Start a browser session from a WhatsApp request
Ask Notis to start a browser session for a task, and include the session options you need in your request. Your run report can confirm the outcome.
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
Start Browser Session
Tool to start a new browser session with optional customizations. use when you need to programmatically allocate an isolated browser instance with recording, proxy, live view, and feature toggles.
Why this helps
Setting up a separate browser for a one-off task adds friction before the work even begins.
- Request a browser session from a channel you already use.
- Create an isolated browser instance for a specific task.
- Receive a report when the session request runs.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp and Anchor Browser once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation from any channel or in Automations, New Automation.
- 3In one instruction, tell Notis when to start a browser session and how to use any options stated in the message.
- 4Pick WhatsApp New Message Received as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real request and review the run report.
Questions about this workflow
Can I ask for session customizations?
Start Browser Session supports optional customizations. State the options you want in your instruction or message.
Does starting the session also visit a URL?
The listed action starts a browser session. It does not itself retrieve or screenshot a webpage.
Where can I see whether it ran?
Choose a report channel during setup to receive run reports.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Anchor browser. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
Anchor browser actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Profile
Tool to create a new browser profile from an active session. use after ending a session to persist cookies and cache.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Profile
Tool to delete a browser profile by id. use after confirming the profile exists.
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
End All Sessions
Tool to end all active browser sessions. use after confirming a security concern when you need to immediately close every session for the authenticated user.
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.
End Browser Session
Tool to end a specific browser session by id. use after confirming the session id you want to terminate.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Get Profile
Tool to fetch details for a specific browser profile by id. use after you know the profile id and need its settings and session information.
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.
Get Webpage Content
Tool to retrieve rendered content of a webpage in html or markdown format. use when you need to fetch a page’s full content, optionally within an existing browser session.
List Agent Resources
Tool to list agent resources (files) for a given session. use after establishing a browser session to retrieve agent-uploaded files.
List All Sessions Status
Tool to list the status of all active browser sessions. use after authenticating when you need to retrieve an up-to-date overview of all sessions.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Whatsapp and Anchor browser, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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