kaption-mcp-remote

Cloud MCP relay for WhatsApp — lets AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc.) interact with your WhatsApp conversations through the Model Context Protocol.

Setup guide: kaptionai.com/mcp — connect WhatsApp to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor.

Live at: mcp.kaptionai.com (canonical) and mcp-ext.kaptionai.com (backward-compatible alias for existing connections)

The relay cannot read your messages. It forwards MCP tool calls between the AI client and the Kaption browser extension, which processes everything locally in your browser. Its source code is public (BUSL-1.1), so you can verify it yourself.

Architecture

AI Client (Claude/ChatGPT/Cursor)
    │
    │ OAuth 2.1 + SSE/Streamable HTTP
    ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Cloudflare Worker                  │
│  mcp.kaptionai.com                 │
│                                     │
│  ┌────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  │
│  │ OAuthProv  │  │ Next.js      │  │
│  │ /sse /mcp  │  │ /authorize   │  │
│  │ /token     │  │ /ext-auth    │  │
│  │ /register  │  │ / (landing)  │  │
│  └─────┬──────┘  └──────────────┘  │
│        │                            │
│  ┌─────▼──────┐  ┌──────────────┐  │
│  │ RelayMCP   │  │ Deployment   │  │
│  │ (DO)       │  │ ChainDO      │  │
│  └─────┬──────┘  └──────────────┘  │
│        │                            │
│  ┌─────▼──────┐                    │
│  │ RelayRoom  │ ◄── WebSocket ──┐  │
│  │ (DO/accountRef) │            │  │
│  └────────────┘                 │  │
└─────────────────────────────────┼──┘
                                  │
                          Browser Extension
                          (WhatsApp Web tab)

Durable Objects

DO	Keyed By	Purpose
RelayMCP	OAuth session	McpAgent — registers tools, relays JSON-RPC to RelayRoom
RelayRoom	Opaque accountRef	WebSocket bridge to extension, auth handshake, request/response matching
DeploymentChainDO	"main"	Append-only hash chain for deployment transparency

Request Flow

1. AI client discovers the MCP server via /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
2. Client registers dynamically via POST /register (RFC 7591)
3. User authenticates with WhatsApp OTP at /authorize
4. Client exchanges code for token at /token
5. Client sends tool calls via SSE (/sse) or Streamable HTTP (/mcp)
6. RelayMCP DO receives the call, routes to RelayRoom for the accountRef
7. RelayRoom forwards JSON-RPC to the extension over WebSocket
8. Extension executes in WhatsApp Web context, returns result
9. Result flows back: RelayRoom → RelayMCP → AI client

Routing Table

Path	Method	Auth	Handler
/	GET	—	Next.js landing page
/authorize	GET	—	Next.js OTP form (HMAC-signed oauthReqInfo)
/authorize/send-otp	POST	—	Next.js API route → rest-api
/authorize/verify	GET/POST	—	Next.js OTP verify → OAuthProvider completeAuthorization
/authorize/reviewer-login	POST	Static review credentials	Password completion for the configured synthetic review phone
/register	POST	—	OAuthProvider (RFC 7591 dynamic client registration)
/token	POST	—	OAuthProvider (token exchange)
/sse	GET	OAuth token	RelayMCP DO (SSE transport)
/mcp	POST	OAuth token	RelayMCP DO (Streamable HTTP)
/ws/ext	GET	JWT/token in auth msg	RelayRoom DO (WebSocket upgrade)
/ext-auth/*	Various	—	Next.js extension auth pages + API
/transparency	GET	—	DeploymentChainDO (chain history)
/transparency/latest	GET	—	DeploymentChainDO (latest entry)
/transparency/verify	GET	—	DeploymentChainDO (chain integrity)
/transparency/gaps	GET	CF token	Cross-reference CF deploys with chain
/transparency/append	POST	DEPLOY_API_KEY	Append entry (CI only)

MCP Tools

16 public tools are forwarded to the extension (the relay does not execute them):

Tool	Description
query	Query conversations, contacts, messages, transcriptions, labels, communities, sessions
summarize_conversation	Get or generate a conversation summary
manage_labels	Add/remove/create/delete WhatsApp Business labels
manage_notes	Get/set contact notes (Business accounts)
download_media	Download image/video/audio/document from a message
manage_chat	Archive, pin, mute, mark read/unread, set/clear draft
manage_reminders	Create/list/complete/delete personal reminders
manage_scheduled_messages	Schedule messages for future delivery — from Kaption's number (bot, default) or from your own number on this computer (mode: "local", also to groups)
manage_lists	Manage personal chat lists (custom categories)
list_contacts, get_contact, get_contact_groups	Read contacts and their group memberships
list_groups, get_group	Read cached or live group metadata
export_contacts	Export contacts as CSV or JSON
get_analytics	Analyze WhatsApp activity, rankings, response times, and exports

get_api_info is local-only and is deliberately excluded from the cloud surface because it returns private REST connection credentials.

Deployment Security

Every deployment is cryptographically signed and recorded in a tamper-evident transparency chain. See SECURITY.md for full details.

Pipeline

GitHub Actions (push to main)
    │
    ├─ 1. Run tests
    ├─ 2. Build worker (OpenNext + wrap)
    ├─ 3. SHA-256 manifest every generated code and asset file
    ├─ 4. Pre-deploy: Sigstore sign the manifest → Rekor log
    ├─ 5. Deploy to Cloudflare
    ├─ 6. Post-deploy: verify hash unchanged, sign attestation → Rekor
    └─ 7. Append to transparency chain (hash-linked)

Daily heartbeat redeploys (6am UTC) ensure the chain stays active even without code changes.

Deploys are gated — do NOT run wrangler deploy locally

All production deploys go through GitHub Actions. Multiple layers enforce this:

1. wrangler.jsonc is gitignored; scripts/build-config.mjs renders it from wrangler.template.jsonc and refuses to run unless GITHUB_ACTIONS=true + GITHUB_RUN_ID are set (or KAPTIONAI_LOCAL_DEV=1 for dev).
2. npm run predeploy aborts unless those same CI env vars are present.
3. main is branch-protected: requires a reviewed PR + green test, deploy, and verify checks.
4. CODEOWNERS routes every PR through @kshmir.

To ship a change: open a PR → review + CI green → merge to main → Actions builds, signs (Sigstore), deploys, and appends to the transparency chain. npx wrangler deploy from a laptop will fail at step 1 because there is no wrangler.jsonc to deploy.

Verify a Deployment

# 1. Check the transparency chain
curl -s https://mcp.kaptionai.com/transparency/latest | jq .

# 2. Verify chain integrity
curl -s https://mcp.kaptionai.com/transparency/verify | jq .

# 3. Verify Sigstore signature (requires cosign)
COMMIT=$(curl -s https://mcp.kaptionai.com/transparency/latest | jq -r '.event.commitSha')
cosign verify-blob \
  --bundle build-manifest.sigstore.json \
  --certificate-identity-regexp "https://github.com/Kaption-AI/mcp-extension-remote/.*" \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com" \
  build-manifest.json

API Endpoints

Transparency API (public, no auth)

# Full chain history (paginated)
GET /transparency?limit=50&offset=0

# Latest deployment
GET /transparency/latest

# Verify chain integrity
GET /transparency/verify

MCP (OAuth-protected)

# SSE transport (for Claude Code, Cursor)
GET /sse

# Streamable HTTP transport
POST /mcp

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run tests
npm test

# Dev server (Next.js only — no Worker routing)
npm run dev

# Build the full worker (OpenNext + custom wrapper)
npm run build:worker

Project Structure

src/
  index.ts            # Worker entry — Hono routing, OAuthProvider composition
  relay-mcp.ts        # RelayMCP Durable Object (McpAgent)
  relay-room.ts       # RelayRoom Durable Object (WebSocket bridge)
  deployment-chain.ts # DeploymentChainDO (transparency log)
  otp.ts              # OTP generation, verification, JWT, HMAC, rate limiting
  schemas.ts          # Zod schemas for API request validation
  tools.ts            # MCP tool definitions (forwarded, not executed)
  types.ts            # TypeScript interfaces (Env, DeploymentEvent, etc.)
app/
  page.tsx            # Landing page (multilingual, client-side i18n)
  layout.tsx          # Root layout
  i18n.ts             # i18next init (8 languages)
  locales/            # Translation JSON files
  authorize/          # OAuth OTP flow pages + API routes
  ext-auth/           # Extension auth pages + API routes
scripts/
  wrap-worker.mjs     # Post-build: wraps OpenNext output with custom routing

Environment Variables

Vars (wrangler.jsonc)

Variable	Description
INTERNAL_API_BASE_URL	Backend API base URL
BUILD_HASH	SHA-256 of worker bundle (set by CI)
COMMIT_SHA	Git commit SHA (set by CI)

Secrets (wrangler secret put)

Secret	Description
INTERNAL_API_KEY	API key for rest-api OTP endpoint
DEPLOY_API_KEY	API key for transparency chain append
JWT_SECRET	Shared JWT signing secret (same as rest-api, schedule, metadata workers)
PHONE_REF_SECRET	HMAC secret used to derive opaque durable account references from phone numbers
EPHEMERAL_STATE_SECRET	Encryption secret for short-lived login hints, verify tickets, and encrypted session phone payloads
OPENAI_APPS_CHALLENGE_TOKEN	Exact domain-verification token issued by the OpenAI plugin portal
OPENAI_REVIEW_PASSWORD_SHA256	Lowercase SHA-256 hex digest of the high-entropy reviewer password
OPENAI_REVIEW_PHONE	Phone number used as the dedicated review username and to derive the synthetic account's opaque reference

The three OPENAI_* values are also configured as GitHub Actions repository secrets. Add all three together, then run the manual Test, Build & Deploy workflow. CI writes them to an ephemeral mode-0600 file and passes that file to wrangler deploy --secrets-file, so the review configuration ships in the same signed, attested Worker version as the code. The workflow fails closed if only part of the three-value set is present and deletes the temporary file immediately after deployment. Existing Worker secrets not listed in that file are preserved.

Related Projects

• Kaption Extension — Chrome/Edge/Firefox browser extension (the other side of the relay)
• @kaptionai/mcp-extension — Local MCP bridge (runs on your machine, no cloud relay)

License

BUSL-1.1