i have tried out folk, poke, perisclaw and pretty much all the tools out there. INSTINCT is sooo GOODDD!!!
things that have stood out:
1. does pretty much all the trivial stuff that general ai assistants aren't able to do
2. really good with long horizon tasks
3. super proactive nudges that feels really human
A week with Instinct and i'm not going back. what really works:
1. On whatsapp: replies in seconds, reacts with an emoji when nothing needs saying, have 10+ different tasks simultaneously and all from where I already spend time, no new app needed.
2. Voice notes: I ramble a half formed voice note about a trip. It does the thing asked and comes back with solutions
3. It verifies: flights checked on the airline's own site. asked about supplements and it read the actual lab tests before naming a brand.
4. It sends receipts: screenshots of what it saw, the article it got the information from, the Airbnb link, etc. I never have to ask "where did you get that."
5. My current rails, not theirs: I book through my HSBC portal for 6x points. It'll book through the portal if asked. every other tool wants to drag you into its own checkout and quietly cost you the points.
6. Standing tasks: it's watching a flight I need on specific dates and tracking my card offers, running daily without me. Pings only when there's actual money in it.
7. It just knows the job: told it my first triathlon is coming up, it built the list of everything I need to sort out before then.
Easily worth paying money for, hmu if you want an invite.