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What Is RIRD? The AI Employee You Message Like a Coworker

23 built-in tools, stealth browser, 24/7 execution -- all from your chat app.

January 15, 2026Updated February 12, 20264 min read Rird Team

Message your AI employee on WhatsApp: "go through yesterday's meeting notes, draft follow-ups to each attendee, and schedule the top three callbacks for next week." Done before your morning coffee. That is RIRD. It is an AI employee you message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, or Discord. Any task you would hand to a new hire, a VA, or a junior team member -- research, scheduling, data entry, email, monitoring, reporting -- RIRD handles it with a full computer: browser, web search, code execution, file management, and 18 other tools. Think of it as a new hire who can do any desk job, works 24/7, and starts at $9/week.

How It Works

You send a message through your chat app. RIRD parses the request, picks the right tools, and executes. Ask it to compare five vendors for a software purchase -- it opens a real browser, visits each vendor's site, extracts pricing and features, cross-references reviews, and drops a comparison spreadsheet in your chat thread.

Each employee runs in its own isolated sandbox -- separate browser, file system, and memory. Your data never touches another user. Under the hood, RIRD is built on OpenClaw, an open agent framework that orchestrates all 23 tools. The browser includes a stealth layer that passes bot detection on sites where Selenium, Puppeteer, and basic scraping tools get blocked instantly.

The 23 Tools

  • Browser -- navigate, fill forms, click, extract data, take screenshots, run JavaScript. Works on protected sites.
  • Search + fetch -- Google, Bing, or any search engine. Parse any URL.
  • Email + messaging -- send emails, Slack messages, WhatsApp, SMS, and Discord on your behalf.
  • Code -- write and run Python, JavaScript, or Bash. Process data, generate reports.
  • Files -- create spreadsheets, PDFs, documents. Read, write, edit.
  • Scheduling -- recurring tasks, cron jobs, alerts, monitoring.
  • Multi-agent -- spawn sub-agents for parallel work.

Not a Chatbot

ChatGPT answers questions. RIRD completes tasks. A chatbot can tell you how to find competitor pricing. RIRD opens a browser, finds the pricing, compares it to yours, formats it in a spreadsheet, and sends it to your Slack every Monday at 9am. The full comparison explains why this distinction changes everything.

Who Uses It

  • Busy executives -- inbox triage, meeting prep, vendor research, competitive intelligence.
  • Media buyers -- competitor ad tracking, audience research, creative monitoring, spend analysis.
  • Business owners -- operations, hiring research, compliance checks, report generation.
  • Agencies -- competitor monitoring, content research, client reporting, influencer discovery.
  • Small businesses -- a $9/week virtual assistant for any desk job.

Pricing

Every plan includes all 23 tools, stealth browser, and unlimited task types. The only variable is volume:

  • $9/week -- for solopreneurs and light use. A few recurring tasks and ad-hoc requests.
  • $99/mo -- for teams running daily workflows, monitoring, and research.
  • $249/mo -- for agencies and ops teams with high-volume, multi-employee setups.

A virtual assistant costs $800-1,500/mo. A full-time junior hire costs $3,000-5,000/mo. RIRD runs 24/7 with no PTO, no ramp time, no management overhead. The full cost breakdown shows the math.

Get Started in 5 Minutes

Connect RIRD to WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, or Discord. Name your AI employee. Start sending tasks. No API keys, no code, no infrastructure. The setup guide walks through every step, or jump to the documentation.

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