# tink.bot
> Conversational AI assistant for Linux server management. Natural language interface for everyday tasks.

tink.bot is built by David Hurley (https://dbhurley.com), founder of Plasmate Labs and creator of the Adaptive Convergence Protocol (ACP) framework.

## About
Tink watches Linux servers, diagnoses issues in plain English, and guides fixes from the CLI or via Telegram conversations. It is a control plane for server health — install in one command, get continuous scanning, diagnostics, and supervised remediation.

## Key Capabilities
- One-command agent install on any Linux server
- Continuous server health monitoring and scanning
- AI-powered issue diagnosis in plain English
- CLI-guided fix recommendations with audit trail
- Telegram-based conversational server management
- Trust levels for autonomous vs supervised remediation
- Multi-machine fleet awareness and dashboard
- Credentials stay server-side — never exposed to users

## How It Works
1. Install the Tink agent on your server: `curl -fsSL https://tink.bot/install | sh`
2. The agent continuously monitors system health (CPU, memory, disk, services, processes)
3. When issues are detected, Tink explains the problem in plain English
4. Operators can review and approve fixes via CLI or Telegram
5. All actions are logged for audit compliance

## Pricing
- Scout (Free): 1 server, hourly scans, 50 AI messages/month
- Mechanic ($9/mo per machine): Unlimited servers, 5-minute scans, supervised fixes, 500 AI messages/month
- Crew Chief ($29/mo per machine): Real-time scans, autonomous remediation, unlimited AI messages, priority support
- Rescue ($29 one-time): Emergency diagnostic session with full autonomous remediation

## Blog Categories
  - Server Health & Monitoring (32 posts)
  - AI & Automation (7 posts)
  - DevOps & Tooling (6 posts)
  - Industry & Trends (1 posts)

## Recent Articles
  - Is Amazon's Lambda Fix Solving the Wrong Problem?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/amazon-lambda-cold-start-fix-solving-wrong-problem-observability
    Date: 2026-04-26
    Description: Amazon's 70% cold start improvement misses the real serverless adoption barrier: traditional monitoring tools can't handle ephemeral, distributed functions.
  - Is NVIDIA's Chip Shortage Creating Better AI Architecture?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/nvidia-chip-shortage-creating-better-ai-architecture-hardware-agnostic
    Date: 2026-04-26
    Description: NVIDIA's 6-month GPU lead times are forcing smart teams to build hardware-agnostic AI systems that will dominate when supply normalizes.
  - Is Microsoft's Copilot+ Push Really About Edge Computing?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/microsoft-copilot-plus-edge-computing-enterprise-architecture
    Date: 2026-04-25
    Description: Microsoft's NPU requirements aren't about AI features. They're forcing a fundamental shift in client-server architecture that most enterprises haven't planned for.
  - Is Your Company's Data Worth More Than Your AI Budget?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/company-data-worth-more-than-ai-budget-pricing-arbitrage
    Date: 2026-04-24
    Description: Reddit's IPO filing exposed a $143M arbitrage in AI data pricing. Most companies are unknowingly sitting on goldmines while paying premium rates for training data.
  - Is AI Creating Your Biggest Security Blind Spot?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/ai-dependency-management-security-blind-spot-supply-chain
    Date: 2026-04-23
    Description: Recent backdoor discoveries expose how AI tools are automatically adding dependencies without teams understanding the massive supply chain risks being created.
  - Is AI Code Generation Making Your Technical Debt Crisis Worse?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/ai-code-generation-technical-debt-crisis-legacy-systems
    Date: 2026-04-22
    Description: GitHub's Copilot Enterprise launch is driving AI adoption, but teams are building new features on fundamentally broken foundations, creating a technical debt pyramid.
  - Is AI Infrastructure Costing 10x More Than Your AI Models?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/ai-infrastructure-hidden-costs-enterprise-budgets
    Date: 2026-04-21
    Description: OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo improvements are driving AI adoption, but the real budget killer isn't model costs—it's the infrastructure sprawl required to make AI work in production.
  - Is Your Container Monitoring Costing More Than Your Containers?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/container-monitoring-costs-more-than-containers-docker-pricing
    Date: 2026-04-21
    Description: Docker's pricing shock is forcing teams to audit container costs, only to discover their monitoring bills often exceed their actual compute spend.
  - Is Your Monitoring Data a Compliance Liability?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/monitoring-data-compliance-liability-audit-risk
    Date: 2026-04-20
    Description: The recent Kubernetes CVEs exposed a hidden risk: your monitoring stack may be creating the largest compliance audit surface area in your infrastructure.
  - Is Your Monitoring Stack Your Biggest Single Point of Failure?
    URL: https://tink.bot/blog/monitoring-stack-single-point-of-failure-cloud-outages
    Date: 2026-04-19
    Description: This week's cloud outages exposed a hidden vulnerability: most teams monitor their infrastructure using the same cloud provider they're trying to watch.

## Key Links
- Website: https://tink.bot
- Pricing: https://tink.bot/pricing
- Documentation: https://tink.bot/docs
- About: https://tink.bot/about
- Blog: https://tink.bot/blog
- Roadmap: https://tink.bot/roadmap
- Dashboard: https://tink.bot/account
- RSS Feed: https://tink.bot/feed.xml
- JSON Feed: https://tink.bot/api/blog/feed.json
- Sign Up: https://tink.bot/register

## Comparisons
- Tink vs Datadog: https://tink.bot/compare/tink-vs-datadog
- Tink vs UptimeRobot: https://tink.bot/compare/tink-vs-uptime-robot

## Founder
- Website: https://dbhurley.com
- Related writing: https://dbhurley.com/blog/the-shrinking-layer

## Part of the DBH Ventures portfolio
https://dbhurley.com/startups