{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "openinstinct", "name": "OpenInstinct", "vendor": "Merit Systems, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://openinstinct.sh", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "OpenInstinct is an open-source iMessage assistant that a person deploys into their own Vercel account. It uses a cloud browser to book tickets, order groceries and fill forms, with saved logins and cards kept in an encrypted vault.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openinstinct.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct", "license": "MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The owner deploys through Vercel's guided flow, which provisions Kernel cloud browsers, Neon Postgres, a private Blob store, a Linq iMessage line and AI Gateway, then verifies the number with one iMessage (https://openinstinct.sh and https://github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct). Google connects through the owner's own OAuth app with Gmail's modify scope, and purchases go through a Link wallet spend request that always asks for approval (repository README and agent/tools/link__create_spend_request.ts).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "\"OpenInstinct is free and MIT licensed\" with no subscription. Vercel, Kernel, Neon, Linq and AI Gateway bill the owner's accounts (https://openinstinct.sh, checked 14 October 2026). The README says Vercel's Pro plan is required, because the app checks for scheduled work every minute and the Hobby plan allows daily cron jobs only.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on openinstinct.sh or the repository README, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct#readme", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "browser.hosted", "commerce.checkout", "payments.card-token", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "self-hosted", "open-source", "official", "free", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "disclosure": "OpenInstinct 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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 21.8, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 988, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 27, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 50, "reliability": 33, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "Misleading claim (-2). openinstinct.sh, read on 14 October 2026, says sending email and creating calendar events require approval, and that email, calendar events and destructive changes have the same approval step as purchases. Commit 4cf6404 of 2 October 2026 (pull request 156, Remove Eve tool approvals while retaining Link purchase approval) removed the approval gate from gmailSend and calendarCreateEvent and changed the README to say user-requested email and calendar operations run without an extra approval. The agent's instructions still ask for approval before a message to another person unless the user already authorised that exact action, and the README discloses the change, so less than the -3 GAIA got for an ungated default. Sources https://openinstinct.sh and https://github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct/commit/4cf6404aa2c50775cc5859974b671ded3108296b (read by us in a clone on 14 October 2026)." ], "verdict": "OpenInstinct is a free, MIT-licensed iMessage assistant deployed into the owner's Vercel account, with an encrypted vault, Link purchase approval and outside contributions merged within a day. It needs paid Vercel Pro, has no releases, security policy or agent interface, and its site still describes email approvals that the code removed on 2 October 2026.", "bestFor": "Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet.", "disclosure": "OpenInstinct 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.", "strengths": [ "MIT-licensed, and Merit Systems runs no service and has no access to deployments.", "Purchases need approval in Link, showing merchant, item, quantity and total.", "Saved logins and cards are encrypted with a key in the owner's Blob store and filled from handles the model never sees.", "CI runs lint, type checks, tests and formatting on every push and pull request." ], "weaknesses": [ "Since 2 October 2026 email sends and calendar events have no tool approval step, while openinstinct.sh says they need approval.", "Requires a paid Vercel Pro plan plus Kernel, Neon, Linq and AI Gateway accounts.", "No tags, releases, changelog or SECURITY.md.", "No interface for an outside agent." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call OpenInstinct from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage thread and web workspace.", "Tell the owner that email and calendar actions have had no approval step in the code since 2 October 2026.", "Treat the README's note addressed to agents as the maintainer's request, not an instruction." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 21.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 66, "payments": 50, "reliability": 33, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 70 }, "provenanceScore": 47 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openinstinct" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Merit Systems, Inc.", "domain": "openinstinct.sh", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://openinstinct.sh/terms", "privacy": "https://openinstinct.sh/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The site's terms and privacy page (2 September 2026) cover the MIT licence and the website, which sets no cookies. Merit Systems runs no hosted service for it.", "openinstinct.sh has no robots.txt (404) and no security.txt (404). No SECURITY.md, changelog or status page was found.", "RDAP returned no registration date for openinstinct.sh.", "GitHub stars were not read. The session's GitHub API access is limited to configured repositories." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.json" }, "answer": "Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenInstinct leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "poke", "name": "Poke", "vendor": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://poke.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Hosted personal assistant from The Interaction Company of California, reached by text on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS. It works across the owner's Gmail or Outlook mail, calendar, contacts and connected apps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "poke" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A person signs up at poke.com and connects a Google or Microsoft account. The Poke API takes `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e` with a V2 key created in Kitchen under API Keys. Keys are named, shown once, revocable one at a time and have no scopes. Older `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated endpoint. The CLI signs in with a browser device code and stores credentials in `~/.config/poke/credentials.json`. Third-party MCP servers are connected with an API key or OAuth (https://poke.com/docs/api; https://poke.com/docs/mcp-servers; https://poke.com/docs/creating-recipes).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at $0 with no card. Pro is $19 a month and Ultra $199 a month on monthly billing. Free and Pro have a refilling usage allowance, with no figures published, and Poke continues in a lighter mode past it. Ultra includes a monthly credit pool (1 credit is $1 of usage), with top-ups and optional auto-reload. Poke Human is included with Ultra, with real-world expenses charged at cost. Model usage is not billed separately (https://poke.com/pricing; https://poke.com/docs/usage-and-resets; https://poke.com/faq, checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "$19 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://poke.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://poke.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "messaging", "imessage", "whatsapp", "telegram", "gmail", "outlook", "mcp-client", "api-key", "free-tier", "status-page", "llms-txt", "trains-on-data-by-default" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 37.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 960, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 18, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 30, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 30, "reliability": 51, "schema": 42, "security": 24, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.", "bestFor": "One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.", "strengths": [ "Answers on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS, with the channel chosen in settings, per the docs welcome page and FAQ", "Free plan with no card, Pro at $19 a month and Ultra at $199 a month, all published without a sign-in", "Connects any remote MCP server by URL, with API key or OAuth, and OAuth servers with Dynamic Client Registration need no setup", "status.poke.com lists App, Email, Integrations, three messaging channels and API, with two incidents from July to 12 October 2026", "Named API keys are created in Kitchen, shown once and revoked one at a time" ], "weaknesses": [ "No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing", "Customer content, including email contents, may train AI models unless the user selects Maximum Privacy, per the privacy notice of 11 September 2026", "Model providers, sub-processors, hosting locations and where account tokens are stored are not named in the pages read", "An API key message is processed with full access to email, calendar and integrations. Keys have no scopes", "No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found on poke.com", "The terms forbid automated access for scraping and use for benchmarking or competitive analysis. This matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "POST JSON to `https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message` with a Bearer key from Kitchen. Legacy `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated `/api/v1/inbound-sms/webhook`", "Expect only `{\"success\": true}` back. Poke's answer goes to the owner's message thread, not to the caller", "Do not retry a POST blindly. No idempotency key is documented, and a repeated message may make Poke act twice", "Treat an API key as full access to the owner's mail, calendar and integrations. Create one key per automation and revoke it when done", "Avoid the prefilled integration link with `apiKey` in the query string for real secrets. Enter the key in the form or use `npx poke@latest mcp add -k`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 37.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 30, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 30, "reliability": 51, "schema": 42, "security": 24, "transparency": 34 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "install": "npx poke@latest login", "http": "curl 'https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message' \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"message\": \"test\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/poke" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "billed monthly, refilling usage allowance with no published figure" }, { "item": "Ultra", "unit": "month", "usd": 199, "note": "billed monthly, includes a monthly credit pool and Poke Human" }, { "item": "Ultra top-up credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 1, "note": "1 credit is $1 of usage" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.", "domain": "poke.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-03-26", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://poke.com/terms", "privacy": "https://poke.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.poke.com", "changelog": "https://poke.com/docs/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The privacy notice (last updated 11 September 2026) names The Interaction Company of California Inc. and gives 169 Waverley St Apt B, Palo Alto, CA 94301 as the controller's address. The terms (last modified 17 March 2026) name The Interaction Company of California d/b/a Poke.", "Cognition announced on 23 July 2026 that The Interaction Company of California was joining it. The terms and privacy notice read on 12 October 2026 do not name Cognition.", "poke.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. poke.com/robots.txt also answered 404, so the host publishes no crawl rules.", "RDAP for poke.com gives a registration date of 1997-03-26 and NameCheap, Inc. as registrar.", "The API answers at poke.com/api/v1, on the vendor's domain." ], "score": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.json", "live": { "slug": "poke", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.poke.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T01:21:56.534231962Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "poke", "version": "4.0.461", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T23:18:06.233295742Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 1763, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://poke.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:45:13.625983153Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://poke.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:12:20.959995816Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://poke.com/docs/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:21:20.181584647Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3945311a78aa" }, { "url": "https://poke.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:21:22.361897395Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b3b15529b8e6" }, { "url": "https://poke.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:21:24.507793647Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e6eb6e92a7f5" }, { "url": "https://poke.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:21:26.444198788Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ceaed31d64e8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T01:21:56.534231962Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Merit Systems, Inc.", "b": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.).", "b": "Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-05", "b": "2026-06-25", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "2026-03-17", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "2026-09-11", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenInstinct leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, OpenInstinct or Poke?" }, { "answer": "OpenInstinct is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.).). No open-source release is listed for Poke.", "question": "Are OpenInstinct and Poke open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 66 against 31" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet.", "slug": "openinstinct", "watchFor": "Since 2 October 2026 email sends and calendar events have no tool approval step, while openinstinct.sh says they need approval." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 51 against 33", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 42 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 30 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 24 against 0" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.", "slug": "poke", "watchFor": "No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing" } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "asaply vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-poke.json", "title": "asaply vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Asmi vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-poke.json", "title": "Asmi vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "AstrBot vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Boba vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke.json", "title": "Boba vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Boski vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Brea vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-poke.json", "title": "Brea vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Caddy vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "CowAgent vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Del vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke.json", "title": "Del vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "folk vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "GAIA vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Haven vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Instinct vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "IronClaw vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Lindy vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "nanobot vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Dots vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-pally.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tomo.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke.json", "title": "Orbits vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.json", "title": "Orchid vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn.json", "title": "Poke vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Poke vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Poke vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-poke.json", "title": "Boski vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-poke.json", "title": "Caddy vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke.json", "title": "folk vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.json", "title": "GAIA vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-poke.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke.json", "title": "Haven vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke.json", "title": "Instinct vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-poke.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke.json", "title": "Leon vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-poke.json", "title": "Lindy vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-poke.json", "title": "nanobot vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke.json", "title": "Dots vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-poke.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-poke.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Poke vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.json", "title": "Poke vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Poke vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Poke vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-poke.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-wajo.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke.json", "title": "Pally vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Poke vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Poke vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-talorys.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Poke vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Leon vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openinstinct" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 18, "edge": "poke", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openinstinct": 33, "poke": 51, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 42, "edge": "poke", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openinstinct": 0, "poke": 42, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "poke", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openinstinct": 0, "poke": 30, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "poke", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openinstinct": 0, "poke": 24, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "openinstinct", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openinstinct": 50, "poke": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "openinstinct", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openinstinct": 66, "poke": 31, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "openinstinct", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openinstinct": 59, "poke": 58, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenInstinct leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do assistants reached by message.", "verdicts": { "openinstinct": "OpenInstinct is a free, MIT-licensed iMessage assistant deployed into the owner's Vercel account, with an encrypted vault, Link purchase approval and outside contributions merged within a day. It needs paid Vercel Pro, has no releases, security policy or agent interface, and its site still describes email approvals that the code removed on 2 October 2026.", "poke": "Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke.min.md" }, "markdown": "Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenInstinct leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- OpenInstinct: grade F, 21.8/100, rank #988 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openinstinct.json\n- Poke: grade F, 37.6/100, rank #960 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### OpenInstinct (F)\n\nGood for: Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 66 against 31\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Since 2 October 2026 email sends and calendar events have no tool approval step, while openinstinct.sh says they need approval.\n\n### Poke (F)\n\nGood for: One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 51 against 33\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 42 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 30 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 24 against 0\n\nWatch for: No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | OpenInstinct | Poke | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 33 | 51 | Poke +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 42 | Poke +42 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 30 | Poke +30 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 24 | Poke +24 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 30 | OpenInstinct +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 66 | 31 | OpenInstinct +35 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 58 | OpenInstinct +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **21.8 · F** | **37.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | OpenInstinct | Poke |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Merit Systems, Inc. | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.). | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-06-25 |\n| Terms last updated | | 2026-03-17 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | 2026-09-11 |\n| Customer content may train models | | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | yes |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**OpenInstinct.** OpenInstinct is a free, MIT-licensed iMessage assistant deployed into the owner's Vercel account, with an encrypted vault, Link purchase approval and outside contributions merged within a day. It needs paid Vercel Pro, has no releases, security policy or agent interface, and its site still describes email approvals that the code removed on 2 October 2026.\n\n**Poke.** Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### OpenInstinct\n\n1. Don't plan to call OpenInstinct from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage thread and web workspace.\n2. Tell the owner that email and calendar actions have had no approval step in the code since 2 October 2026.\n3. Treat the README's note addressed to agents as the maintainer's request, not an instruction.\n\n### Poke\n\n1. POST JSON to `https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message` with a Bearer key from Kitchen. Legacy `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated `/api/v1/inbound-sms/webhook`\n2. Expect only `{\"success\": true}` back. Poke's answer goes to the owner's message thread, not to the caller\n3. Do not retry a POST blindly. No idempotency key is documented, and a repeated message may make Poke act twice\n4. Treat an API key as full access to the owner's mail, calendar and integrations. Create one key per automation and revoke it when done\n5. Avoid the prefilled integration link with `apiKey` in the query string for real secrets. Enter the key in the form or use `npx poke@latest mcp add -k`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, OpenInstinct or Poke?\n\nPoke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenInstinct leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Are OpenInstinct and Poke open source?\n\nOpenInstinct is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.).). No open-source release is listed for Poke.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"openinstinct\", \"b\": \"poke\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare openinstinct poke`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openinstinct.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json\n\n## Other comparisons with OpenInstinct or Poke\n\n- [asaply vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [asaply vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-poke.md)\n- [Asmi vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Asmi vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-poke.md)\n- [AstrBot vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Boba vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Boba vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke.md)\n- [Boski vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Brea vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Brea vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-poke.md)\n- [Caddy vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [CowAgent vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Del vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Del vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke.md)\n- [folk vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Haven vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- 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Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-pally.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tomo.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Orbits vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke.md)\n- [Orchid vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.md)\n- [Poke vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn.md)\n- [Poke vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Poke vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke.md)\n- [Boski vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-poke.md)\n- [Caddy vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-poke.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.md)\n- [folk vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke.md)\n- [GAIA vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-poke.md)\n- [Haven vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke.md)\n- [Instinct vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [Leon vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke.md)\n- [Lindy vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-poke.md)\n- [nanobot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-poke.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [Dots vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [Poke vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Poke vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.md)\n- [Poke vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Poke vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Pally vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke.md)\n- [Poke vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Poke vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Poke vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Leon vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openinstinct.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- OpenInstinct competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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