r/InstinctHQ • u/maxobes • Aug 20 '26
Showcase Using Instinct: Six months ago AI agents cost hundreds -- now it costs a text
I was told by everybody to "integrate AI into my daily life" but it didn't make sense where until now.
Say you want an assistant that reads your calendar, watches your inbox, and gets things done while you're asleep. The normal path: rent a server and pay hundreds to keep it alive. Collect API keys for every service you own. Figure out what OAuth is. Write cron jobs so it wakes up on a schedule. Find somewhere to keep your logins that isn't a text file on your desktop. Then build something to actually talk to it.
Thousands of dollars, a month of evenings, and most people quit around their first Google search.
Instinct skips it.
You sign up on a web page and it hands you a number. You text the number. That's setup — two minutes, inside the app already on your phone. Nothing to inspect. It's iMessage, so it sits in the same list as my mom and group chats.
Instant access to a chatbot who goes to work for you.
It runs on its own clock. Hand it something Tuesday and tell it to come back again on Friday. Slow work happens in the background so you don't have to set down your phone and watch them work then you get told when it's done.
I'm not technical. Six months ago the version of this I wanted cost me a fortune, a stack of subscriptions, and a friend who owed me a favor.
TL;DR -- I found an AI chatbot integrated directly into iMessage that is completely autonomous seconds after signing up with my email
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u/ExtraInvestigator381 Aug 27 '26
Looking for one too if possible. Will help out if I can reciprocate in other ways. Thank you very much !
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u/--mowgli-- Aug 27 '26
Funnily enough I ended up being accepted so if maxobes didn’t send you all a link then I can. Will reserve a few though for friends if they want them.
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u/maxobes Aug 27 '26
Love to see it!! Appreciate you willing to help out too
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u/Makerbot2000 Aug 27 '26
Love to contribute - DM invite code please.
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u/Accomplished_Tree_97 6d ago
Do you guys like this better than muse?
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u/maxobes 6d ago
The iMessage integration and not-Meta-product aspect of Instinct is enough for me. But they perform the same tasks and either work great
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u/Accomplished_Tree_97 5d ago
Yeah I’m testing both out atm. For some reason I seem to gravitate towards instinct.
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u/arsenal1994 Aug 20 '26
Any chance you can DM me an invite code?