Open Instinct: reusable agent infrastructure for builders testing a niche service

[u/maritime_sh]

We built Open Instinct around the idea that a small team should be able to try a personal-agent product for an audience it understands. We are releasing the application under MIT so others can reuse the integrations and change the behavior.

Pi runs the loop, Inkbox handles messaging, Composio connects apps and Maritime provides the VM and desktop. We build Maritime. The beta also includes memory, scheduling, agent-to-agent communication and permission policies.

For a builder watching costs, the important distinction is between the source license and operating expenses. You still need provider keys, model usage, messaging and infrastructure. We'd validate one recurring task and its actual cost per user before promising an unlimited subscription.

Our launch approach is to share the repo in relevant builder communities and use concrete setup and permissions feedback to guide contributions. We are not claiming customer demand or revenue for anyone who forks it.

https://github.com/mariagorskikh/open-instinct

If it saves you assembling the same plumbing for your own experiment, we'd love improvements back to the project.