OpenInstinct

Self-hosted personal assistant you text over iMessage; it can drive a cloud browser for tasks such as bookings and purchases.

Agent by Merit-Systems

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OpenInstinct runs in your own Vercel account and is reached by text message. It can use a cloud browser to complete tasks such as booking movie tickets, and browser autofill keeps saved passwords out of the model's context. Vault secrets are encrypted before they reach the database. Vercel's Pro plan is required, and Kernel, Neon and Blob storage are connected during deployment.

Use cases: personal-assistant, browser-automation, identity-access

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Jobs: personal assistant, browser automationREADME
Autonomy: Supervised: runs multi-step tasks, asks at checkpointsREADME
Where you use it: other, WebREADME
Hosting: You run itREADME
Models: vercel-ai-gatewayREADME
Open source: YesREADME
Billing: Vercel Pro plan and Blob usage are billed through Vercel, free tiers for Kernel and Neon have limits, and purchases through Link are paid from your wallet.README

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TypeScript toolkit for AI apps and agents with a unified provider API, streaming, UI hooks and a wrapper for running established agent harnesses.
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Stars: 472
Forks: 84
Open issues: 2
Last commit: Oct 5, 2026 (23 days ago)

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License: MIT
Repository: github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct
Website: openinstinct.sh
First seen: Oct 24, 2026
Last checked: Oct 24, 2026
Source: README github-graphql