BotPenguin for AI agents
BotPenguin is an AI chatbot platform that businesses use to manage WhatsApp bots, message templates, and contact segments across several channels. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.
What agents do in BotPenguin.
List WhatsApp bots and templates
Read-only lookup of the WhatsApp bots and approved templates already configured on the account.
Import contacts into a segment
Import a batch of contacts and check which inbox segment they land in after the user approves the list.
Check a contact's inbox history
List a contact's recent inbox messages so the agent has context before sending them a new template.
6 BotPenguin actions, graded by risk.
Every BotPenguin action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.
read
5Look things up. Allowed by default.
- botpenguin.list_segmentsList Segments
- botpenguin.list_whatsapp_botsList WhatsApp Bots
- botpenguin.list_inbox_contactsList Inbox Contacts
- botpenguin.list_whatsapp_templatesList WhatsApp Templates
- botpenguin.get_template_dynamic_fieldsGet Template Dynamic Fields
write
1Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.
- botpenguin.import_contactsImport Contacts
destructive
0Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.
- No destructive actions.
BotPenguin in three steps.
- 01Your users connect BotPenguinThey add their BotPenguin api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
- 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “import Contacts” can wait for the user to approve.
- 03Any agent can actYour agent calls BotPenguin through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
await arc0.policies.set('botpenguin', { read: 'allow', write: 'ask', // import_contacts destructive: 'deny', }) # Claude Code: the same connection, one URL $ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \ https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
How BotPenguin connects.
Users add their BotPenguin api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.
The same BotPenguin connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →
- AUTH
- API key
- CREDENTIALS
- Per-tenant encrypted vault
- MODEL SEES
- Results only, never credentials
- AUDIT LOG
- Every call, on every plan
Use BotPenguin from any agent.
ClaudeChatGPTCursor
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BotPenguin and Arc0, answered.
Can I use BotPenguin with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?
Yes. Connect BotPenguin to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the BotPenguin actions you allow.
How do users connect BotPenguin?
Users add their BotPenguin api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.
Which BotPenguin actions can my agent take?
6 in total: 5 read, 1 write and 0 destructive, such as “import Contacts”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.
Can I make my agent read-only in BotPenguin?
Yes. Allow read actions and deny writes in the BotPenguin policy. Your agent can still look things up, and any write it attempts is blocked and logged.
Can my own backend call BotPenguin too?
Yes. The same BotPenguin connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.
Plug BotPenguin into your agent.
Your users connect BotPenguin once, under your brand. Your agent gets 6 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.
Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan