v1.2.1 — Media-template broadcast fix

Fixed

• Media-template broadcasts now send with their header image. Broadcasting an approved template that has a Media Library header image previously failed immediately (Pending → Failed, nothing sent), even though Send Test delivered fine. The broadcast now resolves the header image from the template's own saved media — exactly like Send Test — and the Bulk Message screen pre-fills it.

To update: pull the latest main (or v1.2.1) and redeploy, or pull the forgechat-backend / forgechat-frontend images once the release publish completes.

Full changelog: https://github.com/Forgemind-git/ForgeChat/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

v1.2.0 — Agent handoff, CRM write-back, Sheets upsert + MCP server

✨ AI agents that run the front of your CRM

• Google Sheets upsert — agents find a contact's existing row by a key column (e.g. phone) and update only the named columns, or add a new row if none exists. No duplicate rows, no row-number/column tracking.
• CRM write-back — agents can save the contact's name, add tags, and set custom fields inside ForgeChat (gated by an "Update CRM" toggle).
• Human handoff — an escalate_to_human tool + handoff keywords + round-robin assignment to your team, a per-conversation pause (the bot goes silent), and a take-over toggle in the chat header. Manual "return to bot".
• Auto-summary on close — when a conversation goes idle, the agent writes a final summary to your sheet/CRM (so a row reflects the whole chat, not just the first line).
• "New conversations only" trigger — the agent engages only a contact's first-ever message (new leads) and never butts into existing chats.

🔌 Build agents from Claude (MCP)

• MCP agent-builder server (stdio + remote HTTP) — create and configure agents by chatting with Claude.
• New read_sheet_values tool (read the real header row) and the upsert Sheets op exposed over MCP.
• Setup guide added to the README + SKILL.md Phase 4.

v1.1.0 — AI agents, LLM connectors, Google Sheets

ForgeChat v1.1.0 brings AI to your WhatsApp inbox.

✨ Highlights

• AI agents that reply for you — connect an AI model and an agent answers customers automatically. Shape it with a plain-English system prompt, context, and tools; trigger on keyword / any-message / new contact; and let it send media back.
• AI model connectors — OpenAI and Anthropic (Claude), managed in Settings → AI Models.
• Google Sheets & Drive — agents can look up Sheets rows. Connect Google right in Settings → Integrations (encrypted in your DB — no env files).
• Voice notes understood — incoming audio is transcribed and answered like text.
• WhatsApp-style template previews — chat & broadcast render templates the way WhatsApp does, with {{1}} variables and image headers.
• Custom-text variables in bulk broadcasts.
• One-command deploy — a bundled docker-compose.yml (+ prod overlay); docker compose up -d and you're running.

📦 Pre-built images

docker pull ghcr.io/forgemind-git/forgechat-backend:1.1.0
docker pull ghcr.io/forgemind-git/forgechat-frontend:1.1.0

See the CHANGELOG for the full list. Upgrade: git pull && docker compose up -d --build.

ForgeChat v1.0.0

ForgeChat v1.0.0 — the first public release. A self-hostable, source-available WhatsApp Business inbox & CRM built on the official Meta WhatsApp Cloud API.

Highlights

• Chats — WhatsApp-style team inbox with media, voice notes, and 24-hour-window handling
• Contacts — tags, custom fields, Excel/CSV import
• Pipelines — sales deals Kanban with role-based access
• Templates — full Meta lifecycle, editing & history, analytics, live preview
• Bulk broadcasts — 7 message types, per-recipient queue, live delivery status
• Automation builder — visual flow editor with a keyword/event trigger engine
• Multi-WABA — encrypted (AES-256-GCM) access tokens, health tracking
• Security — JWT httpOnly cookies, parameterized SQL, helmet + rate limiting, no hardcoded admin password

Install

One command after cloning — see the Installation guide:

• macOS / Linux: bash install.sh • Windows: .\install.ps1

Docker images (GHCR)

Published by this release:

• ghcr.io/forgemind-git/forgechat-backend:1.0.0 (also :1.0, :latest)
• ghcr.io/forgemind-git/forgechat-frontend:1.0.0 (also :1.0, :latest)

Full notes in the CHANGELOG. Distributed under the Sustainable Use License (fair-code).