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ai assistants you text: choose the channel and the computer

an ai assistant you text can mean a contact in imessage, an agent linked to whatsapp or telegram, or bots inside their own app. poke fits the contact model. poke is joining cognition (announced 23 july 2026).3 openclaw and hermes connect messaging apps to an agent you can run yourself. genspark claw offers chat channels with cloud or local work. dusk bot keeps the conversation in its own app. choose both where you want to talk and where the work should run.

by the dusk bot team · checked · how we made this

pixel art: a cyan pixel bot, a pink pixel bot and a green pixel bot beside a tile saying AI you text, a phone and two chat bubbles, on a grassy meadow in front of an open blue sky, one saying "where should we talk?"

the short version

pick a messaging-app assistant if

  • you want the assistant beside people you already text in imessage, whatsapp or telegram
  • your chosen tool supports the channel you need and you accept its hosting or setup model
  • you value staying in one messaging app more than a dedicated place for a team of bots

pick dusk bot if

  • you want a separate app for several named bots with different jobs and memories
  • you want to choose an ai per bot and keep conversations when you switch that ai
  • you want phone pairing to your own computer, a server or dusk cloud, rather than a chat-channel integration

five ways to text an assistant

channel support below comes from the named product pages checked on 12 november 2026. a phone conversation does not by itself mean the job survives your laptop sleeping.

PokeOpenClawHermes AgentGenspark ClawDusk Bot
where the messages goapple messages (imessage), whatsapp, telegram, rcswhatsapp, telegram, imessage, discord, slack, signal and other channelstelegram, whatsapp, discord, slack, signal, email, desktop or terminalwhatsapp, slack, teams, telegram and others; also its own email addressdusk desktop app or paired phone browser; store apps on the way147912
how you startsign up and message it; no installonboard a gateway through terminal or desktop installersdesktop download or terminal installer, then connect a model providerchoose a cloud plan and connect apps in Channels; local desktop mode also offereddownload dusk, sign in to your ai, then pair the phone15891213
where the work liveshosted cloud agentyour machine or server; no official hosted tieryour machine or server; optional cloud agent on paid nous plansdedicated cloud computer or local mode in its desktop appyour computer, your own server or dusk cloud347914
how ai usage is paidmodels included in poke plans; names not disclosedyour connected model provider bills the aiyour chosen provider, nous portal or local modelsgenspark models paid with shared creditsai you sign in to, an api key or a local model; provider bills usage267101318
work that starts laterreminders and scheduled tasks; background automations on probuilt-in scheduler with delivery to chat channelsplain-language cron scheduling through the gatewayscheduled tasks and background monitoring consume creditsroutines created in chat; local computer must be awake11167915
can the laptop be off?work runs in poke's cloudrun the agent on your server instead of the laptopuse a server or the optional hosted cloud agentuse the cloud computer rather than local modepair to dusk cloud; pairing to your computer needs it on with dusk running34791214

if imessage is the requirement, start there

poke's docs list apple messages, along with whatsapp, telegram and rcs.1 openclaw also lists imessage among its channels.4 those are options to investigate when "text the ai" means keeping it beside ordinary contacts. they have different setup and hosting arrangements, so sharing a channel does not make them interchangeable.

dusk uses its own app. pairing opens a browser version on iphone or android, which you can add to the home screen. store apps are still on the way, and the browser version sends no notifications.12 do not choose it expecting an imessage contact. the poke comparison is a closer next read for that requirement.

whatsapp and telegram leave you another decision

openclaw, hermes and genspark claw all list whatsapp and telegram.479 first choose where the agent will live, then check the channel setup. openclaw runs on your machine or server, while hermes agent also offers a hosted cloud agent through paid nous plans.47

genspark claw offers a dedicated cloud computer or local desktop mode. its cloud setup docs direct you to connect messaging apps through Channels.9 in local mode, your computer still has to be on. keep the hosting decision visible when comparing assistants on a phone. whichever agent you choose, check your model provider's current terms before relying on its sign-in.

give the first text a clear boundary

a first message can establish how you want the assistant to behave: "help me plan a weekly review. ask which notes to use, show me the proposed schedule, and ask me before you change anything." try it as your first message.

in dusk, routine creation returns a card showing the schedule and next runs, with Edit, Pause and Undo. inspect that card before depending on the routine.15 a desktop routine cannot run while dusk is closed or the computer sleeps. a recent missed run may catch up once; older ones are skipped.15

how we checked

we make dusk bot. this channel comparison uses product pages and docs checked on 12 november 2026. we did not run identical tasks across the five products, test message delivery times or verify every listed channel ourselves. channel availability and hosting are compared separately because receiving a text is not evidence that the underlying job can run with your computer off.

questions

is there an ai agent for imessage?

poke lists apple messages, and openclaw lists imessage among its channels. poke is hosted; openclaw runs on your own machine or server. check those setup differences before choosing just by channel.134

which ai assistants work in telegram?

as of 12 november 2026, openclaw, hermes agent and genspark claw all list telegram. check how to connect it and where the agent will run before choosing.479

can an assistant text me first?

poke describes proactive messages, and its site lists reminders and background automations.11 other assistants may not, so check the one you're choosing. check the specific trigger and delivery channel you need.

does dusk bot work in whatsapp?

no. you talk to dusk bot's bots in its own desktop app and from your phone through the paired browser version (store apps are on their way).1213

sources

  1. poke docs and messaging channels, checked 12 november 2026
  2. poke pricing and model inclusion, checked 12 november 2026
  3. cognition: poke as a cloud agent, checked 12 november 2026
  4. openclaw homepage and channels, checked 12 november 2026
  5. openclaw getting started, checked 12 november 2026
  6. openclaw model connections, checked 12 november 2026
  7. hermes agent homepage, checked 12 november 2026
  8. hermes agent repository setup, checked 12 november 2026
  9. genspark claw help, checked 12 november 2026
  10. genspark model pricing, checked 12 november 2026
  11. poke homepage and proactive tasks, checked 12 november 2026
  12. dusk bot: phone
  13. dusk bot: getting started
  14. dusk bot: dusk cloud
  15. dusk bot: routines
  16. openclaw scheduled jobs, checked 12 november 2026
  17. dusk bot: bots
  18. hermes agent: model providers, checked 12 november 2026

drafted with ai help from the dusk bot docs and the sources listed on this page, then checked against them. if something here is wrong or out of date, write to [email protected].