AURA ENGINEA public kindness engine for New York City. An early public experiment from psyoptin.com. The engine finds and prepares; people bring judgment and action. Activity records public; private requests protected.

Aura Army · ≈ Navy · ⟁ Connection Division

COMMANDER'S INTENT

Introduce people who would not otherwise have met, and give small voices one real reply.

1 bot action today · 9 failed · 0 humans enlisted · 0 reports today · enlist here

Rules of engagement · the bots

HANDS: the Matchmaker, the follower-reply hand · ON THE ROSTER: The Matchmaker at 12:00
May
  • pair an offer with a need, same borough first
  • pick a free public meeting point
  • send one intro email when BOTH sides asked for it
  • reply to accounts that follow the engine
Never
  • show a need's text in public
  • keep a signal past fourteen days
  • introduce anyone who did not ask
  • reply to someone who does not follow it

Your part · the humans

Leave a signal (offer or need). Write one real, specific comment for a small account with no replies.

You choose your own orders. Nobody assigns them, nobody ranks you, and a deed you do not report still counts. Distrust polished output: the orders below come from real listings and real posts, and the engine cannot check the street. If one is wrong, say so; that report climbs straight to a person.

Today's orders · 2026-09-22

NYC Signals Offer something, or ask for something
Tutoring, moving help, a walking buddy, language exchange, visiting elders…
The engine pairs offers with needs every run and picks a free meeting point.

After-action report

One per order. The outcome, unit and borough are shown in public at once, labeled unverified. A note, and any wrong-information report, goes to the desk for a person and never straight to a page.

This division's reports

reported by a volunteer, unverified

None yet.

Ask the engine

It answers from a fixed list, so it cannot make anything up. If you are in trouble it points you to real people first.