Manus launches Manus Agents, allowing users to access Manus directly inside messaging apps, starting with Telegram and coming soon to other platforms
Today, we're introducing Manus Agents — a new way to access and use Manus directly inside your messaging apps. Telegram is the first supported channel.
The launch also follows Manus extending its agent beyond a cloud-only environment through its My Computer desktop app. Telegram is the first channel, while Manus says additional messaging platforms are planned.
First-order effects
Telegram users can invoke Manus through a messaging interface, reducing the need to switch into a standalone Manus destination.
Manus gains an in-chat distribution channel on Telegram; its forthcoming channel integrations make messaging-platform access a stated product path.
Second-order effects
The move raises the value of conversational entry points for agent providers: competing assistants may face pressure to meet users inside established messaging workflows rather than only in dedicated apps.
Telegram’s bot and mini-app ecosystem gains another example of a more capable service delivered through chat, potentially making discovery and interface design more consequential for third-party developers.
Third-order effects
If agent providers continue moving into messaging clients, the messaging thread could become an assistant operating layer where distribution, user trust, and platform access matter as much as standalone agent interfaces.
That shift could concentrate leverage with platforms that control chat surfaces and their bot policies, while agents compete to retain a distinct role across multiple channels.
The trend: This is part of the shift toward embedded AI agents that meet users inside the communication surfaces where work and coordination already happen.
Oh, and this is just the beginning 😏 Coming up: - Create your own specialized agents and plug them into any group chat. - Landing on WhatsApp, LINE, Slack, Discord very soon. - Native Windows & Mac apps that let Manus operate your computer (think our Browser Operator... but way…
News thread for Feb 16th. The start of yet another big release week. Manus continuing the trend here of giving agents long-term memory and tools. [image]
Introducing Manus Agents — your personal Manus, now inside your chats. 👉🏻Long-term memory. Remembers your style, tone, and preferences. 👉🏻Full Manus power. Create videos, slides, websites, images from one message. 👉🏻Your tools, connected. Gmail, Calendar, Notion, and more. [video…
i have to be honest i've been disappointed so far. perhaps the worst part is that you can't clear the chat / or have multiple chats. so you get a ton of context rot. scheduling and heartbeats are also broken. so it doesn't have that proactive always on feel. it's also perfor…
Manus just launched Manus Agents, reasoning, multi-step task execution, and tool integrations directly into chat apps, starting with Telegram. This makes AI, and especially agents, even more accessible to casual users. This also explains why Meta acquired Manus. [video]
...idk how i feel about this, on one hand its great meta is finally shipping but it seems like a rushed response to OAI's acquisition yday also manus still runs on their own model which is NOWHERE NEAR as good as frontier models imo openclaw still mogs
i don't see an intuitive way to switch to manus max within the agent (as the blog claims) i don't see a way to start a new prompt or have multiple chats so im burning through thousands of tokens and have a ton of context rot. cron jobs and reminders seem broken because the insta…
@iruletheworldmo @ManusAI We have a new way to manage the long context to avoid context rot and consumption problem. Not perfect at this moment but will keep optimize it. For cron jobs related issues, just give us some time, working on it.
lol meta couldn't acquire @openclaw so they pulled a classic zuck move just clone the whole thing then add it as a feature to an existing product surprised they didn't try to shove this into instagram
Well, I think I need to clarify this: Manus personal agent mode is not based on @openclaw. It is still built entirely on Manus's in-house architecture. That said, I still believe it's necessary to pay respect to the OpenClaw project, because it further experimented with and
In a world of openclaw, codex, claude code/cowork, manus, and other agentic systems, it's becoming clear that the future of software has to be API-first, but also enable human interaction for verification, collaboration with agents and people, and working on the output. It's