Poke
AI assistant you text on Messages, WhatsApp or Telegram to handle email, calendar and reminders; owned by Cognition.
From $19/mo Free tier
Bottom line
Poke is an AI assistant you simply text on Messages, WhatsApp or Telegram to handle email, calendar and reminders, with proactive updates and background automations. Free forever plan; Pro $19/mo, Ultra $199/mo. Owned by Cognition since July 2026.
Stands out for: Nothing to install and nothing to learn: you text it like a person. Its approval to text natively on Apple Messages and its friendly, proactive style made it one of the most used assistants of its kind, with 100 million messages in three months.
Watch out for: It is a personal assistant, not a team tool, and it reaches deep into your inbox and messages. Cognition bought it to shape its coding agent Devin, so the consumer roadmap may change.
Overview
Poke was built by The Interaction Company of California in Palo Alto and launched publicly in March 2026. Cognition, the maker of the Devin coding agent, acquired the company in July 2026.
You text Poke over Apple Messages, WhatsApp or Telegram, by text or voice note. It connects to your email, calendar and other apps, handles requests, sends proactive updates and, on paid plans, runs real-time automations in the background.
For recruiters on the move it can surface urgent emails, reschedule interviews, set reminders and draft replies without opening a laptop.
There is a Free forever plan with no card. Pro is $19/mo and Ultra $199/mo, with Ultra adding pay-as-you-go usage beyond its credits.
Who it's for
Best for
- Recruiters who live on their phone
- Solo recruiters who want email and calendar help by text
- Anyone who wants to try an agent free
Not ideal for
- Teams that need shared workspaces and admin controls
- Companies with strict rules on connecting work email to consumer apps
Key features
Just text it. Works over Apple Messages, WhatsApp and Telegram, by text or voice note, with no app.
Email and calendar. Connects to your inbox, calendar and other apps to act on requests.
Proactive. Sends updates on its own and runs real-time automations in the background on Pro.
Recipes. Ready-made automations you can switch on.
AI features
| What the AI does | Plan |
|---|---|
| Handles email and calendar requests by text | Free |
| Frontier models for complex tasks | Pro |
| Real-time background automations | Pro |
Only features named in the vendor's own documentation. Anything sold separately is marked as an add-on.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Apps, email and calendar connected |
| Pro | $19/mo | Frontier models, background automations |
| Ultra | $199/mo | Frontier models on every action, pay-as-you-go |
Poke has a Free forever plan with no card that connects your apps, email and calendar. Pro is $19/mo with frontier models for complex tasks and background automations, and Ultra is $199/mo with frontier models on every action, the highest limits and pay-as-you-go usage beyond its credits. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 16 Oct 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Poke expensive?
Poke starts at $19/mo. We list 21 AI assistants tools in total. 18 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $19 a month.
- 2 quote-based
- 18 free tier
- 14 public price
Worked out automatically from every AI assistants listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Free forever plan
- No app to install
- Proactive updates by text
Cons
- Personal use only, no team admin
- Ultra is a big jump from Pro
- Roadmap now tied to Cognition
Integrations
Apple Messages WhatsApp Telegram Gmail Google Calendar
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How Poke compares
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poke (this tool) | ✓ | $19/mo | – | – | |
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