Core comparison

Instinct

Text-and-call personal assistant

A personal assistant reached by text or call, designed to understand ongoing work and use connected applications and devices for everyday tasks.

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Official homepage links to account access; terms require age 18+. Reviewed sources do not verify immediate admission, a country list, or current invite requirements.

Screenshot of the Instinct homepage.
Official page: Instinct (Instinct). Captured October 2, 2026, cropped.

Overview

Instinct presents a text-and-call assistant with proactive contact and device operation. The public evidence is thinner than for several products in this guide, so important access and operating details remain unresolved.

Evidence:Instinct

What the evidence establishes

The privacy policy describes permission-based Google app integrations and personalization. Precise persistent-memory controls and the cloud/local execution split are not established by the reviewed material.

Evidence:Privacy PolicyTerms of Service

Access and cost

No current numeric subscription price, comprehensive region list or immediate-admission policy was verified. Do not assume the product is free, generally available or invitation-only.

Evidence:Terms of Service

Privacy and permission questions

Disconnecting an integration does not automatically delete indexed data. Training choices, Google Workspace API data and Vault materials have distinct treatment; review the policy before connecting sensitive material.

Evidence:Privacy Policy

Before you choose

Ask for the supported apps and calling or messaging transports, your region’s eligibility, actual pricing and action-review controls. Try a harmless bounded task before adding more access. Sparse documentation is a reason to ask concrete questions, not evidence that a feature is absent.

Capabilities, access & open questions

Evidence labels describe the sources, not independent testing. The methodology page explains each label.

Who it's built for

Documented

Maker's positioning: everyday personal logistics, handled by text or call with no new interface to learn.

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Evidence:Instinct

Underlying model

Not verified

Vendor describes a trained core model but does not identify a public model name on the reviewed homepage.

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Context, not verification:Instinct

Chat channels

Documented

Text or call it; it can proactively call or text you. The exact messaging transports are not specified on the homepage.

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Evidence:Instinct

App access

Documented

Permission-based email, messaging, screen, audio, and location access. Privacy policy names Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Tasks integrations.

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Evidence:InstinctPrivacy Policy

Memory/context

Documented

Personalizes using interaction context and prior experience. Detailed persistent-memory controls and retention behavior are not publicly established here.

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Evidence:Privacy Policy

Schedules and triggers

Not verified

Recurring user-configured schedules or event-trigger setup are not documented in reviewed primary pages.

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Background work

Documented

Vendor describes proactive follow-ups and initiating texts or calls.

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Evidence:Instinct

Computer use

Documented

Trained to operate a phone and computer; public legal pages describe Mac and mobile applications. Precise cloud/local execution architecture remains unverified.

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Evidence:InstinctTerms of Service

What it can make

Not verified

The homepage describes everyday actions such as follow-ups, rides and bookings; document or media creation is not established.

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Context, not verification:Instinct

Shared use

Not verified

No verified shared-team assistant feature.

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Multiple assistants

Not verified

No verified user-managed multi-assistant roster.

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Reusable skills/templates

Not verified

No verified public assistant-template marketplace or sharing flow.

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Voice

Documented

Text and calls, including proactive contact. Exact supported messaging transports are unspecified on the homepage.

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Evidence:Instinct

Free tier or paid entry

Not verified

No public plan or free-tier details verified. The terms contemplate paid services.

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Context, not verification:Terms of Service

Availability

Not verified

Official homepage links to account access; terms require age 18+. Reviewed sources do not verify immediate admission, a country list, or current invite requirements.

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Context, not verification:InstinctTerms of Service

Pricing

Not verified

No public subscription amounts verified. Terms contemplate paid services; do not label it universally free or invent a monthly price.

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Context, not verification:Terms of Service

Tested performance

No hands-on result

Not tested by bot.ski.

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Limits & permissions

  • Model-training opt-out is prospective and has safety-review exceptions. Google Workspace API data is excluded from model training; Vault materials have separate protections.

    Evidence:Privacy PolicyTerms of Service

  • Disconnecting an integration does not automatically delete indexed data; use the separate deletion controls.

    Evidence:Privacy Policy

  • Terms warn actions may be wrong or irreversible and require users to monitor consequential actions; approval safeguards are not guaranteed.

    Evidence:Terms of Service

  • Primary product documentation is sparse. Confirm supported apps, transport, region, action controls, and price during official onboarding.

Start with a bounded task and review consequential actions. A documented approval control is not a guarantee that a workflow is safe.

Compare & keep reading

Grok Bot

Named Bots retain a role over time, work across connected apps and websites, and coordinate with other Bots.

Access · Documented: Free trial, then paid individual Cursor plans (Pro, Pro+, Ultra) or Cursor Teams; Enterprise requires enablement. Individual SuperGrok, Plus, Heavy or X Premium+ can link usage. Apps on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. Regional coverage not verified.

Core comparison · Not tested by bot.ski

OpenAI dot

A personal agent in ChatGPT for research, documents, data analysis, software work and ongoing responsibilities. This entry covers dot, not Workspace Agents.

Access · Documented: Gradual rollout: Pro 100/200/500 for adults outside the EEA, UK and Switzerland; Business Premium worldwide; Enterprise (including Edu and Healthcare) worldwide with admin enablement. Create on the desktop app or desktop web; the mobile app follows a supporting update.

Core comparison · Not tested by bot.ski

Change note

1 October 2026: source-checked profile. No hands-on benchmark has been completed. 2 October 2026: rechecked public sources, corrected changed facts, and added chat channels, what it can make, free tier or paid entry, and who it is built for.

Sources & check dates

Sources open in a new tab. A check means the public source was reviewed, not that the product was tested. Dates below are recorded evidence dates, not the build date.

  1. Instinct · InstinctPrimary source · Publication date not verifiedSource checked
  2. Privacy Policy · Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a InstinctPrimary source · Publication date not verified · Updated August 26, 2026Source checked
  3. Terms of Service · Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a InstinctPrimary source · Publication date not verified · Updated August 26, 2026Source checked

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