feat: show typing indicator while preparing replies - #1
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When an inbound message arrives, the channel now marks it as read and asks
WhatsApp to display a typing indicator while the agent prepares its reply.
The indicator is dismissed when the reply is sent or after ~25s (Meta's limit),
giving users immediate feedback that the bot received their message.
- Add `sendKapsoTypingIndicator()` (wraps the SDK `messages.markRead` with
`typingIndicator: { type: "text" }`).
- Fire it best-effort / fire-and-forget at the start of inbound dispatch, gated
on admission so blocked/disallowed senders don't trigger it. Failures are
logged and never block the inbound turn.
- Add an opt-out `typingIndicator` channel config flag (default: true).
- Tests for the helper and the config flag; README documents the option.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What
When an inbound WhatsApp message arrives, the channel now marks it as read and asks WhatsApp to display a typing indicator while the agent prepares its reply. The indicator is dismissed when the reply is sent, or after ~25s (Meta's limit).
This gives users immediate feedback that their message was received — handy since agent turns (especially with reasoning models) can take a few seconds before the first reply.
How
sendKapsoTypingIndicator()inoutbound.ts, wrapping the SDK'smessages.markReadwithtypingIndicator: { type: "text" }— the official Meta Cloud API typing-indicator mechanism, already exposed by@kapso/whatsapp-cloud-api.dispatchKapsoInboundEvent, gated onresolveAdmissionso blocked/disallowed senders never trigger it. Failures are logged viaapi.logger.warnand never block or fail the inbound turn.typingIndicatorchannel config flag (default:true).Config
On by default. To disable:
Tests
npm run typecheck,npm test(10 passing), andnpm run buildall pass.🤖 Generated with Claude Code