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 * **Message Format**: Text
 * **Message Limit**: 1024 Characters per message
 
+### Account Setup
+To send WhatsApp messages via Apprise, you must first configure your Meta WhatsApp Cloud API account. Follow these steps:
+
+1. **Create a Meta Developer Account**  
+   Go to [Meta for Developers](https://developers.facebook.com/) and log in or create an account.
+1. **Create a WhatsApp App**  
+   From the Meta Developer Dashboard, create a new App and add **WhatsApp** as a product.
+1. **Generate a Permanent Access Token**  
+   - Navigate to your app's **WhatsApp > API Setup** section.
+   - Select or create a **System User**, then assign a role and generate a **permanent access token** with `whatsapp_business_messaging` permissions.
+   - This token is used in the Apprise `token` field.
+1. **Locate Your `From Phone Number ID`**  
+   This is not your actual phone number. It’s a numeric ID assigned by Meta to the sender number.  
+   You can find it in your WhatsApp App > **API Setup** section under **Phone Numbers**.
+1. **Register Your Recipient Number(s)**  
+   - During sandbox testing, you must verify any phone number you wish to message through Meta’s interface.
+   - For production, your business must be verified and have the appropriate messaging tier.
+1. **(Optional) Create and Approve Message Templates**  
+   - Navigate to **WhatsApp > Message Templates**.
+   - Create a template (e.g., `hello_world`) and await approval.
+   - Templates allow structured messaging with variables (e.g., `{{1}}`, `{{2}}`) and can be used with Apprise's `template:` prefix. This is explained further below.
+
+Once everything is in place, you're ready to send WhatsApp messages through Apprise.
+
 ### Syntax
+
 Valid syntax is as follows:
 * `whatsapp://{token}@{from_phone_id}/{targets}`
 * `whatsapp://{template}:{token}@{from_phone_id}/{targets}`