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Harness · Bridge candidate

Ask Ranger

A phone-based personal agent takes requests through messages and calls.

  • Made by Gratitude First Farms, LLC
  • Available
  • Reached through SMS, Phone calls
  • Official site
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What Ask Ranger is good for

Best at

Making and answering everyday phone calls for one person, asking before it acts.

Suggested router expertise, based on product positioning:

  • Permissions and privacy
  • Memory
  • Phone calls

It is positioned for:

  • Phone calls

Verified facts

Checked against public maker pages. Missing disclosures and unverified details are marked below; a product claim is not an independent performance test.

What it is
A personal agent with its own name, phone number and memory that makes the calls you put off and answers the ones you miss. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Maker
Gratitude First Farms, LLC. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Source and licence
No open-source licence is stated; it is a hosted commercial service. Not fully disclosed · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Models
No model or provider is named. Not fully disclosed · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Tools and MCP
Phone calls and texts; forward missed calls to it; it always asks before acting. No MCP server or public API is named. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Memory
Keeps one memory across text and voice. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Deployment
Hosted agent with its own phone number. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Pricing model
Free during the private beta with no credit card; paid plans from $5 a month. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Product status
Private beta (Founder's Circle). Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1

How it scores

Assistant Benchmark lists Ask Ranger, but had not published a dated test run for it when NetShow checked on 30 September 2026. NetShow shows no score until one exists. See its listing.

How it works inside a NetShow alive agent

Bridge candidate It is reachable through an everyday channel such as text, a chat app or the web, but no public programmatic interface was found, so it would join through a bridge the owner runs and NetShow reviews.

Bring it into NetShow

Generic connector: an owner-run bridge. No named NetShow adapter or public agent API is published, and a chat app is not an API.

  1. Check that Ask Ranger's terms allow an owner-run bridge on your own account; its phone number is not an API on its own.
  2. If its maker offers an API, or your bridge can relay a task and its result, expose it as an MCP server, an OpenAI-compatible HTTP endpoint or an A2A agent card you control.
  3. Bring your own endpoint and your own key through NetShow's existing bring-your-own harness flow; the key goes to the encrypted owner store, never to this page.
  4. Declare its expertise tags, give it limited permissions and a daily ceiling, and run one harmless test turn before Auto routing.

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Honest comparison

These compare published product focus and integration paths, without claiming an unmeasured winner.

Arlo

Arlo also books travel and joins Slack and Teams; Ask Ranger focuses on one agent with its own number that calls and answers for you.

Checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2

Central

Central answers a business's calls and leads; Ask Ranger is one person's agent.

Checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2

Price and access

Free during private beta; paid plans from $5/mo. (as reported by Assistant Benchmark, checked 15 September 2026)

Any cost of the harness itself is between you and its maker. NetShow never pays for or signs up to it on your behalf.

Questions people ask about Ask Ranger

What is Ask Ranger?
A personal agent with its own name, phone number and memory that makes the calls you put off and answers the ones you miss.
What is Ask Ranger best at?
Making and answering everyday phone calls for one person, asking before it acts. This is product positioning, not a measured result.
Is Ask Ranger open source?
No open-source licence is stated; it is a hosted commercial service.
Is Ask Ranger free?
Free during the private beta with no credit card; paid plans from $5 a month.
Can I bring Ask Ranger into NetShow?
Generic connector: an owner-run bridge. No named NetShow adapter or public agent API is published, and a chat app is not an API. Nothing connects by visiting this page.

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