Positioning

HELM Pilot is the self-hosted founder OS for governed mobile shipping.

Replit Agent compresses the browser-to-mobile build loop with Agent, Expo Go, TestFlight, and App Store publishing. HELM Pilot competes by keeping the founder state durable, the deployment self-hosted, and each external action gated through HELM.

Loop

Replit Agent

HELM Pilot

Mobile app creation

Prompt to Expo/React Native project in Replit.

Telegram or Slack request to governed Expo/EAS plan.

Preview

Expo Go and Replit workspace preview.

Expo Go preview after dependency and metadata checks.

Submission

TestFlight and App Store path through Replit docs.

EAS build/submit commands pause for HELM approval first.

State

Cloud workspace and Replit project context.

Self-hosted Postgres, pgvector memory, signed receipt trail.

Telegram to EAS

The mobile ship skill turns a founder Telegram request into Expo/EAS commands and HELM action checks.

Approval-first deploy

EAS builds, TestFlight promotion, and App Store submission are marked as approval-gated actions.

Durable evidence

The loop returns receipt ids and build references to the founder channel after approval.

Source notes: Replit mobile launch, Replit Expo, Replit mobile app.