# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp emoji reaction support and tooling

## Open now

- 2 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #38868: feat(whatsapp): agent-initiated emoji reactions via send_message tool
- #60736: WhatsApp: support emoji reactions as replies
- PR #38862: feat(whatsapp): add emoji reaction support
- _Broad area: open items may be separate problems._

These items concern adding support for emoji reactions in WhatsApp, covering both incoming reactions treated as replies and outgoing agent-initiated reactions via a send_message tool.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.45`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #38868: feat(whatsapp): agent-initiated emoji reactions via send_message tool
- #60736: WhatsApp: support emoji reactions as replies

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38862: feat(whatsapp): add emoji reaction support**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/whatsapp/adapter.py`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.js`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.react.test.mjs`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge_helpers.js`, `tests/gateway/test_whatsapp_formatting.py`, `tests/gateway/test_whatsapp_from_owner.py`, `tests/gateway/test_whatsapp_reactions.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_react.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`