Zara Features Emotional intelligence Commands Proactive Experience Zara

The AI that calls, books & closes.

Outbound voice calls. WhatsApp-native commands. Spotify DJ. Emotional intelligence that remembers when you were stressed and checks in the next day. One assistant that finishes what others only suggest.

  • 40+ Command groups
  • 50+ AI models to learn
  • 9 Google services
  • 24/7 Proactive automations

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Integrations

  • WhatsApp — Read, send, schedule & slash commands
  • Google ecosystem — Gmail · Calendar · Drive · Photos · Tasks · Meet · Contacts
  • YouTube — Channel stats, uploads & /watch search
  • Google Maps — Places search & directions
  • Spotify — Play, DJ & share playlists
  • Africa's Talking — Voice + SMS (+27)
  • ElevenLabs — Neural TTS
  • Simli — Photorealistic avatar
  • Claude AI — Anthropic reasoning · Sonnet & Opus
  • OpenAI — ChatGPT · GPT-5 · DALL-E · /gpt on WhatsApp
  • Google Gemini — Multimodal chat · /gemini on WhatsApp
  • Tavily — Live web research
  • LinkedIn — Social feed (OAuth)
  • Meta — Facebook & Instagram

Capabilities

She dials. You decide.

Outbound calls via Africa's Talking — the first personal AI that books in the real world.

Restaurant Reservations (/book)

Pipe-format booking, phone lookup, live call, keypad confirm, calendar + partner notify on success.

Medical & Service Calls (/appointment · /service)

Doctors, plumbers, electricians, couriers — same outbound flow with call-type-specific scripts.

SMS via Africa's Talking (+27 native)

Send SMS to any South African number. Agent tasks and notifications with SA-first delivery.

International Fallback (Bland · Twilio)

Non-SA numbers route through Bland.ai or Twilio when you need global reach.

Your pocket command centre.

No new app. Zara activates on slash commands, natural language, and "Hello Zara".

Read & Send Messages (Native bridge)

Fetch threads by contact, send styled messages, draft → SEND IT approval gate for safety.

Inbox Triage (07:15 daily)

Morning scan of threads needing reply — prioritised by relationship graph (partner, family, work).

Gmail Integration (OAuth)

Search inbox, summarise threads, send email — used by agent tasks and morning research.

Google Calendar (Auto-create)

Read upcoming events, create bookings after confirmed calls, YES to confirm alternate slots.

Your whole Google life, one command.

Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Photos, YouTube, Tasks, Meet, Maps & Contacts — synced from WhatsApp.

Ecosystem Snapshot (/google)

One command for connected Google services — Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Photos, Tasks, Meet & YouTube status.

YouTube & /watch (/youtube · /watch)

Channel stats and latest uploads. Search YouTube and get tappable watch links — "watch lofi on youtube".

Drive & Photos (/drive · /photos)

Recent Drive files and latest Photos — surfaced in WhatsApp without opening another app.

Contacts Sync (Dashboard)

Google Contacts sync fills WhatsApp numbers on your People Hub — match by name, store E.164 +27 numbers.

Your AI DJ on WhatsApp.

Control Spotify without leaving the chat — play, pause, skip, search, and share.

Play & Search (/play · natural)

"play Drake", "/play Blinding Lights", search artists and albums — hands-free from WhatsApp.

Transport Controls (pause · skip)

Pause, skip, next, prev, shuffle — instant DJ commands, no greeting required.

Playlists & Liked Songs (Your library)

Play your playlists, liked songs, and discover — surfaced in the app Now Playing bar.

Share to Contacts (WhatsApp share)

"Share my 2pac mix with Charissa on WhatsApp" — playlist links sent with relationship-aware tone.

She works while you sleep.

Scheduled automations and agent tasks that close loops without a prompt.

Morning Briefing (07:00 SAST)

Day Composer: weather, load shedding, calendar, goals, contacts, and social snippets.

Agent Tasks (/task)

Multi-step research, email, calendar, voice calls — planned by Claude, executed in background.

Birthday Wishes (08:00 SAST)

Personalised WhatsApp messages to contacts on their birthday from your relationship graph.

Goals & Check-ins (Daily · Mon/Thu)

Goal drift nudges, emotional check-ins, and weekly fintech competitor research — all automated.

Intelligence that grows with you.

Not session memory — a persistent life graph of people, goals, and facts.

Facts & Long-term Memory (remember)

"Remember my car is a Hilux" — auto-extracted memories injected into every conversation.

Life Graph & Contacts (Visual)

Relationship graph with birthdays, interaction counts, communication styles, and cold-contact alerts.

Memory Palace (Browse & search)

Searchable archive of everything Zara has learned — facts, goals, companies, and memories.

Meeting Co-pilot (Transcript → actions)

Paste a meeting transcript — topics, action items, and follow-ups saved to memory automatically.

Face, voice, and feeling.

Photorealistic WebRTC avatar with neural TTS and real-time voice conversations.

Simli Avatar (WebRTC)

Photorealistic lip-synced avatar in the app — a living presence, not a static chat bubble.

ElevenLabs TTS (Neural voice)

Natural speech synthesis with streaming audio — tone-aware responses based on your emotional state.

Real-time Voice Call (/ws/voice)

Full-duplex voice conversation in the app with STT, Claude reasoning, and avatar animation.

Live Tone Indicator (In-app)

Real-time vocal tone meter during voice calls — stressed, tired, focused, or energised — visible as you speak.

Jobs, homes, cars & trips.

Outcome hubs with premium WhatsApp cards — tap-to-open links, not another app.

Jobs & Careers (/jobs)

Vacancies, salaries & graduate programmes — curated cards with apply links across SA industries.

Property & Real Estate (/property)

Buy, rent, bonds & estate agents — Property24, Private Property & Gumtree listings on WhatsApp.

Cars & Vehicles (/cars)

Used cars, finance, insurance & compare — Hilux vs Ranger, live SA dealer listings.

Travel & Shopping (/travel · /shop)

Flights, stays, holidays & product search — deep links to book and buy on provider sites.

Grocery, liquor & retail — compared.

Multi-store SA deals with weekly flyers, price memory, and hyper-local sponsored placement near your address.

Deals Marketplace (/deals)

Compare milk, bread, maize meal & more across SPAR, Pick n Pay, Checkers & liquor — featured partner slots.

Weekly Flyer Flipbooks (/shop/weekly)

Digital specials flipbooks in WhatsApp — tap to open full weekly flyers with share-to-family links.

Price Memory (/prices)

"Remember SPAR milk was R89" — track prices over time and compare against live marketplace results.

Deal Watchlists (/watchlist)

Save products and get pinged when prices drop or new specials match — proactive alerts on WhatsApp.

Proactive nudges from real context.

Connect channels during onboarding — Zara builds a twin that briefs you and reaches out before you ask.

Multi-Channel Connect (Onboarding)

Gmail, Calendar, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, health & location — OAuth connectors with granular privacy toggles.

Proactive Nudges (Twin engine)

Morning briefings, inbox triage, goal drift, and emotional check-ins — triggered from your actual activity.

Location-Aware Deals (Your address)

Exact address during signup powers nearest-store specials, suburb targeting, and distance labels on deals.

Privacy & Export (Your data)

Per-connector controls, memory palace browse/search, and full export — self-hostable stack on your VPS.

Brain dump on WhatsApp. Browse in the app.

Save notes, lists, and brainstorms from chat — organised by folder in the Notes panel.

Quick Capture (/note)

Drop ideas, meeting notes, or shopping lists from WhatsApp — synced instantly to your account.

Folders & Search (Notes panel)

Browse, search, and organise notes in the app — work, personal, projects, and brainstorm folders.

Brainstorm Mode (/note brainstorm)

Structured ideation sessions — Zara expands, groups, and saves outputs to memory for later.

Household Mode (Shared lists)

Family shopping lists, chores, and shared reminders — productivity group for household coordination.

Power cuts to prepaid data.

Specialised hubs for beauty, gaming, fashion, civic services, pets, weddings, and more — all on WhatsApp.

Power & Backup (/power)

Load shedding schedules, inverter sizing, solar quotes, generators & UPS shopping guides.

Data & Mobile (/data)

Prepaid bundles, airtime, network compare & mobile deals — MTN, Vodacom, Cell C & Telkom.

Civic & Government (/civic)

Traffic fines, SARS, Home Affairs, licences, grants & municipal services — links and next steps.

Multilingual (/lang)

Zulu, Afrikaans & Sesotho phrases — onboarding language preference shapes every reply.

Learn models. Discover tools.

Two AI surfaces — /learn for tutorials on ChatGPT & Claude Code; /aihub for tools, jobs & trends.

Learn AI Models (/learn)

/learn ChatGPT · Claude Code · Opus 4.7 · Sonnet 4.6 · GPT-5.5 · DeepSeek — 50+ models with docs, videos & courses.

AI Hub Discovery (/aihub)

Best AI tools, courses, prompt engineering, agentic workflows, AI jobs & enterprise adoption in SA.

Multi-Provider Chat (/gpt · /claude · /gemini)

Chat with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini directly from WhatsApp — vision and image generation included.

School Learning Hub (/learn grade 10)

CAPS-aligned primary & high school — videos, reels, Siyavula, Khan Academy, past papers & tertiary courses.

Emotional intelligence

  1. 01 Detect — Every chat message is scanned for stress and positive signals. Voice calls classify your tone in real time — stressed, tired, focused, energised — via Web Audio analysis.
  2. 02 Remember — Signals are saved with dates to an emotion log and vocal tone history. Zara knows you felt stressed on Tuesday about a work deadline — not just how you feel right now.
  3. 03 Adapt — Responses change to match you: calm and brief when stressed, short and practical when tired, punchy when energised. Woven into every chat and voice turn — never robotic or clinical.
  4. 04 Check in — Morning briefings open with empathetic follow-ups. Mon & Thu evenings, Zara reaches out on WhatsApp if stress has built up — like a close friend, not a wellness app.

Tone adaptation

  • Stressed — Calm, brief, direct — cuts the noise
  • Tired — Short, practical, easy to act on
  • Energised — Punchy, dynamic, matches your pace
  • Focused — Efficient, no small talk

Slash commands & natural language

Voice & booking

  • /book La Parada | Friday 7pm | 2 → Restaurant reservation call → calendar → partner notify
  • /appointment Dr Smith | Mon 10am | checkup → Medical outbound call → post-call closure
  • /service Joe Plumbing | Tue 2pm | burst pipe → Trades & services call with job details
  • /confirm Takealot Courier | Fri 9am | ref 12345 → Delivery coordination call
  • /call Marble Restaurant | tomorrow 3pm | wine tasting → Any business — lookup or direct dial
  • /call +2711… | today 2pm | follow up quote → Direct number outbound call
  • /voice → Full outbound call reference & examples

Messages & inbox

  • check messages from Charissa → Fetch thread · summarise unread
  • send WhatsApp to Barry: running 10 mins late → Draft message → SEND IT to dispatch
  • SEND IT → Dispatch the latest pending WhatsApp draft
  • send SMS to +27…: your message → Africa's Talking SMS to any SA number
  • summarise my unread Gmail → Inbox scan → WhatsApp summary
  • what's on my calendar tomorrow → Google Calendar read → plain text reply

Google ecosystem

  • /google → Full Google ecosystem snapshot
  • /youtube → Channel stats & latest uploads
  • /watch lofi hip hop → Search YouTube → tappable watch links
  • /drive → Recent Google Drive files
  • /photos → Recent Google Photos
  • /tasks → Open Google Tasks list
  • /meet → Upcoming Google Meet calls
  • /maps Sandton restaurants → Places search or directions

Productivity & agents

  • /briefing → Day Composer: weather · load shedding · calendar · goals
  • /task Research AI fintech trends in SA → Background agent → email → WhatsApp summary
  • /task Check Gmail for Nedbank emails and summarize → Multi-step inbox research task
  • /task Send WhatsApp to Barry: running 10 mins late → Agent drafts and queues message
  • YES → Confirm pending calendar entry from a call
  • /help → Full WhatsApp command reference

Spotify DJ

  • /play Blinding Lights → Search & play on Spotify
  • play Drake → Natural language play — same as /play
  • pause · skip · next · prev → Transport controls instantly
  • shuffle · resume → Playback mode without slash syntax
  • play my liked songs → Playlist from your library
  • share my 2pac mix with Charissa → Spotify link sent via WhatsApp

Memory & facts

  • remember my car is a Hilux → Saved to persistent fact memory
  • remember Charissa's birthday is 14 March → Life graph + proactive wishes
  • remember SPAR milk was R89 → Price memory for /deals compare
  • /prices milk → List saved prices & compare trends
  • forget my old address → Deletes a stored fact
  • Hello Zara → Wake the assistant on WhatsApp

Notes & brainstorming

  • /note Q3 planning ideas → Saved to Notes · synced to app
  • /note list work → List notes in Work folder
  • /note search budget → Search all saved notes
  • /note brainstorm product launch → Structured ideation session

Health & wellness

  • /health → Steps · sleep · workout snapshot
  • how did I sleep last night → Health hub natural language query
  • morning briefing → Same as /briefing — also runs at 07:00 SAST

Scheduled & reminders

  • schedule for 7am tomorrow → Schedule a WhatsApp message at a set time
  • Approved → Confirm a pending draft for scheduled send
  • every monday /briefing → Recurring command on cron (SAST)
  • remind me friday at 6pm to /book La Parada | Friday 7pm | 2 → One-shot reminder with command execution
  • /schedule list → List scheduled commands and reminders

Education & AI learning

  • /learn grade 10 maths → Videos · reels · lessons · past papers
  • /learn claude code → Docs · tutorials · courses for Claude Code
  • /learn opus 4.7 → Learn Claude Opus — videos, docs & prompts
  • /learn chatgpt → ChatGPT tutorials · OpenAI docs · YouTube
  • find me MBA courses in Johannesburg → Tertiary courses & bursaries
  • NSFAS application requirements → Bursaries & funding links

AI hub

  • /aihub best AI tools 2026 → Tools · courses · news · prompts · agents
  • /aihub AI jobs Cape Town → AI & ML careers in South Africa
  • /gpt explain blockchain → ChatGPT via OpenAI on WhatsApp
  • /claude summarise this → Claude direct — Sonnet & Opus
  • /gemini translate to Zulu → Google Gemini multimodal chat

Discovery hubs

  • find me product manager jobs Cape Town → Vacancies with apply links
  • find me a 3 bed house in Sandton under R3m → Property24 & agency listings
  • find me a used Hilux under R400k → Cars · finance · compare
  • /services plumber Sandton → Trades, legal, marketing & healthcare — Places + Tavily
  • /dine indian Sandton → Restaurant discovery · /maps places
  • /travel flights JHB to Cape Town Friday → Flights · stays · holiday deals
  • /shop nike air force 1 → Product search across SA retailers

Deals & specials

  • /deals milk near Karaglen → Compare SPAR · PnP · Checkers with distance labels
  • /weekly spar specials → Digital flyer flipbook in WhatsApp
  • /shop/weekly/spar → Deep link opens full weekly specials
  • /watchlist milk → Alert when price drops or new special matches
  • cheapest bread near me → Natural language deals search

SA lifestyle hubs

  • /netflix new releases → Shows, seasons & streaming picks
  • /events this weekend JHB → Gigs, markets & things to do
  • /trending → X · Instagram · TikTok · sports · politics digest
  • /power load shedding Edenvale → Schedules · inverters · solar guides
  • /data MTN 10GB prepaid → Bundles · airtime · network compare
  • /civic traffic fine check → Fines · SARS · Home Affairs links
  • /beauty skincare deals → Makeup · fragrance · viral trends
  • /gaming PS5 deals → Consoles · releases · walkthroughs
  • /lang zulu greeting → Zulu · Afrikaans · Sesotho phrases
  • /business chase invoice ClientCo → SME invoice chase & follow-ups

Proactive schedule

  • 07:00 Morning briefing — Day Composer → WhatsApp
  • 07:15 Inbox triage — Threads needing reply
  • 08:00 Birthday wishes — Contacts in life graph
  • 10:00 Goal drift nudge — Stale goals encouragement
  • Mon 06:30 Weekly research — AI/fintech competitor scan
  • Mon/Thu 18:00 Emotional check-in — Warm WhatsApp if stress built up over 5 days

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