Your running coach
via iMessage.
An open-source Strava coach powered by Claude. Connect Strava once, then just text it for your runs, pace, heart rate, and personal records — and it nudges you to lace up, right from iMessage. Built on Linq.
How it works.
Clone & deploy.
Clone the repo, add your Linq token, Anthropic key, and Strava OAuth credentials to .env, then deploy the three-Lambda stack with AWS SAM.
Connect Strava once.
Text the number and tap the OAuth link. Linq forwards every message to your receiver via an HMAC-verified webhook — read receipts and typing fire instantly.
Claude coaches you.
Claude Sonnet 4 runs a tool-use loop against the Strava API — recent runs, stats, heart rate, best efforts — and texts the answer back as iMessages.
Under the hood.
Recent runs & pace.
Ask "how were my runs this week?" and get distance, pace, and time per activity — pulled live from your Strava, never made up.
Heart rate insight.
Average and max HR per run, with a flag on unusually high readings. If a run has no HR data, it tells you — it never fabricates numbers.
Best efforts & PRs.
Fastest 1 mile, 5K, 10K and more across your recent runs — with all-time personal records flagged 🏅 so you know when you just set one.
Daily run reminders.
Text "remind me to run every day" and a scheduled Lambda sends a daily nudge plus a personalized, context-aware check-in based on your training.
Remembers your story.
Builds context over time — injuries, goals, races, PRs, cross-training — and brings it up later: "how are the knees since those back-to-backs?"
One-tap Strava connect.
Secure OAuth in a single tap — no app, no dashboard. Strava tokens are AES-256-GCM encrypted at rest and every webhook is HMAC-SHA256 verified.
Up and running in minutes.
Clone the repo, add your API keys, and start coaching runners over iMessage from your own number.
Clone the Repogit clone https://github.com/linq-team/linq-strava-agent.gitcd linq-strava-agent && npm installcp .env.example .env # add Linq + Anthropic + Strava keysnpm run devSimple architecture.
iMessage → Your app → iMessage
Try it yourself.
Clone the repo, add your API keys,
and deploy your own Strava running coach on iMessage in minutes.
