Feature guide
Bring the assistant into the place where a plan is being made, or give the household a common view of what needs doing. These are different approaches to the same problem: keeping people aligned.
Public sources reviewed . Product fits reflect documented features; they are not performance rankings.
Compare agentsA useful shared plan states what was decided, who owns the next step, and what is still unresolved. Everyone affected should be able to find the same current version.
Planning inside an existing group conversation
Continua's first-party introduction describes an assistant added to group chats for coordination and information retrieval.
Introducing Text with ContinuaCheck before choosing
Verify today's joining instructions and supported group type. The introduction is a launch source, not a current service guarantee.
Keeping track of group decisions
Folk documents iMessage and Telegram groups with their own memory and says it responds when addressed.
Folk group chatsCheck before choosing
Review the group memory controls and test corrections to an earlier decision with nonsensitive information.
Household schedules and assigned responsibilities
Ohai describes shared household calendars, tasks, and reminders, including extracting dates from school documents.
Ohai shared household featuresCheck before choosing
Check which plan includes sharing and establish who will review extracted dates before they become the family plan.
A group-chat agent can help where the discussion already happens. A household organizer is more useful when the final schedule and assigned tasks need their own shared view. Choose the workflow the participants will actually revisit.
Tell participants what the assistant is for before adding it. Establish which messages it receives and whether it can draw from a participant's connected accounts. Start with ordinary planning details that everyone expects to share.
Name one owner for each reservation, purchase, or pickup. Ask the agent to keep proposals separate from confirmed decisions. Group agreement does not itself establish that a business accepted a reservation.
Example first message
Help us plan dinner for six on October 23, 2026. Keep our agreed budget, neighborhood, and dietary preferences in one summary. List undecided items separately. Suggest options, but ask before making any reservation.
This is a suggested trial, not a transcript or a claim that each service supports every step.
Some products document this explicitly. Folk names iMessage and Telegram groups, and Continua describes group-chat access. Confirm the specific messenger and joining flow before inviting the group.
Being a contact in a messaging app does not establish access to your other conversations. Review the operator's documentation and any connected-account permissions. Folk describes a separate group memory; treat that as a documented product policy, not an independent audit.
A household-focused service may combine those jobs. Ohai describes extracting dates from school emails and documents. Review the source dates, child or household member, time zone, and responsible person before relying on the resulting schedule.