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Quilt and Poke
Poke is a personal assistant you message like a contact. Quilt is a personal agent with its own apps. They differ most in where your data lives.
| Topic | Quilt | Poke |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A personal AI agent for your mail, messages, calendar and meeting notes. You talk to it as Q. Invite-only. | An AI assistant you message in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp or RCS. It is made by The Interaction Company of California, which announced on 23 July 2026 that it is joining Cognition.14 |
| Where it runs | A Windows desktop app and an iPhone app. Q is on all three of its screens: Q, Inbox and Calendar. How it works | Inside the messaging apps above, so you chat with it like a contact.1 |
| What it connects to | Gmail and Outlook email and calendars, plus Slack and WhatsApp chats, kept together in one Inbox and one Calendar. | Gmail and Outlook email and calendars. Other apps such as Notion, GitHub and Linear connect through recipes, and any MCP server can be added.27 |
| Where your data is processed and stored | Your calendar, meeting notes and Q's memory are stored on your devices, with an index of your mail. When Hey Q uses a cloud model, the request goes from your device straight to Anthropic, using your own Claude key. Email text never goes to Quilt's own AI. Privacy Max turns off all cloud help, including Hey Q. Exactly what goes where | Poke's privacy policy and terms do not name its AI model providers. They say personal data may be processed in the United States and other countries, and the privacy policy says it is kept no longer than reasonably necessary for its stated purposes. Its FAQ says the human operators behind Poke Human, which comes with its Ultra plan, only see the details a task needs and cannot access your chat history, memories or integrations.238 |
| Training on your data | Quilt never trains on your data. During the alpha, Q uses your own Claude key, so Anthropic's terms for API keys apply to requests made with it. Quilt's servers are not in that path. Details | Its privacy policy lists training its AI models as a use of data, and its terms let it use your content to train third-party AI models. The privacy policy says people who choose its Maximum Privacy setting are excluded from training.38 |
| Acting for you | A cloud model only suggests steps. Q can draft and propose, and cannot send, pay, post or delete. You press send. Inbox changes show a preview, apply when you tap, and can be undone. | Its API documentation lists deciding which tools to use as a step, and its home page says its Gmail recipe can send email. The pages we reviewed do not describe a confirmation step before sending.59 |
| Meeting notes | Yes, on Windows. Q listens on your computer and nothing joins the call. It asks before each meeting, and gives you summary, decisions and to-dos afterward. How it works | We did not find a built-in meeting notes feature. Poke lists Granola as an integration for pulling in notes and action items.9 |
| Availability | Invite-only for now, on Windows and iPhone. Free during the alpha. | A free plan, plus Pro and Ultra plans with higher limits and more automations.6 |
Where Poke fits well
- You want an assistant inside the messaging apps you already use, with no separate app to learn.
- You want an assistant that can reach out to you first.
- You want a free plan with email and calendar access to try it.
- You want an assistant in Telegram, WhatsApp, RCS or Apple Messages.
Where Quilt fits well
- You want your data kept on your own devices and a plain list of what leaves them.
- You want to see and edit what the agent remembers about you.
- You want every send or change to wait for your OK.
What Quilt cannot do yet. It is new, invite-only and runs on Windows and iPhone only, with no Mac, Android or web app. It has no team or shared-inbox features and it connects to fewer outside services than most products on these pages. During the alpha, bring your own Claude key.
Sources
Every claim about Poke above links to one of these pages.
- Poke documentation home. https://poke.com/docs (read and confirmed 2026-10-11)
- Poke FAQ. https://poke.com/faq (read and confirmed 2026-10-11)
- Poke privacy policy. https://poke.com/privacy (read and confirmed 2026-10-11)
- Poke release notes. https://poke.com/docs/release-notes (read and confirmed 2026-10-11)
- Poke API documentation. https://poke.com/docs/api (read and confirmed 2026-10-11)
- Poke pricing page. https://poke.com/pricing (read and confirmed 2026-10-11)
- Poke documentation: managing integrations. https://poke.com/docs/managing-integrations (read and confirmed 2026-10-11)
- Poke terms of service. https://poke.com/terms (read and confirmed 2026-10-11)
- Poke home page. https://poke.com/ (read and confirmed 2026-10-11)