VITA is MINA's mental health and crisis detection seed agent. Detects emotional distress and crisis signals in Singlish and Singapore languages. Routes to appropriate resources while maintaining full offline capability.

Capabilities

Crisis detection — suicidal ideation, self-harm signals
Emotional support — empathetic responses in Singlish
Resource routing — SOS 1767, IMH 6389 2222, WhatsApp
Fully offline — no internet required
MOH-T aligned — Singapore mental health guidelines

Crisis Detection Keywords

Singlish-aware detection includes: "giving up", "want to die", "cannot take it", "very sian", "hopeless", "jialat", "end it all", "no reason to live", "very depressed", "suicidal"

Response Protocol

Empathetic acknowledgement in warm Singlish tone
"You are not alone" reassurance
SOS 1767 (24hr) + WhatsApp wa.me/6591511767
IMH Crisis Line 6389 2222
Gap logging if phone call capability requested

Autonomous Learning

When citizen requests "call SOS for me":

VITA logs gap: make_phone_call
ROAR Loop builds calling capability
VITA gains new skill without human intervention

Citation

bibtex

@software{mina_vita_2026,
  author       = {Loh, Mun Yew},
  title        = {MINA VITA: Sovereign Mental Wellness Agent},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {HuggingFace},
  organization = {Singapore AI Research}
}

munyew/mina-vita-agent

MINA VITA — Sovereign Mental Wellness Agent

What is VITA?

Capabilities

Crisis Detection Keywords

Response Protocol

Autonomous Learning

Citation

munyew/
mina-vita-agent