# Messaging bot connected to Claude (/api--messaging-bridge)

/api--messaging-bridge is a Claude Code skill in the Code section. Builds a Node.js/TypeScript server linking Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger to the Claude API, with one session per user.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/api--messaging-bridge
- Section: [Code](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/code.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/api/messaging-bridge.md
- Updated 29 Sept 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/api--messaging-bridge connect my WhatsApp bot to the Claude API`
- `/api--messaging-bridge bridge Telegram messages to Claude for automatic replies`
- `/api--messaging-bridge integrate Instagram and Messenger with my Claude assistant`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install api-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `**/*`
- Writes: `**/*`
- Runs: `npm init`, `npm install`, `npx tsc`, `node *`, `mkdir *`, `docker *`
- Network: Yes
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Generate a bridge service between messaging platforms (Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger) and the Claude API

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)