The doorway in your pocket
A Real AI Assistant on WhatsApp — Yours, Not a Bot Service
WhatsApp and Telegram let you reach Fred on your computer from your phone. Fred coordinates tasks through its tools and the models you connect. The $99 licence is for the harness; your model provider bills you separately for access and usage.
The difference that matters
A bot in their cloud vs an assistant in your house
Your message reaches Fred on your machine, where the harness coordinates your tools and working context. The models you have connected provide the reasoning through your own provider account.
- One conversation, every screen. What you text from the job site is already on the dashboard when you sit down. One Fred, many windows.
- Real work over text. "Draft a reply to the Hendersons." "Research composite decking suppliers." "What's overdue?" "Run the morning briefing again." The answers come from the machine that has your actual stuff.
- Approval stays with you. Fred drafts; you approve. Anything sensitive passes an approval gate you configured once on the dashboard.
Phones, honestly
Any phone can text him. One kind can talk.
WhatsApp and Telegram work from any phone — iPhone included. That's the honest headline for Apple households: you don't need the app to have Fred in your pocket. The dedicated Android app adds the extras: spoken conversation out loud with more than fifty voices, the gallery of everything Fred has made, workflow runs, and per-agent controls — paired to your machine over an encrypted tunnel, not to any cloud.
A day of texts
What it looks like in practice
- 7:05am — the Morning Briefing preset already ran. You read it on your phone with one thumb: inbox triaged, two things flagged, one payment overdue.
- 10:40am, from the van — "chase the quote I sent Tuesday, friendly." A draft comes back; you reply "send it" and it goes out through your approval, not behind your back.
- 1:15pm — "compare the three suppliers for the spring job, prices and lead times." By the time you're back at the desk, the report is on the dashboard.
- 9:30pm, sofa — you ask out loud (Android app, your pick of more than fifty voices) what tomorrow looks like. Fred tells you. The kids' rooms stay theirs; your thread stays yours.
Privacy, plainly
Where your words actually go
The pairing runs on your own machine — Fred answers from your hardware. Your files, Fred's memory of you, and your credentials never leave your computer. When AI thinking is needed, the request goes directly from your device to the provider you chose — Claude, OpenAI, or Google Gemini on your own key, or a local model via Ollama. Six Days West never sees your messages and collects no telemetry. (WhatsApp and Telegram carry the text like they carry any chat — if a message is too sensitive for a messaging app, say it to Fred at the dashboard instead.)
Pricing
The assistant behind the bubble
Fred’s software licence is $99. It includes the dashboard, agents, workflows, Android app, and owner’s guide. Connect your own model access; your provider bills separately for access and usage. One machine is licensed at a time, with a 14-day refund window.
Software licence: $99 once · Model-provider charges separate · 14-day refund window
FAQ
Questions people ask
How is this different from WhatsApp chatbot services?
Messaging connects you to the Fred harness on your computer. Its tools and memory work with the models you choose and pay for through your own provider account.
Does it work on iPhone?
Texting Fred works from any phone that runs WhatsApp or Telegram — iPhone included. The dedicated Fred app (which adds spoken voice and the outputs gallery) is Android only.
What can I actually do by text?
Anything Fred does at the desk: ask for research, request drafts, check this morning's briefing, kick off a workflow, ask what's overdue. The conversation is one thread — what you text from the van is on the big screen when you get home.
Will it message people on my behalf?
It drafts; you approve. Sensitive actions pass approval gates you control from the dashboard. The standing pattern is: you approve, Fred posts.
Is the pairing private?
The channel pairing runs on your own machine — Fred is the one answering, from your hardware. Your files, memory, and credentials never leave your computer; AI model calls travel from your device to your chosen provider on your own key.
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Software licence: $99 once · Model-provider charges separate · 14-day refund window
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