Carry explicit WhatsApp email preferences into ActiveCampaign
When someone clearly asks to join or leave a list in WhatsApp, update their matching ActiveCampaign subscription.
Trigger
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
Action
Manage list subscription
Subscribe or unsubscribe a contact from a list in activecampaign. the tool requires either a contact's email address or contact id, and can perform either a subscribe or unsubscribe action on a specified list.
Why this helps
Email preferences shared in chat can be overlooked when they depend on a manual CRM update.
- Capture a clear list preference from a message
- Reduce manual subscription changes
- Keep preference handling close to the customer's request
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp and ActiveCampaign once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis to create one from any channel.
- 3Describe the outcome: for a clear subscribe or unsubscribe request in a new WhatsApp message, update the specified list for the matching contact using the email in the message.
- 4Pick the WhatsApp New Message Received trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real message that clearly requests a subscription change.
Questions about this workflow
Will it act on indirect or unclear language?
Instruct Notis to update a subscription only for clear requests and to skip ambiguous messages.
What if the message does not contain an email?
The workflow needs an email or contact ID to identify the ActiveCampaign contact. Ask for an email separately when it is missing.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Active campaign. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
Active campaign actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add contact note
Add a note to a contact in activecampaign. the note will be associated with a contact as a subscriber type. the tool will first find the contact id using the provided email address and then create the note.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add Contact to Automation
This tool adds an existing contact to a specific automation in activecampaign. it first looks up the contact by email address to get their id, then adds them to the specified automation using the /api/3/contactautomations endpoint.
Message Status Updated
Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks
Add Secondary Contact to Deal
This tool adds a secondary contact to an existing deal in activecampaign. if the deal has no primary contact set, this contact will be set as primary if no role is specified. the tool requires the user to have permission to manage deals and expects parameters like contact id (required), deal id (required), and role id (optional).
New Message Received
Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.
Create Account
This tool creates a new account in activecampaign. it represents a business or organization and allows programmatic account creation. the tool requires the account name and optionally accepts parameters such as account url, owner, and custom fields.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Create contact
Creates a new contact in activecampaign with the specified details. this action allows you to create a new contact with basic information like email, name, phone, organization details, and tags. the email address is the only required field, while all other fields are optional.
Message Template Status Update
Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.
Create contact task
Create a task associated with a contact in activecampaign. this action allows you to create a new task that will be associated with a specific contact in your activecampaign account. the task can include details such as due date, title, description, and can be assigned to a specific user.
Create Deal Pipeline
Creates a new deal pipeline in activecampaign. a deal pipeline is a visual representation of your sales process that helps organize and track deals through different stages. when you create a new pipeline, it automatically comes with three default stages: 'to contact,' 'in contact,' and 'follow up.'
Create Deal Task Type
This tool creates a new deal task type in activecampaign. deal task types are used to categorize and organize tasks associated with deals, and they are an important feature for maintaining a structured task management system within the deals pipeline. this action complements the existing active campaign create deal task action by enabling the creation of custom task types that can be used when creating deal tasks.
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