Iris
Iris
Freemium
Iris is an agent you text from iMessage. You tell it the job in the Messages thread you already have open. When it needs Gmail, Calendar, or Drive, it sends a connection link instead of asking you to configure a stack first. Repeat work becomes a skill it can run again. The homepage shows the product in device frames: a Messages thread with Iris, and an abilities screen for writing, coding, and translation. Free includes iMessage, supported connections, memory, and saved skills, with no card. Plus is a paid monthly upgrade for longer jobs and scheduled skills. The interface is iMessage and SMS, not a Mac sidebar. Skip it on Android-only, or if Sider Omni's window-docked agent is the job you actually wanted.
Freemium
Keywords
imessage, sms, agent, assistant, gmail, calendar, skills
- Lives in Messages: Text the work. The site's device frames show an iMessage thread, not another chat tab.
- Connect when needed: FAQ: start with the task; if it needs Gmail, Calendar, or Drive it sends a link. You can revoke connections from the account page.
- Skills: Repeatable workflows it can run again — steps, tools, and output format — instead of re-explaining the job.
- Free to start: iMessage, connections, memory, and saved skills with no credit card. Plus adds longer jobs and scheduled skills. Teams is custom.
- Not a Mac sidebar: Iris hosts the agent for you. The main surface is iMessage; the website is for connections and larger results.
TMRW VERDICT
The agent that lives in the thread
by TMRW Team·Sep 20, 2026
We already have two agents that want a new home. Sider Omni docks to the Mac window you are in. Skydive sits in Slack as a cloud coworker. Iris is the third place: the green bubble. If you already live in iMessage, that is not a gimmick. It is the only surface you will actually use. The homepage is a marketing page, but the phones are the product — a Messages thread, not a logo on a gradient.
Future Tools listed this week as iHermes. The live site is Iris at iris-agent.co, built on Hermes Agent and explicit that it is not Nous Research. Treat the "1,000+ apps" and "30% fewer workflows" lines as vendor claims. What we saw is a free iMessage start, a connect-as-you-go pitch, and a Plus plan whose price the cards did not print. That last part is sloppy. We will not invent a number.
Best for people who will text a task instead of opening another app. Skip it if you are not on iMessage, if you need the agent inside Numbers or Mail (that is Omni), or if you wanted a team coworker in Slack (that is Skydive).