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⚡ SMSGang WhatsApp Cloud Assistant
A premium, feature-rich Go-based WhatsApp automation bot that turns your personal WhatsApp account into a smart virtual assistant. Unlike typical bots that require expensive official Business APIs, this bot securely runs as a linked web device on your account, enabling you to manage features directly by "messaging yourself"
🛠️ The Tech Stack: How it's Built
The bot is constructed using a high-performance, lightweight, and modern stack designed for speed, ease of deployment, and low memory consumption:
Programming Language: Go (Golang v1.25) - guarantees ultra-low CPU/RAM usage, concurrency safety, and fast compilation.
WhatsApp Gateway: whatsmeow (go.mau.fi/whatsmeow) an unofficial Go library that implements the WhatsApp Web protobuffer-based E2E protocol. It links your WhatsApp account via a simple terminal QR code scan.
AI Engine: Grok AI (xAI API) - powers all automated chat responses, homework solving, translation, and birthday greetings.
Database: SQLite (modernc.org/sqlite) - a pure Go, zero-dependency embedded SQLite database. No CGO required, ensuring the binary remains highly portable across systems.
Protocol Serialization: Google Protocol Buffers (protobuf) handles message parsing and serializing directly into WhatsApp's internal structure.
Deployment Options:
Docker & Docker Compose for containerized high-availability.
Systemd Service (babebot.service) for running as a background service on any Linux VPS.
🌟 Key Features
1. 🤖 Multi-Contact Auto-Reply (AI Texting Style)
Smart Inactivity Window: If you receive a message and don't reply within a customized time (e.g., 60 seconds), the bot steps in. If you reply yourself first, the auto-reply is automatically cancelled.
Texting Style Adaptation: Uses Grok AI to analyze your conversation context and reply in a natural, human-like voice that mimics your messaging style.
2. 💕 Per-Contact Personality Profiles
Customize how the bot interacts with different people in your life:
babe: Calm, soft, sweet, affectionate, and uses pet names. (Includes protection filters to prevent accidentally removing your babe from the bot's system).
friend: Casual, warm, and friendly.
formal: Professional and business-oriented.
chill: Short, concise, and direct answers.
3. 👁️ Auto Status Viewing
Automatically views all your contacts' statuses as soon as they are uploaded. Keep your presence active without manually scrolling through status pages. Toggleable with /statusview on|off.
4. ⏰ Advanced Message Scheduling
Schedule messages to send to any contact at any specific time (e.g., /schedule mybro 14:30 Join the video meeting). A background worker processes pending schedules every 30 seconds.
5. 🎂 Automated Birthday Greetings
Store birthdays for your contacts. The bot runs a check every hour and automatically drafts a unique, AI-generated birthday greeting in the exact tone matching the recipient's personality profile (e.g., sweet for babe, chill/casual for friends).
6. 📞 Anti-Call & Blocker
Automatically rejects incoming voice and video calls when enabled, preventing unexpected interruptions. Toggleable via /anticall on|off.
7. 🛡️ Anti-Spam Filters
Filter and ignore unknown numbers that aren't on your registered whitelist, protecting your account from spam. Toggleable via /antispam on|off.
8. 🌙 AFK (Away From Keyboard) Mode
Activate a custom away message (e.g., /afk Studying for exams 📚). The bot will instantly inform anyone who messages you of your status and can be turned off simply by typing /afk off.
9. 🔓 ViewOnce Media Extractor (.vv / /vv)
Never lose ephemeral media. By quoting/replying to any ViewOnce image, video, or voice note with .vv or /vv, the bot extracts the media and sends a permanent copy directly to your direct message (DM).
10. 🖼️ Instant Sticker Maker
Reply to any image in any chat with /sticker and the bot will instantly convert it into a WhatsApp sticker.
11. 📣 Marketing Campaign Automation
Bulk Campaign Tool: Broadcast marketing campaigns to target lists with ease.
Target Selection: Load targets from harvested contacts, manual JIDs, joined groups, or file uploads (.txt, .csv, .vcf).
Media Support: Send both text and custom image payloads (by quoting an image with /campaign image).
Anti-Ban Safety: Fixed delay interval (30 seconds per message) ensures WhatsApp's rate limiters aren't tripped.
12. 👥 Contact Harvesting & Management
Harvest contacts automatically from group chats or status viewers.
Export your entire harvested database directly in your chat as a .vcf vCard contact card file.
Use /tagall in group chats to mention/ping every group participant with a custom message.
Broadcast custom messages to all registered contacts.
13. 🧠 Smart Utilities (Smart Ask, Translate & Homework Solver)
/ask <question>: Query Grok AI for instant answers to general questions in chat.
/translate <lang> <text>: Fast AI-powered language translation.
/solve <question>: Academic step-by-step homework helper. It parses questions (or quoted messages) and outputs clear, student-friendly tutorials.
SMSGANG Integrations (/cheapdata): Promotes and displays cheap student data bundles (MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile) from smsgang.org to keep students online affordably.
📲 Command Directory
You control all these features directly from your WhatsApp "Message Yourself" chat:
⚙️ Core Controls
/bot status — Check bot health, active toggles, tracked presence, and settings.
/bot on | /bot off Globally toggle auto-replies on/off.
/anticall on|off Toggle automatic call blocker.
/antispam on|off Toggle filtering for unknown numbers.
/statusview on|off Toggle auto-viewing of contact statuses.
/help Render the custom interactive help menu.
👥 Contact Management
/add <number> <profile> [nickname] Add contact to auto-reply.
/remove <number|nickname> Remove contact.
/list View all configured contacts and birthdays.
/profile <number|nick> <profile> Update a contact's AI personality profile.
/pause <nick> | /resume <nick> Pause/resume auto-reply for a single contact.
/birthday <nick> <MM-DD> Add birthday for automated greetings.
⏰ Scheduling & Summaries
/schedule <nick> <HH:MM> <msg> Schedule a message.
/schedules View list of pending scheduled messages.
/summary Get a manual summary/digest of unread messages over the last 24 hours.
/summarize <nick> Let AI analyze and summarize your recent chat history with a contact.
📣 Campaign & Marketing (Admin Only)
/export Export harvested contact database as a .vcf document.
/broadcast <msg> Send a message to all registered contacts.
/tagall [msg] Mention everyone in a group chat.
/campaign text <msg> | /campaign image — Configure campaign text and media.
/campaign contacts <harvested|groups|status|nums> — Load target numbers.
/campaign file Load target numbers by quoting a .txt/.csv/.vcf file.
/campaign start|pause|stop|status Execution and monitoring of the marketing campaign.
📝 Utility & AI
/ask <question> Ask Grok AI a question.
/solve <question> Get step-by-step explanations for homework questions.
/cheapdata Check affordable student data bundles available via SMSGang.
/translate <lang> <text> Translate text to any language.
/note <text> | /notes | /delnote <id> Keep scratchpad notes directly in chat.
/sticker Reply to an image to make a sticker.
/bio <text> Remotely change your WhatsApp About/Status bio.
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