# What is Rome?
URL: /docs/rome
Markdown: /docs/rome.md

Rome is a personal AI assistant you can extend with Rome Apps.

There is an active community where you can share ideas and learn from others.

## What is Rome App? [#what-is-rome-app]

Rome App is the easiest way to use a powerful agent with no friction. It's a small add-on you install to collaborate with Rome, like:

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    Get trending news you like.
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  <AppStoreItemCard title="Stay on top of email" href="/store?q=email">
    Filter your inbox and draft replies for you.
  </AppStoreItemCard>

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    Analyze your stock portfolio and get daily updates.
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    Review pull requests with your style and preferences.
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There is a growing catalog of apps in the App Store for your daily use.

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You can also build your own app with Rome and share it with the community.

## What a day with Rome looks like [#what-a-day-with-rome-looks-like]

### Reminds you and follows things through [#reminds-you-and-follows-things-through]

Ask Rome to keep an eye on something and it will.

> 1. Remind me to renew my passport next month.
> 2. Every morning, send me what's on my calendar and anything I said I'd follow up on.

It shows up on its own when the moment comes — you don't have to remember to ask again.

### Looks things up, drafts, and gets small things done [#looks-things-up-drafts-and-gets-small-things-done]

> 1. Draft a reply to this email.
> 2. Summarize this email thread before my meeting.

Rome does the legwork and comes back with something you can use, right there in your chat.

## It grows with you [#it-grows-with-you]

When there isn't an app yet, you can have Rome **build one for you**. Because
Rome can write and ship apps the same way it helps with everything else, it can
grow to fit your life instead of asking you to fit yourself to it.

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    Build me a teach app based on Matt's teach skills.
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  <Card href="/docs/building-apps" title="Build apps">
    Want to make your own? Start here.
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## Yours, on your terms [#yours-on-your-terms]

Rome runs on your private machine (even the ones Rome hosts) and works for you alone — so it can be told things
a shared assistant never could. It handles the routine on its own, and checks
with you first before anything that really matters, like sending a sensitive
message or spending money.

## Next steps [#next-steps]

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    Talk to Rome from WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and more.
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  <Card href="/docs/building-apps" title="Build apps">
    Create a Rome App and add the abilities you want.
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