{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "poke", "name": "Poke", "vendor": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://poke.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Hosted personal assistant from The Interaction Company of California, reached by text on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS. It works across the owner's Gmail or Outlook mail, calendar, contacts and connected apps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "poke" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A person signs up at poke.com and connects a Google or Microsoft account. The Poke API takes `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e` with a V2 key created in Kitchen under API Keys. Keys are named, shown once, revocable one at a time and have no scopes. Older `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated endpoint. The CLI signs in with a browser device code and stores credentials in `~/.config/poke/credentials.json`. Third-party MCP servers are connected with an API key or OAuth (https://poke.com/docs/api; https://poke.com/docs/mcp-servers; https://poke.com/docs/creating-recipes).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at $0 with no card. Pro is $19 a month and Ultra $199 a month on monthly billing. Free and Pro have a refilling usage allowance, with no figures published, and Poke continues in a lighter mode past it. Ultra includes a monthly credit pool (1 credit is $1 of usage), with top-ups and optional auto-reload. Poke Human is included with Ultra, with real-world expenses charged at cost. Model usage is not billed separately (https://poke.com/pricing; https://poke.com/docs/usage-and-resets; https://poke.com/faq, checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "$19 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://poke.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://poke.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "messaging", "imessage", "whatsapp", "telegram", "gmail", "outlook", "mcp-client", "api-key", "free-tier", "status-page", "llms-txt", "trains-on-data-by-default" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 37.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 958, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 17, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 30, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 30, "reliability": 51, "schema": 42, "security": 24, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.", "bestFor": "One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.", "strengths": [ "Answers on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS, with the channel chosen in settings, per the docs welcome page and FAQ", "Free plan with no card, Pro at $19 a month and Ultra at $199 a month, all published without a sign-in", "Connects any remote MCP server by URL, with API key or OAuth, and OAuth servers with Dynamic Client Registration need no setup", "status.poke.com lists App, Email, Integrations, three messaging channels and API, with two incidents from July to 12 October 2026", "Named API keys are created in Kitchen, shown once and revoked one at a time" ], "weaknesses": [ "No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing", "Customer content, including email contents, may train AI models unless the user selects Maximum Privacy, per the privacy notice of 11 September 2026", "Model providers, sub-processors, hosting locations and where account tokens are stored are not named in the pages read", "An API key message is processed with full access to email, calendar and integrations. Keys have no scopes", "No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found on poke.com", "The terms forbid automated access for scraping and use for benchmarking or competitive analysis. This matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "POST JSON to `https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message` with a Bearer key from Kitchen. Legacy `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated `/api/v1/inbound-sms/webhook`", "Expect only `{\"success\": true}` back. Poke's answer goes to the owner's message thread, not to the caller", "Do not retry a POST blindly. No idempotency key is documented, and a repeated message may make Poke act twice", "Treat an API key as full access to the owner's mail, calendar and integrations. Create one key per automation and revoke it when done", "Avoid the prefilled integration link with `apiKey` in the query string for real secrets. Enter the key in the form or use `npx poke@latest mcp add -k`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 37.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 30, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 30, "reliability": 51, "schema": 42, "security": 24, "transparency": 34 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "install": "npx poke@latest login", "http": "curl 'https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message' \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"message\": \"test\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/poke" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "billed monthly, refilling usage allowance with no published figure" }, { "item": "Ultra", "unit": "month", "usd": 199, "note": "billed monthly, includes a monthly credit pool and Poke Human" }, { "item": "Ultra top-up credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 1, "note": "1 credit is $1 of usage" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.", "domain": "poke.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-03-26", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://poke.com/terms", "privacy": "https://poke.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.poke.com", "changelog": "https://poke.com/docs/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The privacy notice (last updated 11 September 2026) names The Interaction Company of California Inc. and gives 169 Waverley St Apt B, Palo Alto, CA 94301 as the controller's address. The terms (last modified 17 March 2026) name The Interaction Company of California d/b/a Poke.", "Cognition announced on 23 July 2026 that The Interaction Company of California was joining it. The terms and privacy notice read on 12 October 2026 do not name Cognition.", "poke.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. poke.com/robots.txt also answered 404, so the host publishes no crawl rules.", "RDAP for poke.com gives a registration date of 1997-03-26 and NameCheap, Inc. as registrar.", "The API answers at poke.com/api/v1, on the vendor's domain." ], "score": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.json", "live": { "slug": "poke", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.poke.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T22:30:27.964333088Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "poke", "version": "4.0.461", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:22:57.168836786Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 1828, "pages": [ { "url": "https://poke.com/docs/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:56:34.390025787Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3945311a78aa" }, { "url": "https://poke.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:56:36.556615373Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b3b15529b8e6" }, { "url": "https://poke.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:56:38.576278897Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e6eb6e92a7f5" }, { "url": "https://poke.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:56:40.4517992Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ceaed31d64e8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T22:30:27.964333088Z" } }, "answer": "Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Talorys leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "talorys", "name": "Talorys", "vendor": "Roc Yu (rociiu) and contributors", "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/rociiu/talorys", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Talorys is an open-source, single-user personal AI assistant that its owner deploys into their own Cloudflare account with one command. It chats, keeps editable memories, and manages tasks, notes, projects, reminders and scheduled routines.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/talorys.json", "repo": "https://github.com/rociiu/talorys", "license": "MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "create-talorys" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The installer signs in to Cloudflare through Wrangler's OAuth flow, or uses an API token with Workers Scripts, Pages, Workers AI and Account Settings permissions. The owner password is hashed locally with PBKDF2-SHA256 and stored as a Worker secret. The web app uses an HttpOnly session cookie, and every non-GET request needs an x-talorys-request header and a same-origin Origin (https://github.com/rociiu/talorys/blob/main/docs/security.md). There is no API key, MCP server or signup.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT-licensed, designed to fit the Cloudflare Workers Free plan, including a daily Workers AI allocation. On a paid Cloudflare plan, use beyond the included amounts is billed by Cloudflare (https://github.com/rociiu/talorys#7-what-is-free-and-what-may-cost-money).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payment protocol. Talorys has no billing of its own, checked 12 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 978, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/rociiu/talorys/tree/main/docs", "capabilities": [ "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "memory.user", "memory.search", "tasks.create", "tasks.update", "notify.in-app" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "free", "typescript", "cloudflare" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Talorys competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 28.9, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 976, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 41, "schema": 0, "security": 8, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Talorys is an MIT-licensed assistant its owner deploys to their own Cloudflare account, with no telemetry, a documented threat model and code-enforced confirmation for destructive tools. It is two days old at version 0.1.5, has no mail, calendar or payment connections, and no interface for an outside agent.", "bestFor": "A single person who wants a private assistant for memory, tasks, notes and reminders on their own Cloudflare account.", "disclosure": "Talorys competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.", "strengths": [ "MIT licence, and no telemetry, analytics or tracking, stated in the README and confirmed in the code.", "Destructive tools need confirmation in the owner's latest message, enforced in code, and scheduled runs get read-only tools.", "SECURITY.md with private reporting, a 3-business-day acknowledgement target and a threat model.", "Designed to fit Cloudflare's Workers Free plan, with nothing to buy from Talorys." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API key, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the /api routes need the owner's browser session.", "First released on 10 October 2026 and still pre-1.0 at 0.1.5.", "No changelog or breaking-change notes.", "No mail, calendar, booking, payment or messaging connections in the code." ], "agentNotes": [ "Run `npx create-talorys@latest` with Node.js 22 or later and a Cloudflare login or an API token with Workers, Pages and Workers AI permissions.", "Don't script the /api routes. They need the owner's session cookie and CSRF header and aren't documented for other callers.", "Update with `npx create-talorys@latest update`. Only the latest version gets security fixes." ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 28.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 83, "payments": 60, "reliability": 41, "schema": 0, "security": 8, "transparency": 77 }, "provenanceScore": 27 }, "connect": { "install": "npx create-talorys@latest # Node.js 22+, signs in to Cloudflare and deploys into your account" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.memory", "tool": "https://letme.dev/talorys" }, "sameCompany": [ "github-mcp-server", "github-copilot-cli" ], "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "github.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/rociiu/talorys/commits/main", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "No company, terms of service or privacy policy. The MIT licence names The Talorys contributors, and Cloudflare's terms and privacy policy cover the hosting.", "Security reports go through GitHub private vulnerability reporting per SECURITY.md. There is no security.txt.", "There is no hosted endpoint. Each install answers on the owner's own pages.dev address.", "GitHub star count was not checked because the GitHub API was not available to us." ], "score": 27 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.json", "live": { "slug": "talorys", "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "create-talorys", "version": "0.1.5", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:32:28.340613655Z" } ], "githubStars": 892, "npmWeekly": 978, "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T22:32:29.267294141Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.", "b": "Roc Yu (rociiu) and contributors", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT", "b": "MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-06-25", "b": "2026-10-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-03-17", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-11", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "978 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Talorys leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Poke or Talorys?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Poke. Talorys is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.).", "question": "Are Poke and Talorys open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 51 against 41", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 42 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 30 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 24 against 8", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 52" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.", "slug": "poke", "watchFor": "No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 31" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A single person who wants a private assistant for memory, tasks, notes and reminders on their own Cloudflare account.", "slug": "talorys", "watchFor": "No API key, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the /api routes need the owner's browser session." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.memory", "name": "Assistants that remember you" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.json", "title": "GAIA vs Poke", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke.json", "title": "Pally vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Poke vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Poke vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys.json", "title": "GAIA vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Talorys vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Talorys vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Talorys vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-talorys.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 10, "edge": "poke", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "poke": 51, "talorys": 41, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 42, "edge": "poke", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "poke": 42, "talorys": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "poke", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "poke": 30, "talorys": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "poke", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "poke": 24, "talorys": 8, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "talorys", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "poke": 30, "talorys": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 52, "edge": "talorys", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "poke": 31, "talorys": 83, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "poke", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "poke": 58, "talorys": 52, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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It is two days old at version 0.1.5, has no mail, calendar or payment connections, and no interface for an outside agent." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.min.md" }, "markdown": "Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Talorys leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do assistants that remember you.\n\n- Poke: grade F, 37.6/100, rank #958 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json\n- Talorys: grade F, 28.9/100, rank #976 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/talorys.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 314 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Poke (F)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 51 against 41\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 42 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 30 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 24 against 8\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 58 against 52\n\nWatch for: No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing\n\n### Talorys (F)\n\nGood for: A single person who wants a private assistant for memory, tasks, notes and reminders on their own Cloudflare account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 83 against 31\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No API key, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the /api routes need the owner's browser session.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Poke | Talorys | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 51 | 41 | Poke +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 42 | 0 | Poke +42 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 30 | 0 | Poke +30 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 24 | 8 | Poke +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | Talorys +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 31 | 83 | Talorys +52 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 52 | Poke +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **37.6 · F** | **28.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Poke | Talorys |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | The Interaction Company of California Inc. | Roc Yu (rociiu) and contributors |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT | MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-06-25 | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-17 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-11 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | |\n| Popularity | none | 978 npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Poke.** Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.\n\n**Talorys.** Talorys is an MIT-licensed assistant its owner deploys to their own Cloudflare account, with no telemetry, a documented threat model and code-enforced confirmation for destructive tools. It is two days old at version 0.1.5, has no mail, calendar or payment connections, and no interface for an outside agent.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Poke\n\n1. POST JSON to `https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message` with a Bearer key from Kitchen. Legacy `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated `/api/v1/inbound-sms/webhook`\n2. Expect only `{\"success\": true}` back. Poke's answer goes to the owner's message thread, not to the caller\n3. Do not retry a POST blindly. No idempotency key is documented, and a repeated message may make Poke act twice\n4. Treat an API key as full access to the owner's mail, calendar and integrations. Create one key per automation and revoke it when done\n5. Avoid the prefilled integration link with `apiKey` in the query string for real secrets. Enter the key in the form or use `npx poke@latest mcp add -k`\n\n### Talorys\n\n1. Run `npx create-talorys@latest` with Node.js 22 or later and a Cloudflare login or an API token with Workers, Pages and Workers AI permissions.\n2. Don't script the /api routes. They need the owner's session cookie and CSRF header and aren't documented for other callers.\n3. Update with `npx create-talorys@latest update`. Only the latest version gets security fixes.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Poke or Talorys?\n\nPoke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Talorys's 28.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Talorys leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Are Poke and Talorys open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Poke. Talorys is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"poke\", \"b\": \"talorys\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare poke talorys`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/talorys.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Poke or Talorys\n\n- [AstrBot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.md)\n- [GAIA vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-poke.md)\n- [Haven vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke.md)\n- [Instinct vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [Leon vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke.md)\n- [Lindy vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-poke.md)\n- [nanobot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-poke.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [Dots vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [Poke vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Poke vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Poke vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-poke.md)\n- [Pally vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke.md)\n- [Poke vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Poke vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [GAIA vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Haven vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Instinct vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Leon vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Lindy vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-talorys.md)\n- [nanobot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-talorys.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Dots vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-talorys.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Pally vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-talorys.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Talorys vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Talorys vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Talorys vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Talorys competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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