Field reportHow to make Instinct 10x more useful

Instinct handles the routine
before you ask.

An assistant can't help when it only sees half your life. Lobu connects everything you're doing and getting so Instinct sees the full picture and can actually act on it.

Mac appChrome extension
Paste this into Instinct
Connect to Lobu for me. Read https://lobu.ai/auth.md and follow it, using my email address (ask me for it if you don't have it) so it's my own account and shared context. Lobu will email me a magic link. I'll click it and approve. Then save the token in your memory or secure store so you can reuse it without asking me again.
Lobu · for Instinctconnect → automate → act

1 · Connect 6 sources active

WhatsApp
Chrome
Mac mini
LinkedIn
Instagram
Gmail
Anything your browser and computer can reach

Active web sessions, local files, CLI tools, and background processes with no API silos.

Agents build and maintain their own connectors

Your assistant scaffolds, tests, and repairs custom connectors on the fly via the Connector SDK.

See what other agents are doing in real time

Shared context layer allows assistants to hand off work and prevent duplicated effort.

2 · Automate hourly on Mac mini

Rental monitor

Scans Zillow for 2-bed listings under $2,200/mo matching your saved commute notes.

New listing detected
2-bed brownstone · $2,100/mo

Brooklyn · Balcony · Pet friendly

Runs outside agent loop · 0 tokens burned

3 · Act Instinct with context

Instinct

Found a 2-bed in Brooklyn on Zillow ($2,100/mo). Your landlord on WhatsApp offered a viewing Friday. Since your calendar has a flight at 3 PM, I drafted an 11 AM viewing reply and opened the listing in Chrome.

WhatsAppLandlord: "Can you view Friday?"
CalendarFlight Friday 3:15 PM · morning is open
ChromeOpened listing in your logged-in tab
WhatsApp draft readyZillow tab opened
No lock-in. Same context works with Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Grok.

One grant place.

Computer, browser, and personal channels. Grant once, revoke once. ChatGPT, Claude, and Instinct see the same tools.

How granting works

Fills the gaps.

WhatsApp plus the local computer Instinct can't reach natively. Opens pages in your own logged-in Chrome session.

See personal context

Proactive loop.

Automations like task triage run outside the agent loop. No tens of tool calls to see what's up.

Explore Automations

Connect what Instinct can't reach.

Lobu bridges the gap between your personal assistant and your real work: your computer, your Chrome sessions, and your personal channels.

  • Computer
  • Chrome
  • WhatsApp
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • X
Start with Computer + Chrome
Field report

How to make Instinct 10x more useful

Instinct gives me an always-on personal AI assistant. Lobu gives it open-source integrations for mail, calendar, machines and browser. Here is how I run both.

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How to make Instinct 10x more useful

Rather do it yourself.

Create a workspace, connect the sources you want your assistant to reach, then use the assistant connection guides. Start with one source and one task.

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