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Best AI agents for chat apps like Slack and Telegram (2026)

Agents you can talk to, or hand work to, from the chat apps you already use: Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord and iMessage. We list 9 tools for chat apps like Slack and Telegram below, each with a link-checked page, pricing as the maker states it and alternatives.

Open SWE

NewcodingOpen source

LangChain's asynchronous coding agent that takes work from GitHub issues, Slack or Linear, implements it in an isolated sandbox and opens a pull request.

Roomote

NewcodingFreemium

Cloud coding agent from the Roo Code team that runs your real dev environment, verifies its work, reviews code with a second model and hands back PRs with live previews; works from Slack, Teams, GitHub and Linear, self-hosted or on its cloud.

NanoClaw

personal agentsOpen source

Lightweight personal agent that runs in containers and connects to WhatsApp, Telegram and Slack.

Cicero

voiceOpen source

Self-hosted voice interface for coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, ACP); talk from a browser or Telegram call.

AgentSDR

business agentsOpen source + cloud

Open-source AI SDR that runs email, LinkedIn and WhatsApp outreach and sorts replies in a built-in CRM.

BetterClaw

no-code buildersFreemium

Build and deploy AI agents without code on 28+ model providers, connected to Telegram, Slack, Discord and Gmail.

ClawSimple

personal agentsPaid

Managed OpenClaw and Hermes Agent hosting for Telegram bots.

Dial

voiceUsage-based

Gives an AI agent a real phone number for calls, SMS, iMessage and WhatsApp through one API.

Friends & Fables

gamesFreemium

AI game master for tabletop-style RPGs that plays with groups on Discord and the web, tracking characters, rules and world lore.

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