OpenInstinct

OpenInstinct is an open source assistant that lives in an iMessage thread and carries out errands on real websites. A user texts it a chore, such as reordering groceries, booking an appointment or filling in a form, and it completes the job in a cloud browser, including sign in and checkout, then replies with a screenshot and a summary. It is designed for people who want a personal, family or team agent that they own rather than rent. Passwords and cards are encrypted before storage, and the worker hands the browser a handle so the saved value is filled from a vault rather than being exposed to the model. Before any purchase it posts the merchant, item and total in the thread and waits for approval, and email, calendar events and destructive changes also need approval. It remembers details such as name, address and preferences and reuses them on forms, and it forgets them on request. Setup is a deploy into the user's own Vercel account, which provisions the browser, database, private Blob store and iMessage line, and configures AI Gateway. The user needs a Vercel account and an iPhone. Any model available through Vercel AI Gateway can be chosen. The code is MIT licensed. The site publishes no price for the software itself; Vercel bills usage to the user's account.