout at a glance

Chats UI

Area What you’ll find
(A) Sidebar Vertical icons for Chats, Templates, Campaigns, Webhooks, Users, Settings. Hit 1–7 to jump via keyboard.
(B) List panel Context‑aware list (chats, templates, etc.). Supports search and column sort.
(C) Workspace Main content: conversations, builders, settings.
(D) Utility bar Per‑page actions (menu, filter, CSV export, etc.).
(E) Composer / Footer Message input or save / edit buttons.

Keyboard power‑users: press Ctrl / anywhere to open the shortcut cheat‑sheet.

Keyboard shortcuts

2 — Chats & Conversation tools

2.1 Live chat

Conversation

  • Hover and click the corner or press Enter to open message options: reply, mark as read, view metadata or add reaction.
  • Click the hamburger menu (⋮) for conversation options: contact details, shared media and message search.
Details panel Media & docs
Contact details Media gallery

Both panes slide in from the right without leaving the chat context.

3 — Account & Local settings

Account settings

  • Read control: decide whether read receipts are manual or synced from the server.
  • Theme switcher: Light, Dark, or System (auto).
  • Auto preview & mark as read: tweak message behaviour only for your browser; doesn’t affect other agents.

4 — Templates ➡️ CSV ➡️ Campaigns

The fastest way to launch a bulk send is Template → CSV → Campaign.

  1. Open Templates in the sidebar (hotkey 4). Hover a template and click the 📄 CSV button.

    Template CSV

  2. A CSV is downloaded with the exact variables required by that template. Fill it: one row per recipient.

messaging_product,recipient_type,to,type,template.name,template.language.code,template.components
whatsapp,individual,1111111111,template,hello_world,en_US,[]
whatsapp,individual,2222222222,template,hello_world,en_US,[]
whatsapp,individual,3333333333,template,hello_world,en_US,[]

  1. Go to Campaigns (hotkey 5) and ➕ New Campaign. Give it a name.

  2. In Add messages to campaign drag‑and‑drop the CSV or click to upload.

    Campaign upload

  3. Review totals, then hit the blue Send ▶️ button. Status updates live (messages sent / unsent). That’s it – campaign en‑route!

Tip: You can download any template’s CSV, copy rows across files and reuse them later; IDs are preserved.

5 — Webhooks & Logs

Webhooks

  • Register outbound events (e.g. receive_whatsapp_message) with URL, timeout and optional auth header.
  • Built‑in log viewer with code/filter/search to track success and failures.

6 — Power navigation cheatsheet

Task Shortcut
Jump to sidebar item 1‑7 1 … 7
Global search Ctrl Shift F
Focus text input in chat Ctrl Y
Open Help / Shortcuts Ctrl /
Reply to message Ctrl R
Open message data Ctrl D

Shift Esc closes any modal/dialog instantly.

7 — What’s next?

  • Wire Node‑RED automations → see Node‑RED Integration.
  • Build CSV campaigns at scale with the Campaigns API.
  • Explore advanced search and keyboard workflows – you can operate the whole client without a mouse!

Happy messaging 🚀