Roadmap
What we're building, and in what order. A local-first memory system your AI can actually use — your notes stay on your own machine, as plain Markdown you can read without us.
No dates on this page, on purpose. Phases ship when they pass their gate, not when a calendar says so. The order may change as real use tells us what matters — but nothing later is a prerequisite for anything earlier.
The Application
BuildingA Windows app that stores your files and lets any MCP-native AI read them. No AI inside it — the software stores and finds; your AI does the thinking.
- Plain Markdown in a folder you own, or point it at the Obsidian vault you already have
- Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed and Cline — all at once
- Connects locally — nothing leaves your machine
- Nothing is ever written to your vault without your approval
- Any file type, with text extracted and indexed so an AI can search inside it
Ships whensomeone can download it, install it, and have their AI answer a question from their notes — without asking us for help.
Better Recall
NextMaking what comes back actually good — measured, not guessed.
- Semantic search alongside keyword search, running entirely on your machine
- Real text extraction from PDFs, Word, Excel and scanned documents
- Import from the note apps you already use
- Proper support for vaults living in cloud-synced folders
- A benchmark that tests the shipped code, so improvements are provable
Ships whenretrieval quality is measurable, and measurably better.
Sync
PlannedThe same vault on every device you own, encrypted so we can't read it.
- End-to-end encryption — the server holds ciphertext and nothing else
- Conflicts keep both versions; nothing is silently overwritten
- The local app stays free forever. Sync is the paid tier.
- Stop paying and your vault keeps working — sync simply stops
Ships whenyou can edit on one machine, see it on another, and confirm from our side that what we store is unreadable.
Your AI, Anywhere
PlannedReach your vault from your phone, from the web, from anywhere — with your desktop switched off.
- Claude on your phone can read your notes and suggest new ones
- Private by default; you unlock remote access deliberately, for a set window
- Approve what your AI wants to remember, right from your phone
- Approvals only you can grant — nobody else can fake one
- A log of every remote session, revocable from any device
Ships whenyour phone's AI can file a suggestion with your computer off, and we still hold nothing readable.
Local Assistance
PlannedYour own computer does the bulk work, so your AI doesn't spend its context on it.
- Drop in a folder of documents and get back suggested memories
- Runs on your own hardware
- Finds contradictions and duplicates across your whole vault
- Everything it produces is a suggestion — it cannot write, edit or delete
Ships whena folder of documents becomes a queue of suggestions you accept, without your main AI ever reading the source.
Capture
PlannedGetting things in should take less effort than getting them out.
- Browser extension for clipping pages and selections
- A global hotkey for writing something down without switching windows
- Share from any app on your phone
Ships whencapturing something takes less effort than deciding whether to.
Beyond Phase 6: macOS and Linux, automatic ingest from the tools you already use, an API and plugin system, team vaults, and enterprise deployment.
Questions, or want early access — hello@varven.net or request access.