Talk to me here
Signal
Your own Signal. Scan a code, then use Note to Self.
Connect it
Signal has no bots you can make, so Conch joins your own Signal as a linked device, the way Signal Desktop does. It talks to Signal through signal-cli, which Conch installs for you when it isn't there yet (on a Mac or Linux, with Homebrew; on Windows, Conch links to its download and installs Java for it).
In Conch, open Apps, choose Talk to me here, then Signal. A code is on the page at once.
- Open Signal on your phone.
- Tap your picture, then Linked devices.
- Tap Link a new device, and point the phone at the code in Conch.
Scanning it is your hello: Conch knows the account is yours. A code nobody scans is replaced by itself, a few times, before the page offers Show a new code.
Talk to it in Note to Self
Your assistant lives in Note to Self. Write there from your phone or any device; it answers there, and the conversation is also in Conch.
When it asks before doing something, the question ends with numbers: reply 1 to allow, 2 for always in this chat, 3 to not allow.
Good to know
- Your friends' chats stay yours. Conch never reads or answers other people's chats with you, or your groups, unless you turn on A number just for Conch for a number used only by your assistant.
- signal-cli is a long-standing open-source Signal client that Signal doesn't make. Your messages stay end-to-end encrypted; this computer becomes one of your linked devices.
- It keeps going by itself. If signal-cli stops, Conch starts it again. If it needs Java or signal-cli itself, the channel shows Install, and Repair everything does too.
- Disconnect in Conch deletes its keys from this computer. Then remove Conch under Linked devices in Signal as well: Signal only lets the phone do that.