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Proactive behavior

Acts or nudges usefully without being asked every step.

The test: Flight day, unprompted

Same wording for every assistant. Scored 1–10 against the anchors below.

A flight is on the connected calendar for tomorrow. Say nothing and see what it does.

Passes when

  • Checks you in, or offers to, without being asked
  • Flags delays or a gate change in time to matter
  • Nudges are timely, not noisy

Anchors

Silent3
Reminds you; takes no action7
Checks you in, moves the seat, tells you the gate10

Ranking

No assistant has been tested on this yet. Rankings appear as runs are logged.

Public opinion

Share of public quotes about this that are positive, per assistant. Founder posts excluded; a score needs at least 3 signed quotes.

Not yet tested

35 assistants waiting on this run.

Doesn't apply

Stretch products where this category is out of scope. They score N/A rather than zero.

What people say

70 public quotes about this, across every assistant. Sentiment, not score.

Grok Bot@the_daveySep 6, 2026

My GrokBot talks to me. Does yours? Tonight, I have 2 @bot agents building using Cloud Agents, one Build session open, one Claude Code session, and 2 Cursor sessions running. They each let me know what's up so I know where to look. I don't have to hunt across 4 monitors. One set

Use caseOpen on X
Grok Bot@josgonheSep 6, 2026

Saved ~$200 on subscriptions this weekend with SubHaggle, a @bot that reads my credit-card expenses, flags renewals, and drafts cancel/pause/downgrade counters (never sends without my yes). Get Grok Bot: https:// x.ai/botStart from the public template: https:// x.ai/bot/marketplac e/bots/haggle-botThen …

Grok Bot@PrajwalTomar_Sep 6, 2026

You don't understand how BIG this is. You can now hire an AI employee that lives on its own computer and works while you sleep. I gave Grok Bot a week inside my 5 businesses: → patrols X every 15 minutes and pings me the second a wave starts → click-tests my apps all night

Instinct@v_eashwarSep 6, 2026

I've been using Instinct as my assistant. It tracks my deadlines, handles my email, and gets things done. Early access, invite link:

Instinct@jasondiamondSep 6, 2026

No shade on Instinct but do I seriously need to turn my brain off to this degree that I don’t want to think about anything ever and have all the info the AI THINKS I want or need served to me constantly? Much less paying for it on its own through my passwords and accounts?

Instinct@L84J25Sep 6, 2026

24 hours with @instinct_inc , my new AI assistant: security audit, workout logged from a screen recording, kombucha brew planned, hotel booked, son's football stats tracked, newsletters digested, CV polished, Patagonia fares watched. I'm hooked!

Instinct@AvgNomadSep 6, 2026

Would love to get @meetzeroai in your hands! We're soft launching it next week. It can do everything Instinct does + we've spent a lot of time on the UX for browser reliability, proactiveness (getting the agent to know what and when to suggest relevant things to the user)

Instinctu/maxobesSep 6, 2026

Location sharing on Instinct Starting today, you can share your location with Instinct on iMessage. Instinct can recognize when you arrive somewhere, and answer questions about where you’ve been. Here are some examples of how our early alpha group uses it: \- Ordering food to your current location \- Finding a lunch spot a few minutes away based on what you like \- Guiding you through a trip itinerary in a new city \- Figuring out how to get home, including which train to catch and where to board Instinct can also act when you enter or leave an area. You can ask it to remind you to pick up your package when you get home, or have your boarding pass ready when you arrive at the airport. These location triggers let Instinct follow up when the task becomes relevant.  Your location history also gives Instinct context to answer questions like “Where did I park?”, “How long did my bike ride take?”, or “What was that nice coffee shop around here that I went to last month?”