---
title: "message_read"
description: "Reads the inbox oldest first: `new` messages by default, or `processed` or `held`, of every contact or one `contactRecordId`, with each message's contact record, text, files and up to 4,000 characters of its transcript."
---

| Tool | Kind | Purpose |
| :-- | :-- | :-- |
| `message_read` | read | Reads the inbox oldest first: `new` messages by default, or `processed` or `held`, of every contact or one `contactRecordId`, with each message's contact record, text, files and up to 4,000 characters of its transcript. Needs read on every record of the contacts table. |

Group: [WhatsApp](/docs/en-US/agents/mcp/whatsapp).