Holly
Your chief of staff, on your Mac. It runs on the Claude you already pay for, and it drafts instead of sending or buying.
Holly comes with Teamforce for Mac, coming soon · Free · Uses your own Claude plan
What Holly does
- Talks wherever you are. On your Mac, in Telegram (type or send a voice note), or on a phone call with Buddy for iPhone.
- Calls you. With Buddy, Holly can ring your iPhone. When you say goodbye, Holly hangs up.
- Knows where you are, on a call. If you allow it, so it can answer "what's near me" and travel times. Your Mac forgets it soon after the call.
- Keeps you posted. A daily brief and alerts from the missions you set up.
- Drafts, never sends. Holly is told to write the email or the message for you to send, and never to buy anything.
- You choose its tools. Teamforce lists every tool Holly and each agent can use, says in plain words what it touches, and has a switch for each. Off means Claude never gets that tool.
- Remembers in plain files. Each job keeps its notes in files on your Mac that you can read and edit.
What Holly doesn't do
- It needs your Mac awake. Teamforce keeps the Mac awake while Holly is on, but closing a laptop's lid still puts it to sleep, and Holly stops with it. A Mac mini at home works well.
- It doesn't buy or send for you. On purpose.
- Fewer ready-made connections than the big cloud bots. Claude's MCP tools cover many.
How it compares
| Holly | OpenAI Dots | Meta Muse | xAI Grok Bot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Your own Mac | Its own cloud computer | A cloud computer per user | A cloud computer per account |
| Reach it from | The Mac, Telegram, phone calls with Buddy | ChatGPT, Slack, Teams, voice | Muse app, web, WhatsApp | Desktop and iPhone app |
| Reaches you first | A daily brief, alerts, and it can ring your iPhone | Yes, by message | Yes, by message | Yes: routines |
| Before acting | Drafts, never sends or buys | Rules per action | Asks before sends and purchases | Pauses for approval |
| Memory | Plain files you can edit | ChatGPT memory | Yes | Across sessions |
| Works with laptop closed | No: a closed lid puts the Mac to sleep | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Extra cost | $0: your Claude plan | Paid plan | Free, $20 or $100 a month | Paid plan |
From each company's public pages, September 30, 2026.
Holly runs your own Claude Code, unmodified, on your own subscription, on your Mac. It never sees or sends your Claude login. Your Mac talks to Telegram directly. The one thing we run is Switchboard, the relay that lets Buddy reach your Mac, and it can't read what passes through. Holly stops when your Mac sleeps or Teamforce quits.