Resy blocks reservation-hunting AI agents as SF users automate sushi bookings
chanian · x · 2026-09-15
ivanbezdomny asks for an agent that scans Resy daily for openings at curated sushi spots, learns his preferences over time. chanian replies this is already the primary SF use case for the Instinct app — so much so that Resy has blocked it from scraping/spamming. A sign that reservation-grabbing agents have grown popular enough to trigger platform countermeasures.
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