Add Cole to any group chat

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Telegram

Best for: Friends, family and community groups that want to start today, on the free plan.

Telegram is the quickest way to put Cole in a group. Cole joins as a bot member, with no admin rights needed, and the account of the person who added it pays for the group's questions, so members without an account can ask too.

Add Cole to a Telegram group

1. Connect Telegram to your Pocodot account. Sign up at pocodot.ai (150 free credits, one time) and choose Telegram in your dashboard. It shows a one-time code. Open Cole's chat, @Cole_chief_of_staff_bot, tap Start and send the code.
2. Add Cole to the group. Tap Add Cole to a Telegram group and pick the group. Or open the group, tap its name, choose Add Members and search for @Cole_chief_of_staff_bot.
3. Tag Cole or reply to it. Type @ and pick Cole from the list, or write @Cole_chief_of_staff_bot, then your request. You can also reply to one of Cole's messages.

Add Cole to a Telegram group

Good to know

• Connect Telegram before you add Cole, so your account pays for the group. If the person who adds Cole has no account, nobody pays for the group at first, and Cole answers only members with their own account.
• Unless Cole is a group admin, Telegram passes it only messages that tag @Cole_chief_of_staff_bot or reply to it, so writing "Cole" without the @ does not reach it. If you make Cole an admin, it also answers a message that calls it by name.

Cost: Works on the free plan: every new account gets 150 credits, one time, with no card. Each answer uses credits from the account that pays, and a short text answer with no tools uses at most 3. Source: Pocodot pricing

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LINE

Best for: Groups that already plan everything on LINE.

On LINE you add Cole as a friend first, and you can make your account from inside LINE. After one person says yes to paying for the group, anyone in it can ask Cole.

Add Cole to a LINE group

1. Add Cole as a friend. In LINE, search for @pocodot or open lin.ee/WY8gSoF on your phone, then tap Add.
2. Send Cole a message to set up your account. If you are new, Cole replies with a Start with Cole button. Sign in with LINE and your free account is ready, with 150 one-time credits. If you already use Cole, connect LINE from your dashboard at pocodot.ai.
3. Invite Cole into the group. Open the group, open its menu and choose Invite, then pick Cole from your friends.
4. Ask once and say yes to paying for the group. Ask Cole something in the group. Cole answers from your own credits, then asks you in your private chat whether your account should pay for everyone in this group. Say yes, and anyone in the group can ask Cole.

Good to know

• Call Cole by name ("Cole, what did we agree for Saturday?"), @mention Cole or reply to one of its messages. A message that only mentions Cole in passing gets no answer.
• Until someone says yes to paying, Cole answers only members with their own account, each from their own credits.
• Cole only sees messages sent after it joins the group.

Cost: Works on the free plan: every new account gets 150 credits, one time, with no card. Each answer uses credits from the account that pays, and a short text answer with no tools uses at most 3. Source: Pocodot pricing

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iMessage

Best for: Blue-bubble group chats with friends and family on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

In iMessage, Cole is a phone number you add to the group. There are no @mentions, so you start your message with Cole's name.

Add Cole to an iMessage group

1. Create your Pocodot account. Sign up at pocodot.ai. The free plan gives you 150 one-time credits.
2. Connect iMessage from your phone. In your dashboard, choose iMessage. Messages opens with a one-time code already typed to Cole's number, +1 614 531 8571. Send it from the phone number you use in the group.
3. Add Cole's number to the group. Open the group in Messages, tap the group name or icons at the top, tap Add and enter Cole's number. Apple only lets you add someone to a group that already has three or more people; for a smaller chat, start a new group that includes Cole.
4. Start your message with Cole. For example: "Cole, remind everyone on Friday at 6pm to bring the deposit."

Good to know

• Anyone else who wants Cole to answer them connects their own number the same way, unless someone has agreed to pay for everyone in the group.
• Cole only receives messages sent after its number joins the group.

Cost: Works on the free plan: every new account gets 150 credits, one time, with no card. Each answer uses credits from the account that pays, and a short text answer with no tools uses at most 3. Source: Pocodot pricing

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Slack

Best for: Work teams that already talk in Slack channels.

In Slack, Cole is an app you add to your workspace once and then invite to the channels where you want it.

Add Cole to a Slack channel

1. Add Cole to your Slack. Sign up at pocodot.ai, open the dashboard and click Add to Slack, then authorize Cole for your workspace. If your workspace needs admin approval for new apps, ask your Slack admin to approve it.
2. Invite Cole to a channel. In the channel, use Slack's /invite command to add Cole.
3. Mention @Cole. Type @Cole followed by your request in any channel where Cole is a member. You can also send Cole a direct message for private tasks.

Add Cole to Slack

Good to know

• Cole's agent panel in Slack (the Cole button in Slack's top bar and the side-by-side chat) needs a paid Slack plan. On Slack's free plan, direct messages and @mentions in channels still work.
• Cole's replies in your Slack use the credits of the Pocodot account connected to that Slack workspace.

Cost: Works on the free plan: every new account gets 150 credits, one time, with no card. Each answer uses credits from the account that pays, and a short text answer with no tools uses at most 3. Source: Pocodot pricing

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WhatsApp

Best for: Groups that already live on WhatsApp, on a paid plan.

Needs a paid Pocodot plan with WhatsApp connected. Cole joins a WhatsApp group as a contact you add, not from an invite link.

Add Cole to a WhatsApp group

1. Connect WhatsApp to your Pocodot account. In your dashboard, choose WhatsApp. It opens WhatsApp with a one-time code addressed to Cole. Send it, and Cole replies in your private chat.
2. Add Cole to the group. Save +1 (310) 279-3909 as Cole and add it like any member. Use this number for groups even if your private chat with Cole is on another number. Invite links don't work; if only admins can add, ask one.
3. Tag @Cole and ask. Tag @Cole from your account's number. Cole answers, then asks you privately whether your account pays for the group. After your yes, anyone in the group can ask by tagging Cole, calling it by name or replying to it.

Good to know

• Until someone says yes to paying, Cole answers only members with their own account, each from their own credits.
• To remove Cole, remove it like any other participant.

Cost: Needs a paid Pocodot plan with WhatsApp connected. Paid plans start at $19 a month for 2,000 credits. Each answer uses credits from the account that pays. Source: Pocodot pricing

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