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I'm working on tonebird, a tool that helps you reply to messages. Meta recently launched Muse, an AI assistant that can draft replies for you, so I used it seriously for two weeks as a competitor, almost entirely for replying to messages. Honestly I like it. For work messages, like a coworker asking for an update or a partner trying to set up a call, it's way faster than starting from scratch. But three things kept getting in the way, and they're the same walls we hit while building. It doesn't sound like me. My reply to my boss and my reply to my best friend came out in the same polite assistant voice. One time a friend texted back "did you have AI write this lol". It also writes long, I usually send a sentence or two and it gives me a paragraph. And it sometimes agrees to things for me, like a time I never committed to. Approving every single message. My rule is nothing sends unless I've read it, so ten replies means ten taps. I never turned on Allow Always because I kept picturing someone asking "are you here yet" and it replying "yep!" while I'm still on the train. Copy paste. The draft lives in Muse's window, so I copy it to wherever the conversation actually is. At some point I realized this is basically what I was doing with ChatGPT before. The way I see it, all three come from one thing. It writes in a general style, not the way I actually talk to this specific person. How we iterated Step 1: Paste samples. Paste a few of my messages to someone and ask it to match. Worked for a couple replies, then drifted, and you have to repaste for every new person. That's when we decided tone can't be solved with a prompt. It has to be remembered per person. Step 2: Relationship memory for each person. Not just how you talk to them, but what you've discussed and what you've already promised. If it knows what you actually agreed to, it doesn't make up new commitments. Specifics like pricing or project scope come from docs you give it, not from guessing. Step 3: Three drafts instead of one. With one draft you either take it or rewrite it. With three you pick the one that sounds most like you and tweak a word. If the tone is off you can adjust it, and it remembers next time. Step 4: Put the draft where the conversation is. Double tap a hotkey in whatever app you're replying in, and the drafts show up next to the reply box. Pick one, insert it, hit send yourself. It never sends on your behalf, so there's no "always allow" question at all. Still early. The feedback I want most: does getting these drafts feel helpful or like too much?   submitted by   /u/piupiuyao [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/9 07:32:20