Return without starting over
A Thread keeps chosen direction, lived experience, relevant sources, and honest decisions together without demanding constant attention.
Return without reconstructing
- Begin with one invitation rather than a dashboard or feature grid.
- Start with what matters to you without selecting a workflow or lens first.
- Deliberately ask “See where this stands” for a deterministic, source-linked Return Brief. A Return Brief never opens by itself.
Reflect without creating more work
- A real composing state appears while a bounded response is formed.
- Recognition comes before interpretation; details and sources stay collapsed until opened.
- Done closes cleanly. Keep is separate and explicit.
One Thread, four instruments
- Focus: chosen aims, deeper structure, and a direct weekly step.
- Wisdom: a finite, searchable, source-backed library.
- Notes: capture, editing, and optional journal or schedule views.
- Patterns: multi-factor hypotheses with alternatives, counterexamples, and fit judgments.
Private by explicit choice
- Many retained personal text fields are encrypted on the device before persistent storage.
- Account and limited operational fields remain readable to run the service.
- A moment is sent readable to the configured AI provider only when submitted for a response; kept memory accompanies future requests only when memory context is on.