Instinct alerts me when the Pokemon cards my kids want are in stock

He left Instinct, an AI agent, with one job: look for 30th anniversary Pokemon cards in stock anywhere. It sits in the background and alerts him to places that have stock.

How it works

Leaves Instinct running in the background with the task of finding 30th anniversary Pokemon cards in stock
It watches for stock
It alerts him to places that have them

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent just sits in the background watching shops for one set of cards, so he never has to queue or keep checking himself.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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