# Asmi vs Poke (slim)

> Poke scores 37.6 (F) to Asmi's 33.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-13

Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Asmi's 33.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Asmi leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Asmi: F 33.3, rank #973 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asmi.min.md
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #960 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.min.md
- Asmi, good for An agent that needs phone calls, texts and emails to businesses done for its owner. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 43 against 30; Security & auth, 49 against 24. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 30; Schema & documentation, 42 against 20; Maintenance & community, 31 against 3; Transparency & trust, 58 against 51.

| Category | Asmi | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 20 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 43 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Asmi | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Humint Labs, Inc. | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://prod.asmiai.com/mcp/claude/` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Licence | Closed service under Asmi's Terms of Service (Humint Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective October 2026). | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Tools exposed | 12 | none |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |