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How HN: Billy – a self-hosted AI assistant that lives in your Telegram

Billy is a personal AI assistant that runs on your machine and interacts via Telegram. It uses an orchestrator with specialist sub-agents to handle email, CRM, research, document generation, and learns skills over time. It can run on local models (Ollama) or cloud (Anthropic Claude).

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How HN: Billy – a self-hosted AI assistant that lives in your Telegram
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  • Runs locally or in cloud with AI model orchestration.
  • Manages email, CRM, research, documents, and image generation.
  • Learns reusable skills via markdown playbooks.
  • Safety guards prevent self-source editing and unsolicited email.

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