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# Persistent /claw sessions & contact memory

*April 27, 2026*

A bigger release — focused on making your WhatsApp EA more useful across chats, contacts, reminders, and follow-ups.

## Persistent /claw sessions

You can now ask Perisclaw to stay with a WhatsApp chat for a fixed window — 20 minutes, an hour, until dinner is locked in, whatever you say. It watches the conversation in the background, decides when it actually needs to step in, and stops on its own when the window ends. No re-prompting.

Two things to know:

* **You pick who it speaks as.** Tell it to reply *as you* (in your voice, no bot framing) and the chat reads naturally while you're away. Or have it reply *as Perisclaw*, clearly identified — good for "let them know I'm in a meeting until 4."
* **You set what it does, and for how long, in plain language.** For example:
  * "/claw respond as me for the next 30 minutes while we finalise dinner"
  * "/claw watch this group for 2 hours and reply as Perisclaw if anyone asks where I am"
  * "/claw stay on this chat until Raj confirms the time, then ping me"

Per-chat write controls also shipped — /claw will only speak in chats you've allowed it to write in.

## Contact memory

Perisclaw can now save useful facts about your contacts — emails, birthdays, job roles, preferences, notes like "prefers morning calls." If Google Contacts is connected, it can sync those details there too.

## Cleaner Google connect

Calendar, Contacts, Drive, and Sheets now use one safer Google connect flow, with stricter rules so the agent only ever sends real auth links.

## Better tasks, reminders & digests

We split digest attention items from actual to-dos — pure reminders no longer clutter your to-do list, recurring agent work is cleaner, and digests better reflect what's pending versus already handled.

## More WhatsApp context

Perisclaw now understands more WhatsApp message types — including events, RSVPs, live locations, and business messages — so it can remind you about follow-ups more reliably.


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