From 073b16a3a0f4497be6fcbac39b878278d7902040 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 04:16:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: clean up reaction tooling

---
 CHANGELOG.md       |  3 ++-
 src/web/inbound.ts | 24 ------------------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09681b132..5215b976c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 - Groups: `whatsapp.groups`, `telegram.groups`, and `imessage.groups` now act as allowlists when set. Add `"*"` to keep allow-all behavior.
 
 ### Fixes
-- Tools: add Telegram/WhatsApp reaction tools (with per-provider gating), unify reaction removal semantics across Discord/Slack/Telegram/WhatsApp, and allow WhatsApp reaction routing across accounts.
+- Tools: add Telegram/WhatsApp reaction tools (with per-provider gating). Thanks @zats for PR #353.
+- Tools: unify reaction removal semantics across Discord/Slack/Telegram/WhatsApp and allow WhatsApp reaction routing across accounts.
 - Gateway/CLI: add daemon runtime selection (Node recommended; Bun optional) and document WhatsApp/Baileys Bun WebSocket instability on reconnect.
 - CLI: add `clawdbot docs` live docs search with pretty output.
 - Agent: treat compaction retry AbortError as a fallback trigger without swallowing non-abort errors. Thanks @erikpr1994 for PR #341.
diff --git a/src/web/inbound.ts b/src/web/inbound.ts
index f461d63d7..bb2229726 100644
--- a/src/web/inbound.ts
+++ b/src/web/inbound.ts
@@ -590,30 +590,6 @@ export async function monitorWebInbox(options: {
       const jid = toWhatsappJid(to);
       await sock.sendPresenceUpdate("composing", jid);
     },
-    /**
-     * Send a reaction (emoji) to a specific message.
-     * Pass an empty string for emoji to remove the reaction.
-     */
-    sendReaction: async (
-      chatJid: string,
-      messageId: string,
-      emoji: string,
-      fromMe: boolean,
-      participant?: string,
-    ): Promise<void> => {
-      const jid = toWhatsappJid(chatJid);
-      await sock.sendMessage(jid, {
-        react: {
-          text: emoji,
-          key: {
-            remoteJid: jid,
-            id: messageId,
-            fromMe,
-            participant,
-          },
-        },
-      });
-    },
   } as const;
 }