How to Set Recurring Reminders Without Leaving Your Messaging App

The problem: WhatsApp has no built-in reminders

WhatsApp is where most people's daily communication happens — family groups, work chats, everything in between. But it has no native reminder or scheduling feature. If you want to remember something, you have to leave the app and open a separate reminders tool, which is exactly the kind of friction that means it often doesn't happen.

There's a better way. Tomo is an AI assistant that lives in Telegram (WhatsApp support is coming soon). You can set recurring reminders directly from a chat — in plain English, without switching apps.

Step-by-step: setting a recurring reminder

Once you've connected Tomo on Telegram, the process is straightforward:

1. Open your Tomo chat in Telegram. It works like any other Telegram conversation.
2. Type your reminder in plain English.You don't need special commands or formats. Examples:
   • “Remind me to take vitamins every morning at 8am”
   • “Remind me every Monday at 9am to check in with the team”
   • “Remind me on the first of every month to pay rent”
   • “Every Friday at 5pm, remind me to send my weekly update”
3. Tomo confirms what it understood. It will echo back the reminder details — time, frequency, and the message — before saving it.
4. Confirm or adjust.If the details are right, reply “yes” or “confirmed.” If something needs changing (“make it 7:30am instead”), just say so before confirming.
5. Done.Tomo saves the reminder. You'll get a Telegram message at the right time, every time — until you cancel it.

What counts as a recurring reminder

Tomo handles the full range of recurrence patterns that come up in daily life — not just “daily” and “weekly”:

• Daily at a specific time (“every morning at 8am”)
• Specific days of the week (“every Monday and Wednesday at 6pm”)
• Weekdays only (“every weekday at 9am”)
• Monthly on a specific date (“first of every month”)
• Custom intervals (“every two weeks on Thursday”)

How to cancel or change a recurring reminder

Message Tomo as naturally as you set it: “Cancel my vitamins reminder” or “Change my Monday 9am reminder to 10am.” Tomo identifies the reminder, confirms the change, and updates it.

Get started with a 7-day free trial. You can set recurring reminders via Telegram. WhatsApp support is coming soon.

See also: what an AI personal assistant actually is and how parents use Tomo for family logistics.