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Apple Health

Instinct that knows your health

Daily or weekly metric digests land as CSV/JSON so Instinct can answer health questions without opening the Health app.

Recommended: Health Auto Export · Email automation ~10 min setup

Outcome

Once Apple Health summaries land in Instinct, you can ask things like "How's my resting heart rate this week?" or "Did my sleep drop after late workouts?" without opening the Health app. Instinct gets a transparent, attachment-based pulse: not raw continuous streams: so answers stay grounded in what you actually exported.

What gets sent

  • Selected health metrics (steps, heart rate, HRV, sleep, blood pressure, etc.)
  • Optional workouts (and optionally routes / per-workout metrics)
  • Optional extras you enable: symptoms, ECG, State of Mind, cycle tracking, medications
  • Format: CSV or JSON attachment plus a short summary email body

How to send

Goal: one email lands in your bot today.

Apple Health has no built-in "email my data" button. Use the third-party app Health Auto Export (Premium required for email automations).

Copy your bot address from Instinct → Settings.

On Instinct: Copy your bot address from Settings

Install Health Auto Export and grant Apple Health access for only the metrics you want Instinct to see.

On Health Auto Export: Install and grant Health access

Open Health Auto Export → Automations → New Automation → Email.

On Health Auto Export: Create an Email automation

Set the recipient to your bot address. Optionally add a Subject Prefix like Health digest.

On Health Auto Export: Set recipient and optional subject prefix

Choose Data Type (start with Health Metrics). Select a small set: not "everything." Prefer CSV, or JSON for richer sleep/workout detail.

On Health Auto Export: Choose a small metric set (CSV or JSON)

Set Date Range to Yesterday or Since Last Sync, turn Summarize Data on when available, and use coarser Time Grouping so attachments stay under the 30 MB email limit.

On Health Auto Export: Set Yesterday or Since Last Sync, summarize, under 30MB

Set sync cadence to once per day. Enable the automation, then tap Manual Export once and confirm Instinct received the message + attachment.

On Health Auto Export: Once per day, then Manual Export to verify
Subject: "Health digest: Health Auto Export" Body: short run summary from the app Attachment: metrics CSV/JSON for the chosen window
Other ways · Reliability tips on iOS

Add the Automations widget and keep Background App Refresh on.

Optionally schedule a Shortcuts "Run Automation" when your phone is usually unlocked: Apple blocks Health reads while locked.

Tips & gotchas

  • Privacy: Only export metrics you'd be fine pasting into a chat with your assistant. Skip medications, cycle, or ECG unless you truly want them in Instinct.
  • Reliability: iOS will not run Health exports on a locked phone. Treat "daily" as "daily when the device is unlocked," not a guaranteed cron.
  • Size: Large metric sets, GPS routes, or second-level grouping will bounce. Prefer yesterday's summaries over week-long raw dumps.

Paste the address from Instinct → Settings. Don't email the placeholder.