Your own AI employee.
On call 24/7. You just text it.
PocketAgent turns a Mac into a private AI agent wired to your iMessage. Send it a voice memo and it gets done. It drafts your estimates and follow ups in your voice, logs your receipts, remembers everything you tell it, keeps your list, and tells you straight whether that reel in your feed is real. No app. Nothing monthly to us. It runs on your hardware and answers only to your number.
Three pieces. One text thread.
No app to install on your phone and no server to rent. Your messages go from your iPhone to a Mac you own, and the answer comes back in the same thread.
It lives on a Mac at your place
A Mac that stays plugged in and awake, like a used Mac mini on a shelf. Your files and memory stay on it.
It thinks with Claude
Your own Claude Pro plan does the reasoning: reading, writing, checking facts. You sign in with your account.
You text it from your iPhone
Type, send a photo, or send a voice memo in iMessage. It answers in the same thread, day or night.
Messages travel both ways: you text, it works, it texts back. It only answers your number.


Text it. It's handled.
Everything below is included in the download. Here's what it looks like in your texts.
Nothing goes out without your OK.
It drafts. You decide. No text, email or post leaves until you tell it to. It answers only your number.
One real Wednesday, before 10am.
Real exchanges from the owner's own agent, one morning (details generalized). Judge for yourself whether a chatbot does this:
The point: it's not a chatbot you visit. It keeps working while you're on the job.
Not a chatbox. Not Siri.
| PocketAgent | ChatGPT app | Siri / Alexa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you use it | Text it like a person | Open an app and type | Voice commands |
| Works while you're busy | Yes, 24/7 on your Mac | Only while the app is open | Only when you ask |
| Uses a real computer | Yes, files, browser, email | No | No |
| Remembers your business | Yes, in files on your Mac | Some, on their servers | Preferences only |
| Where your files live | On your Mac | OpenAI's servers | Apple / Amazon servers |
| Cost | $149 once + your $20 Claude plan | $20/mo | Free |
Three things. Here's why.
A Mac that stays on
This is where your agent lives. It works while the Mac is on, so leave it plugged in and awake.
Why a Mac? Apple only lets a Mac send and read iMessages. A used Mac mini in a closet works fine.
An iPhone with iMessage
This is how you talk to it. You text it like you'd text a person. Type, send a photo, or send a voice memo.
No new app to learn. It texts you back in the same thread.
A Claude Pro plan
Claude is the AI that does the thinking. Think of it as the brain. You sign up at claude.ai with your own account.
You pay Anthropic directly. We never see your login or your bill.
One price. You own it.
- Pay once. $0 a month to us.
- Instant download right after checkout
- Runs on your Mac, under your own accounts
The only ongoing cost is your own Claude Pro plan, $20 a month, paid to Anthropic, not to us. If you end up running a lot through it, Anthropic sells bigger plans. That's your call and your account.
No sales fluff.
Is my stuff private?
Does it work offline?
Can anyone else text my agent?
Why not just use ChatGPT?
Do I need to be technical?
What if it breaks?
!status for a health check or !restart to reboot it from your phone. The setup guide has a short fix list for the rest.Get PocketAgent.
Your hardware, your accounts, your rules. One price, set it up yourself in about 10 minutes.