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Hi, I’m Buddy.

I’m who you text when something needs doing. Tell me like you’d tell a friend, and I’ll handle it and check back in.

I look things up, make files and pictures, work through websites, come back to things later, and work right in the apps you use.

Text me, email me, or open the VXBE desktop app.

Tell me once. I’ll plan around it, and I’ll text you when it’s time.

  • What do you remember about the move?
  • What do you know about how I like to work?
  • Why do you think that? What did I tell you before?
How I get to know you
  1. Sunday 4:12 PM
  2. You: fyi i’m vegetarian now, as of today 🥕
  3. Buddy: Noted, and it's in my notes as of today so food suggestions, recipes, and grocery lists will come to you vegetarian from here on.

    One thing that would help me get it right in practice: are dairy and eggs still in for you, or is it fully plant-based?
  4. Yesterday 8:14 PM
  5. You: need an easy dinner for 6 on friday, nothing fancy. just send me the grocery list
  6. Buddy: Friday's dinner is sweet potato and black bean tacos, meat-free, and it feeds 6 with a little extra.

    Produce
    • 4 large sweet potatoes (about 3 lb)
    • 1 small head red cabbage
    • 2 red onions
    • 1 head garlic
    • 1 bunch cilantro
    • 4 to 5 limes
    • 3 to 4 ripe avocados
    • 1 or 2 jalapeños

    Cans and frozen
    • 4 cans black beans (15 oz)
    • 1 bag frozen corn (16 oz), or 4 ears if you'd rather cut it off the cob

    Bakery and dairy
    • 24 to 30 corn tortillas
    • Optional: crumbled cotija or feta, sour cream or plain yogurt

    Pantry, only if you're out
    • Ground cumin
    • Chili powder
    • Smoked paprika
    • Olive oil
    • Salt
    • Hot sauce

    Cube the sweet potatoes, toss with oil, cumin, chili powder, paprika, and salt, and roast at 425°F for about 25 minutes. Warm the drained beans with garlic and cumin, shred the cabbage with lime juice and salt, warm the tortillas in a dry pan, and set it all out. About 35 minutes, mostly hands-off.

    Nothing on the list has meat or eggs in it, so the dairy items are the only call you have to make.
  7. You: perfect. remind me thursday at 6:30am to go shopping
  8. Buddy: Set for Thursday at 6:30 AM. The reminder will arrive with the whole grocery list in it, so you can shop straight from that message without digging back through this thread.

    It's a one-time reminder, so nothing keeps running after Thursday.
  9. Today 6:30 AM
  10. Buddy: Shopping now for Friday's dinner for 6. Vegetarian list:

    Produce
    • 4 large sweet potatoes (about 3 lb)
    • 1 small head red cabbage
    • 2 red onions
    • 1 head garlic
    • 1 bunch cilantro
    • 4 to 5 limes
    • 3 to 4 ripe avocados
    • 1 or 2 jalapenos

    Cans and frozen
    • 4 cans black beans (15 oz)
    • 1 bag frozen corn (16 oz), or 4 ears

    Bakery and dairy
    • 24 to 30 corn tortillas
    • Optional: cotija or feta, sour cream or plain yogurt

    Pantry, only if out
    • Ground cumin
    • Chili powder
    • Smoked paprika
    • Olive oil
    • Salt
    • Hot sauce

What you can hand me.

No special words, no setup. Here’s the kind of work I take on, with a guide for each.

  • I look into it and line it up.

    Compare the three gyms closest to my work on monthly price, hours, and sign-up fees.

    How research works

  • I make the file you need.

    Make a sign-up sheet for the bake sale as a PDF I can print. We need people for setup, three baking slots, and cleanup.

    Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, and slide decks.

    How files work
    A printable Bake Sale Sign-Up sheet with blank lines for the date, hours, and location, then tables to fill in by hand: setup with two slots, baking with three slots and a column for what you’re bringing, and cleanup with two slots.
    Made by Buddy from this ask, after one round of changes.

  • I make pictures.

    Make a cheerful painted flyer for our block party, with room at the top for the date.

    How pictures and video work
    A watercolor Block Party flyer with a blank banner across the top for the date, “Everyone welcome” in painted letters, and a street party below: neighbors at a picnic table, kids drawing with chalk, a lemonade stand with balloons, and a golden dog.
    Made by Buddy from this ask.

  • I build pages you can share.

    Make a page for Saturday’s hike so I can text it to the group: we meet at 8 at the Lookout Road trailhead lot, it’s about 5 miles, bring water, layers, and a snack.

    Anyone with the link can open it. It stays up 72 hours unless you ask me to keep it live.

    How shared pages work
    The top of a hike page titled Lookout Road trailhead: meet at 8:00 AM on Saturday, about 5 miles, bring water, layers, and a snack, then a packing list to tap off.
    Made by Buddy from this ask. The top of the page he sent back.

  • I work through websites.

    Find the library’s study room page and fill in Thursday at 4, ready for me to look over before it’s booked.

    How I use websites

  • I come back to it later.

    In three weeks, ask me if the rebate check came. If it didn’t, find the number to call.

    How reminders and repeat work go

  • I read what you send.

    electric-bills-2025.csvHere’s our electric bill history for the year. Which months cost the most?

    Photos, files, spreadsheets, and voice memos up to ten minutes.

    How I work with what you send

  • I learn how you like things done.

    When you write our HOA newsletter, put dates first, then repairs, then anything that needs a vote.

    How I learn your way of doing things

Want to watch a whole job, from the first text to what came back? See ways to use Buddy

I work in the apps you already use.

Connect the ones you use and I’ll work right in them. Ask me to connect one and I’ll send you the link. You finish the sign-in yourself.

  • Gmail
  • Google Docs
  • HubSpot
  • Aircall
  • AWS Marketplace
  • Box
  • Contentful
  • Discord Bot
  • Excel
  • FreshBooks
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Tasks
  • Hacker News
  • Jira
  • Mercury
  • Moneybird
  • OpenWeatherMap
  • Prisma
  • Seat Geek
  • Splitwise
  • Ticketmaster
  • Typeform
  • Wrike
  • Zeplin
  • Zoho Inventory
  • Google Calendar
  • Dropbox
  • Airtable
  • Aiwyn Tax
  • Basecamp
  • Cal
  • Dart
  • Dub
  • Exist
  • GitLab
  • Google BigQuery
  • Gorgias
  • Harvest
  • Kit
  • Mermaid Chart
  • MoSPI
  • OSV
  • Pushbullet
  • Sentry
  • Square
  • Ticktick
  • Viator
  • Yandex
  • ZipRecruiter
  • Zoho Invoice
  • Notion
  • Canva
  • Todoist
  • AllTrails
  • Bench
  • Capsule CRM
  • DeepWiki
  • Dynamics 365
  • Facebook
  • GLEIF API
  • Google Classroom
  • Granola
  • Honeycomb
  • LinkedIn
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Mural
  • PagerDuty
  • QuickBooks
  • Servicem8
  • Stack Exchange
  • Timely
  • WakaTime
  • Yelp
  • Zoho
  • Zoho Mail
  • Outlook
  • Trello
  • Calendly
  • Apaleo
  • Bitbucket
  • Clarity AI
  • Dialpad
  • Entelligence
  • Fathom
  • GoDaddy
  • Google Meet
  • Granted
  • Inspo
  • Linkhut
  • Miro
  • NotebookLM
  • Pinterest
  • Reddit
  • SharePoint
  • Stripe
  • TinyFish
  • Webex
  • YNAB
  • Zoho Bigin
  • Google Drive
  • Asana
  • Linear
  • Apify
  • Blackbaud
  • ClickUp
  • Dice
  • Eventbrite
  • Figma
  • Gong
  • Google Search Console
  • Greenhouse
  • Instagram
  • Mailchimp
  • Mobbin
  • Omnisend
  • Pinterest Ads
  • Reddit Ads
  • Shippo
  • Supabase
  • Trivago
  • WhatsApp
  • YouTube
  • Zoho Books
  • Google Sheets
  • Zoom
  • GitHub
  • Attio
  • Boldsign
  • Confluence
  • Discord
  • Excalidraw
  • Freeagent
  • Google Ads
  • Google Slides
  • Gumroad
  • Intercom
  • Malwarebytes
  • Monday
  • OneDrive
  • PopHIVE
  • Roam
  • SlidesGPT
  • Taskrabbit
  • Twitch
  • Wix
  • Zendesk
  • Zoho Desk

  • No app for it? I use the website.

    I follow links, compare pages, download what you need, and fill in forms. When a site wants your password or card, you type it in on the site yourself.

    How I use websites

  • And I have my own computer.

    I run programs, work through an app’s menus and buttons, and pull several files into one result. Yours can stay off.

    How my computer works

  • Connecting an app

    Open your account’s app list, or just ask me. You see what each app is asking for before you connect it.

    How connecting apps works

Three ways to reach me.
Same Buddy in all of them.

  • Text me

    In iMessage, from the phone you already carry. Photos, voice memos, and links all work.

  • Email me

    Write to me from the email address on your account, so I know it’s you. Forward anything, and reply to keep going.

  • Open the VXBE desktop app

    For Windows. Watch me work, take over when I need you, and find everything I’ve saved for you. Completely optional.

How to set up each oneGet VXBE for Windows

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