# Grok Bot vs Instinct

> Grok Bot scores 45.2 (E) to Instinct's 11.4 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- Updated: 2026-10-12

Grok Bot scores 45.2 (E) on agent readiness against Instinct's 11.4 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.

- Grok Bot: grade E, 45.2/100, rank #893 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grok-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/grok-bot.json
- Instinct: grade F, 11.4/100, rank #984 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/instinct.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Grok Bot (E)

Good for: A person or team already paying for Cursor or SuperGrok who wants named assistants that keep working on a cloud computer, with routines and Slack or X entry points, and who will write approval rules.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 40 against 5
- Schema & documentation, 40 against 3
- Agent ergonomics, 50 against 5
- Security & auth, 68 against 25
- Payments & pricing, 25 against 0
- Maintenance & community, 20 against 3
- Transparency & trust, 66 against 51

Watch for: All of one user's Bots share one cloud computer, with its files, browser sessions and command-line credentials. The docs say separate Bots are not a security boundary

### Instinct (F)

Good for: A consumer assistant for one adult who wants errands done by text or phone call, such as bill disputes, gifts, groceries, appointments and travel, and who accepts that it acts and spends as their agent.

Watch for: No price is published. The terms say fees may apply to certain functions, are charged in US dollars and are non-refundable


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Grok Bot | Instinct | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 5 | Grok Bot +35 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 40 | 3 | Grok Bot +37 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 50 | 5 | Grok Bot +45 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 25 | Grok Bot +43 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 0 | Grok Bot +25 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 20 | 3 | Grok Bot +17 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 66 | 51 | Grok Bot +15 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **45.2 · E** | **11.4 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Grok Bot | Instinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | SpaceXAI and Cursor (Anysphere, Inc.) | Spear Street Technology, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary service under Instinct's Terms of Service, which grant personal use only |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 | 2026-08-26 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | 2026-08-26 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |

## Verdicts

**Grok Bot.** Connector tokens stay on Cursor's backend and each user gets a separate microVM, with approvals, drafts and a review model before risky actions. All of a user's Bots share one computer and its sign-ins, the review model skips memory writes, and the status page shows seven major Grok Bot incidents since 3 September 2026.

**Instinct.** The terms and privacy policy are specific about connected accounts, model training and the risks of autonomous actions, and security.txt is valid. No price, documentation, status page, changelog or programmatic interface is published, and customer content trains AI models unless the owner opts out.

## Before you call either

### Grok Bot

1. State in each request what the Bot may change and where it must stop. Which actions pause for approval depends on the tool, the risk and the owner's Auto-review rules
2. Add narrow Ask first rules for sending, publishing, purchasing and deleting. Ask first wins over Allow automatically when both match
3. Treat any sign-in or file on the cloud computer as available to every Bot on the account. Give a workload its own Cursor user when it needs separate credentials
4. Run Test run with safe inputs. A test run performs real work and can call connected tools
5. To remove access, pause routines, sign out of sites on the computer, uninstall connectors and revoke them at the source service. Deleting the Bot is not enough

### Instinct

1. Do not plan on calling Instinct from a program. No API, MCP server or key was found, and the terms forbid automation software and benchmarking
2. A person signs in at app.instinct.com with a phone number and a one-time code by text, and may wait for a place when the service is at capacity
3. Tell the owner to opt out of model training at app.instinct.com/settings before connecting mail or files, since training is on by default
4. Disconnecting an account does not delete what was indexed from it. Delete that data at app.instinct.com/workspace
5. Treat purchases and bookings as final. The terms say actions may not be reversible and that confirmation controls are not guaranteed

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Grok Bot or Instinct?

Grok Bot scores 45.2 (E) on agent readiness against Instinct's 11.4 (F), and leads in every scored category.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-instinct.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-instinct.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "grok-bot", "b": "instinct"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare grok-bot instinct`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/grok-bot.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/instinct.json

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