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Poke

Personal AI assistant you text: it lives in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp and RCS, connects to email, calendar and other services, remembers…

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What Poke does

Personal AI assistant you text: it lives in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp and RCS, connects to email, calendar and other services, remembers what you tell it and sends reminders and updates on its own. Recipes connect it to tools such as Linear, GitHub and Notion, and you can add custom integrations through MCP. Made by The Interaction Company of California; its X account says it is now part of Cognition.

Good for

  • Email triage and calendar help over text message
  • Reminders and automations without installing an app
  • Connecting work tools via Recipes or MCP

Try this in 10 minutes

  1. Email triage and calendar help over text message. Use the free plan: pick one real example from your own business and try just that.
  2. Reminders and automations without installing an app. Put the result next to how you do it today. Is it faster, cheaper or better?
  3. Connecting work tools via Recipes or MCP. Note what you had to fix by hand before you'd show it to a customer.

Mini-tasks based on common small-business uses for this tool.

Honest take

No red flags in our notes so far

  • For people who prefer to text an assistant rather than open another app.
  • Available in all regions, per its docs.
  • Channels: Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp, RCS; settings and integrations on the poke.com web app (poke.com/docs).
  • MCP: custom integrations via MCP (poke.com/faq).

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Personal AI agents compared: UK and EU availability, open source or hosted, bring your own model, approvals and price.

Pricing

Free $0; Pro $19/mo; Ultra $199/mo (poke.com, checked 29 Oct 2026).

Prices as listed by the maker when we last checked (2026-10-29); usually in US dollars. Check the website for current prices.

Latest update

  • 2026: Poke docs say it is available in all regions worldwide.

Is Poke worth it? Quick answers

Is Poke worth it?

Poke is worth a look if it matches a job you already do (AI assistant). For people who prefer to text an assistant rather than open another app. There is a free tier, so you can test it before paying.

How much does Poke cost?

Free $0; Pro $19/mo; Ultra $199/mo (poke.com, checked 29 Oct 2026).

What is Poke used for?

Personal AI assistant you text: it lives in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp and RCS, connects to email, calendar and other services, remembers… Typical uses: email triage and calendar help over text message; reminders and automations without installing an app; connecting work tools via Recipes or MCP.