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Head to head · Proactive personal assistants · October 2026 research run

Boski vs Instinct

Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Instinct's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.

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BoskiBoski, Inc. · Platform F26.2/100#981 of 1010 InstinctSpear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct) · Platform F7.3/100#1009 of 1010

Which one, for what

Boski F

Best for People who want an agent working on personal goals between conversations, and who want ChatGPT or Codex to read their saved preferences.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 25 against 10
  • Schema & documentation, 15 against 0
  • Agent ergonomics, 13 against 0
  • Security & auth, 45 against 3
  • Payments & pricing, 10 against 0
  • Maintenance & community, 23 against 2
  • Transparency & trust, 63 against 53

Watch for

No free plan or trial found.

Instinct F

Best for People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runBoskiInstinctEdge
Reliability16%202510Boski +15
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2150Boski +15
Agent ergonomics13%16.2130Boski +13
Security & auth14%17.5453Boski +42
Payments & pricing10%12.5100Boski +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8232Boski +21
Transparency & trust7%8.86353Boski +10
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 26.2/100F 7.3/100

Facts side by side

FactBoskiInstinct
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorBoski, Inc.Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct)
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
LicenceClosed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026).Closed service under Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026).
Read-only variant documentedyesno
llms.txtyesno
Terms last updated2026-08-26
Privacy policy last updated2026-08-26
Customer content may train modelsyes, with an opt-out
Terms restrict automated accessyes
Terms restrict benchmarkingyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waiveryes

Verdicts

Boski

Boski is a hosted personal agent that works on its owner's goals over messaging channels for $5 a week, and its plugin lets ChatGPT and Codex read saved preferences under a read-only OAuth scope. No free option, status page or security contact was found, and the plugin's tool definitions weren't readable.

Instinct

Instinct is a hosted assistant reached by text or call that acts in the owner's Google Workspace and WhatsApp and can make purchases. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, new sign-ups may meet a capacity waitlist, and materials train models unless the owner opts out.

Before you call either

Boski

  1. Use the Boski plugin only to read the owner's saved preferences and constraints. It can't save changes.
  2. Ask the owner to finish Boski's onboarding interview if the plugin says it's incomplete, then retry.

Instinct

  1. Don't look for an endpoint. app.instinct.com/mcp serves the web app shell and refuses POST with 405.
  2. Confirm any purchase with the owner. The terms say Actions may not be reversible.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Boski or Instinct?

Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Instinct's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.

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Disclosure

Boski competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.

Instinct competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.

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