Starting with private WhatsApp group pilots

Like an organised friend in your group chat.

WhatBot helps groups keep track of the useful bits — plans, polls, lists, reminders, decisions and catch-ups — only when asked, and quiet the rest of the time.

Built for the chats where people already coordinate: trips, house chats, dinners, clubs, teams and friend groups.

Quiet by default.
Speaks only when asked.
WBBrighton weekend3 people · WhatBot added
WhatBot can you keep track of the Brighton plan?
WhatBotYep. Dump whatever’s already known into one message and I’ll keep a simple summary. Rough is fine.
Hotel is Malmaison. Train Friday evening. Three of us so far. Need to pick Saturday dinner.
WhatBotCaptured:
• Hotel: Malmaison
• Travel: train Friday evening
• People: three so far

Still to sort:
• Saturday dinner
What’s still undecided?
WhatBotFor Brighton weekend, still to sort:
• Saturday dinner
Ask naturally. No dashboard needed.
Visible memory.
View or delete saved notes.
Helpful when asked
Quiet the rest of the time
Group-local memory
Easy privacy controls

Group chats are great for talking. Less great at keeping track.

The plan gets buried. The poll result disappears. Someone asks the same question three days later. WhatBot gives the group a simple shared brain for the useful bits.

“Wait, what did we decide?”
“Who’s bringing ice?”
“What’s the hotel called again?”
“Can someone remind us tomorrow?”
1

Ask in the chat

Mention WhatBot when the group wants help. It can also follow up when you reply to it.

2

Send the messy version

Dates, options, half-decisions, who’s doing what — no form, no command syntax.

3

Ask later

“What’s left?”, “who’s bringing what?”, “what do you remember?” or “forget that note.”

Useful for normal group-life coordination.

WhatBot is not trying to turn your group into a workplace app. It handles the small coordination jobs that otherwise keep coming back.

T

Trips

Keep track of hotels, travel, plans, decisions and what still needs sorting.

“WhatBot, what’s the plan today?”
H

House chats

Shopping, chores, repairs, bin days, shared reminders and house notes.

“What do we need to buy?”
P

Dinners & parties

Who’s bringing what, rough headcount, food, drink, timing and open questions.

“Who’s bringing dessert?”
C

Clubs & teams

Availability, next sessions, tasks, simple decisions and group reminders.

“Who’s available this week?”
D

Decisions

Remember what the group decided, what changed, and what still needs an answer.

“What did we decide?”

Helpful without taking over the conversation.

In a social chat, usefulness is not enough. The bot also has to know when to shut up.

  • Replies when mentioned, replied to, clearly asked, or finishing something the group requested.
  • Uses short WhatsApp-readable answers instead of long product-tour explanations.
  • Asks at most one optional missing-detail question when a plan is vague.
  • Lets the group correct it. Useful context stays inspectable and forgettable.
Example: BBQ planning
WhatBot can you keep track of Saturday BBQ stuff?
WhatBotYep. Send what’s known so far: time, place, food, who’s bringing what, and anything still undecided. Rough is fine.
Saturday 6ish at Nina’s. Burgers and veggie skewers. Bina dessert, Matt beers. Maybe 8 people. Need ice and the address.
WhatBotCaptured:
• Time/place: Saturday 6ish at Nina’s
• Food: burgers and veggie skewers
• Bringing: Bina dessert, Matt beers
• People: maybe 8

Still to sort:
• Ice
• Address
What’s still undecided for the BBQ?
WhatBotFor BBQ plan, still to sort:
• Ice
• Address

Messy chat in. Clean shared summary out.

WhatBot turns scattered messages into group-local objects: plans, decisions, open questions, todo lists, polls and reminders. The group can then ask about them in plain language.

Memory should be clear, scoped and controllable.

Different groups need different levels of memory. WhatBot keeps the boundary visible so people know what kind of help they are getting.

Mini

No long-term memory

Best for trying the bot lightly. It can answer current visible context, but it does not keep lasting group notes.

WhatBot

Shared objects

The default useful mode: plans, lists, reminders, polls, decisions, notes and open questions for this group only.

Genius

Searchable group archive

For groups that explicitly want fuller same-group history search. It is opt-in and still scoped to one group.

Designed for a private-feeling space.

Group chats can be personal. WhatBot should earn its place by being understandable, quiet and controllable.

Group-local

One group’s memory should never appear in another group. Cross-group leakage is a trust failure.

Inspectable

Ask “what do you remember?” and get a plain list of saved group things.

Forgettable

Ask it to forget a saved item. It removes its stored copy, though not the original message on people’s phones.

Not for secrets

WhatBot is for useful shared context, not confidential information people would not want stored.

FAQs

Plain answers to the questions people ask before inviting a bot into a group chat.

What can WhatBot do?

Summarise messy chat, track decisions and things still to sort, remember useful group notes, create polls, keep lists, set group reminders and help with plans.

How do we use it?

Mention WhatBot in the group and ask normally: “WhatBot, what did we decide?”, “remember Alex is vegetarian”, or “poll: Thai / Pizza / Indian”.

Will it reply to everything?

No. It is designed to stay quiet unless mentioned, replied to, clearly asked, or finishing something the group requested.

Can it read my private WhatsApp?

No. It only works in chats where it has been added. It cannot see your private chats or other groups.

What does it remember?

In the normal WhatBot mode, explicit shared things: notes, plans, reminders, polls, todos, decisions and open questions. Full archive search is a separate opt-in mode.

Can we see or delete memory?

Yes. Ask “what do you remember?” to inspect saved items, and ask it to forget specific things when they are no longer useful.

Is this WhatsApp-only?

The first pilots start in WhatsApp because that is where many groups already coordinate. The product idea is portable: a quiet organised friend for group chats.

Is it a project manager?

No. It should feel more like the organised friend who keeps track of the plan, not a workplace tool that tells everyone what to do.

Can it help with photos or links?

Where enabled, it can help find useful group-local media records and links. It should not reveal raw file paths, IDs or private setup details in the group.

How early is this?

Early. The current focus is careful private pilots, with trust and social fit treated as product features rather than afterthoughts.

Try it in one real group.

WhatBot works best when there is something concrete to coordinate: a trip, dinner, house chat, club, team, or friend group that keeps asking “what did we decide?”

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