diff --git a/src/web/inbound.test.ts b/src/web/inbound.test.ts
index 6efcfa9e0..19c641240 100644
--- a/src/web/inbound.test.ts
+++ b/src/web/inbound.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,36 @@ describe("web inbound helpers", () => {
     expect(body).toBe("doc");
   });
 
+  it("extracts WhatsApp contact cards", () => {
+    const body = extractText({
+      contactMessage: {
+        displayName: "Ada Lovelace",
+        vcard: [
+          "BEGIN:VCARD",
+          "VERSION:3.0",
+          "FN:Ada Lovelace",
+          "TEL;TYPE=CELL:+15555550123",
+          "END:VCARD",
+        ].join("\n"),
+      },
+    } as unknown as import("@whiskeysockets/baileys").proto.IMessage);
+    expect(body).toBe("<contact: Ada Lovelace, +15555550123>");
+  });
+
+  it("extracts multiple WhatsApp contact cards", () => {
+    const body = extractText({
+      contactsArrayMessage: {
+        contacts: [
+          { displayName: "Alice" },
+          { displayName: "Bob" },
+          { displayName: "Charlie" },
+          { displayName: "Dana" },
+        ],
+      },
+    } as unknown as import("@whiskeysockets/baileys").proto.IMessage);
+    expect(body).toBe("<contacts: Alice, Bob, Charlie +1 more>");
+  });
+
   it("unwraps view-once v2 extension messages", () => {
     const body = extractText({
       viewOnceMessageV2Extension: {
diff --git a/src/web/inbound.ts b/src/web/inbound.ts
index 1b112515f..d25768a55 100644
--- a/src/web/inbound.ts
+++ b/src/web/inbound.ts
@@ -732,6 +732,14 @@ export function extractText(
       candidate.documentMessage?.caption;
     if (caption?.trim()) return caption.trim();
   }
+  const contactPlaceholder =
+    extractContactPlaceholder(message) ??
+    (extracted && extracted !== message
+      ? extractContactPlaceholder(
+          extracted as proto.IMessage | undefined,
+        )
+      : undefined);
+  if (contactPlaceholder) return contactPlaceholder;
   return undefined;
 }
 
@@ -748,6 +756,98 @@ export function extractMediaPlaceholder(
   return undefined;
 }
 
+function extractContactPlaceholder(
+  rawMessage: proto.IMessage | undefined,
+): string | undefined {
+  const message = unwrapMessage(rawMessage);
+  if (!message) return undefined;
+  const contact = message.contactMessage ?? undefined;
+  if (contact) {
+    const { name, phone } = describeContact({
+      displayName: contact.displayName,
+      vcard: contact.vcard,
+    });
+    return formatContactPlaceholder(name, phone);
+  }
+  const contactsArray = message.contactsArrayMessage?.contacts ?? undefined;
+  if (!contactsArray || contactsArray.length === 0) return undefined;
+  const labels = contactsArray
+    .map((entry) =>
+      describeContact({ displayName: entry.displayName, vcard: entry.vcard }),
+    )
+    .map((entry) => entry.name ?? entry.phone)
+    .filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value));
+  return formatContactsPlaceholder(labels, contactsArray.length);
+}
+
+function describeContact(input: {
+  displayName?: string | null;
+  vcard?: string | null;
+}): { name?: string; phone?: string } {
+  const displayName = (input.displayName ?? "").trim();
+  const parsed = parseVcard(input.vcard ?? undefined);
+  const name = displayName || parsed.name;
+  const phone = parsed.phones[0];
+  return { name, phone };
+}
+
+function parseVcard(
+  vcard?: string,
+): { name?: string; phones: string[] } {
+  if (!vcard) return { phones: [] };
+  const lines = vcard.split(/\r?\n/);
+  let name: string | undefined;
+  const phones: string[] = [];
+  for (const rawLine of lines) {
+    const line = rawLine.trim();
+    if (!line) continue;
+    const colonIndex = line.indexOf(":");
+    if (colonIndex === -1) continue;
+    const key = line.slice(0, colonIndex).toUpperCase();
+    const rawValue = line.slice(colonIndex + 1).trim();
+    if (!rawValue) continue;
+    const value = cleanVcardValue(rawValue);
+    if (!value) continue;
+    if ((key === "FN" || key === "N") && !name) {
+      name = normalizeVcardName(value);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (key.startsWith("TEL") || key.includes(".TEL")) {
+      phones.push(value);
+    }
+  }
+  return { name, phones };
+}
+
+function cleanVcardValue(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .replace(/\\n/gi, " ")
+    .replace(/\\,/g, ",")
+    .replace(/\\;/g, ";")
+    .trim();
+}
+
+function normalizeVcardName(value: string): string {
+  return value.replace(/;/g, " ").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+}
+
+function formatContactPlaceholder(name?: string, phone?: string): string {
+  const parts = [name, phone].filter(
+    (value): value is string => Boolean(value),
+  );
+  if (parts.length === 0) return "<contact>";
+  return `<contact: ${parts.join(", ")}>`;
+}
+
+function formatContactsPlaceholder(labels: string[], total: number): string {
+  const cleaned = labels.map((label) => label.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+  if (cleaned.length === 0) return "<contacts>";
+  const shown = cleaned.slice(0, 3);
+  const remaining = Math.max(total - shown.length, 0);
+  const suffix = remaining > 0 ? ` +${remaining} more` : "";
+  return `<contacts: ${shown.join(", ")}${suffix}>`;
+}
+
 export function extractLocationData(
   rawMessage: proto.IMessage | undefined,
 ): NormalizedLocation | null {