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Boba

A messaging assistant participates in individual conversations and group planning.

  • Available
  • Reached through iMessage, RCS (Android)
  • Official site
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What Boba is good for

Best at

Planning inside a group chat and stepping in only when someone needs it.

Suggested router expertise, based on product positioning:

  • Recommendations
  • Group coordination

It has dated benchmark runs in:

  • Recommendation quality
  • Responding to emails
  • Content creation / games

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
An assistant you text one-on-one or add to group chats to plan, pick restaurants and settle arguments. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Maker
Boba; no legal entity is named on the home page. 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
Lives in iMessage and Google Messages and tracks who is free across a group. No MCP server or public API is named. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Memory
Picks up on your group's style as it goes. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Deployment
Hosted, inside Messages on iPhone and Android, plus Boba Web. No app or sign-up. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Pricing model
Free: no subscription, no ads, no card. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Product status
Active; its former address trygist.ai now redirects to getboba.ai. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1

How it scores

6.4/10

Assistant Benchmark (version 0.2) reports an overall 6.4 out of 10 for Boba, last tested 23 September 2026, from 7 dated runs.

Its strongest results

  • Recommendation quality: 8/10 (tested 10 September 2026, pass)
  • Responding to emails: 8/10 (tested 10 September 2026, partial)
  • Content creation / games: 7/10 (tested 10 September 2026, pass)

Quoted from the publisher with its dates. The full results are on its page for Boba. A score is evidence of how it did, not a connection or a promise.

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 Boba's terms allow an owner-run bridge on your own account; a Messages thread 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.

Alfi by Text.ai

Both join group chats. Alfi also covers WhatsApp and Telegram and limits free messages; Boba says it is free with no subscription.

Checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2

Caddy

Caddy watches your apps and nudges one person; Boba hangs back in a group until someone needs it.

Checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2

Price and access

Free; no card or subscription advertised. (official page, checked 30 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 Boba

What is Boba?
An assistant you text one-on-one or add to group chats to plan, pick restaurants and settle arguments.
What is Boba best at?
Planning inside a group chat and stepping in only when someone needs it. Assistant Benchmark has dated test runs for it; the scores are on this page.
Is Boba open source?
No open-source licence is stated; it is a hosted commercial service.
Is Boba free?
Free: no subscription, no ads, no card.
Can I bring Boba 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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