Episode Details

Personal CRM keeps getting declared dead, yet there's now a protocol server with 88 tools for managing your friendships. We break down what separates a real personal CRM from a repurposed sales pipeline, survey the SaaS options (Dex, Mesh, folk) against the self-hosted ones (Monica, Twenty, EspoCRM) on features, pricing, privacy, and portability, and ask the question that actually matters in 2026: which platforms can an AI assistant talk to? Is the best personal CRM a specialized product, a repurposed business tool, or just a well-structured contact database wired to an intelligent assistant? Key sources: • Dex MCP Server docs , accessed 2026-10-14 — https://getdex.com/docs/ai/mcp-server • folk pricing page , accessed 2026-10-14 — https://www.folk.app/pricing • Monica blog , 2026-08-06 — https://www.monicahq.com/en/blog/new-version-of-monica-in-2026/ Episode 5971 — myweirdprompts.com/n/5971 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/151459)