How to Send Receipts and Invoices from Your WhatsApp to Expensify Automatically
To send receipts from your WhatsApp to Expensify automatically, connect Receiptor AI to WhatsApp, then set up one automation that routes each receipt to receipts@expensify.com. Expensify cannot read WhatsApp itself, so Receiptor AI captures the receipts and invoices and sends them to Expensify for you.
Why Expensify can't read receipts from your WhatsApp
Expensify has no way to read receipts that arrive in WhatsApp. Its only intake is the email address receipts@expensify.com, so a receipt sent over WhatsApp cannot enter Expensify through any built-in route. There is no setting to switch on.
Why there is no manual workaround
Because Expensify cannot read WhatsApp at all, there is no forward-it-yourself option. Saving each receipt out of WhatsApp and re-sending it by email is slow and breaks the moment you forget. This is the gap Receiptor AI closes.
How to send receipts from your WhatsApp to Expensify automatically with Receiptor AI
It is a simple two-part setup: first connect WhatsApp, then create one automation. Together they take just a few minutes.
Step 1: Connect WhatsApp to Receiptor AI
- In Receiptor AI, go to Mobile Scanners -> + Add Mobile Scanner and activate WhatsApp or iMessage
- Open WhatsApp and start a chat with the Receiptor AI number.
- Send a photo or file of any receipt to that chat. Receiptor AI processes it and adds it to your dashboard automatically.
Step 2: Create the automation
- Use Expensify's receipt address, receipts@expensify.com (the same for every user).
- Go to Agent > Automations in Receiptor AI.
- Describe the rule in plain English: Send all new documents to receipts@expensify.com.
- Click Generate Rule, then Save.
When you need this
If receipts almost never reach you over WhatsApp, you may not need this. It matters most for people who routinely get receipts by WhatsApp and have no way into Expensify today.
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