I have Hermes and set it up so that it works on a self-hosted Matrix instance. It was pretty simple to set up after some back and forth with a more powerful model. It's primarily how I interact with Hermes. I don't really use a command line on my computer with it.

Just open up a Matrix Element chat window and go at it. I've been replacing more and more apps on my phone with this setup, and it's pretty streamlined. It's nice knowing that everything is local. The Matrix server is local, the local AI inference is local, etc.

Telegram makes it very easy to create a bot. Other systems are either inconvenient or actively hostile to new bots, especially if you're not a well-known business.

I’m not sure, but I integrated Claude with Slack (with my own app; not the default Claude app). It’s a game changer. Claude is literally like a co-worker now. When I ask it for work, it creates a dedicated Slack channel that runs that session Id. I can resume from Cli or import cli sessions into slack.

Adding a bot on Telegram is a single command. It's super easy and natively supported.

Other channels are available, there's like 15+ officially supported now.

Have you tried setting up a bot for something like WhatsApp? I'd much rather use a KGB spy platform with actual user ergonomics.

It offers the best DX of all the messaging apps