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Open Instinct is an open-source personal AI agent that users text through iMessage, SMS, email, or webhooks. It runs its own agent process in a microVM with a Linux desktop, uses the Pi agent loop and Composio to operate connected applications, and can create files such as PDFs in its workspace before sending them back as attachments.
A policy guard evaluates every tool call. Its network model defines six trust tiers for contacts and their agents, with grants for narrowly scoped exceptions; permissions, invitations, agent-to-agent tools, approvals, scheduling, memory, and audit logging are handled by the repository's packages. Payments use a Stripe Link wallet to request a single-use card for an exact total after owner approval, with spending limits and confirmation rules defined in a policy file.
The repository provides a TypeScript CLI, local development and Maritime deployment paths, a multi-user gateway, and documentation for configuration, permissions, protocols, security, and self-hosting. It is distributed under the MIT license; the README describes live iMessage and Maritime deployment as beta and requires users to provide their own service keys.
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A personal AI agent you text over iMessage, running on its own Linux desktop in a microVM. It does real tasks and can pay through a Stripe-linked wallet, with every tool call going through a policy check and six trust tiers for people, enforced in code.
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