Section 00Position

  • Design direction
  • In development

A local-first desktop continuity layer for client work

From what was said to what gets done, with the proof attached.

Clarni helps client-facing professionals keep projects on track by turning conversations and documents into decisions, commitments, and next steps that each point back to their proof.

Being designed for independent consultants, agency and studio leads, and founder-operators who run many client and project conversations.Status: Design direction

Status: In developmentClarni is in development. No app is available to try right now, and no date is promised.

Illustration of the idea, not product UI.Status: Design direction

Section 01Problem

  • Design direction
  • Planned

Work moves through conversations. The record of it does not keep up.

Decisions and promises are made in calls and threads, then scattered across notes, memory, and tools. Nobody can say with confidence what is current or where the proof is.

  1. Situation 01illustrative

    An independent consultant finishes the third client call of the week. Two decisions and one promise were made. By Friday they live in memory, a notes file, and a thread nobody re-reads.

  2. Situation 02illustrative

    A studio lead runs several projects at once. Each has a current state, but it sits in different heads, so status is chased instead of checked.

  3. Situation 03illustrative

    A founder-operator agrees to a change with a partner on a call. Weeks later the two sides remember it differently, and nobody can point to where it was said.

The cost is not the note-taking. It is that the people who were in the room cannot show what was agreed, and the people who were not have nothing to check.

Clarni works alongside your existing tools; it is not a replacement for your task tracker, email, or documents.Status: Planned

A project ledger keeps a history of decisions and risks so you can see what changed over time.Status: Planned

Section 02Model

  • Planned
  • Design direction

From evidence to action, in four linked steps

Each step points back to the one before it, so anything Clarni shows you can be traced to where it was said or written.

  1. Step 1 of 4Status: Planned

    Conversations and artifacts

    Calls, recordings, notes, and documents you choose to bring in. Recordings are an input, never the product.

  2. Step 2 of 4Status: Planned

    Evidence-linked decisions, commitments, tasks, and risks

    Clarni turns conversations and artifacts into decisions, commitments, tasks, and risks that each point back to their source.

  3. Step 3 of 4Status: Planned

    A trustworthy current project state

    What is true now across decisions, commitments, tasks, and risks, with the history of what changed and when.

  4. Step 4 of 4Status: Planned

    Reviewed follow-through and approved communication

    Clarni can draft follow-ups and updates from your selected sources, and each draft stays editable and versioned on your device.

What evidence-linked means

Each decision, commitment, or task can show the source it came from, such as a transcript excerpt and timestamp.Status: Planned

AI suggestions are proposals

AI-suggested commitments and tasks are proposals you review first; Clarni does not silently assign obligations.Status: Planned

Nothing goes out without you

Clarni is designed so nothing is sent to an email, chat, or document system without your explicit confirmation immediately before it happens.Status: Planned

The position we are testing

Clarni is a private, evidence-linked work memory that shows what changed, what was decided, who owns the next move, and where the proof is.Status: Design direction

Private here means a practical boundary, not a slogan: work data is designed to stay on your device and goes to a cloud AI provider only if you explicitly choose that.

Section 03Surfaces

  • In development
  • Planned

What the desktop app is designed to contain

Described surfaces, not screenshots. No user-reachable build exists, so the diagram shows structure only.

Schematic layout only, drawn to show structure. Not a screenshot; no user-reachable build exists.Status: Design direction
Sources and transcripts
Recordings become searchable transcripts on your own device. Transcripts are an input you can point back to, not the lead.
Status: Planned
Decisions and risks ledger
A per-project ledger with history, so a decision can be superseded or reversed without losing what came before.
Status: Planned
Commitments and tasks with source links
Each commitment or task can show the source it came from, such as a transcript excerpt and timestamp. Suggested items arrive as proposals you review first.
Status: Planned
Drafts for review
Follow-ups and updates drafted from the sources you select. Drafts stay editable and versioned on your device; nothing is sent from the draft view.
Status: Planned
Keyboard-first operation
Being built to be fully usable from the keyboard. This is a foundation, not an accessibility conformance statement.
Status: In development

Section 04Boundary

  • Planned

Where your work data lives, and when it leaves

Local-first is a boundary you can check, not a slogan. Here is where the data is designed to live and the two gates it can pass through.

Diagram of the designed boundary for the future desktop product.Status: Planned

Clarni is designed to keep your work data on your own device, encrypted, with cloud AI only if you explicitly choose it.Status: Planned

Nothing you capture is sent to an AI provider until you trigger an AI action and have opted in to a cloud provider.Status: Planned

Clarni is designed so nothing is sent to an email, chat, or document system without your explicit confirmation immediately before it happens.Status: Planned

This describes the planned desktop product. What this website collects when you visit or request early access is a separate matter, described on the privacy page.

Section 05Audience

  • In development
  • Planned
  • Design direction

Who Clarni is for at launch

Clarni is for independent consultants, agency and studio leads, and founder-operators who run many client and project conversations.Status: Design direction

Independent consultants
Many client calls and documents, alone, with you as the only memory.
Agency and product-studio leads
Several projects and clients in parallel, with handoffs across a team.
Founder-operators
Constant meetings with customers, partners, and contractors.

Clarni is being built as a desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux.Status: In development

Clarni works alongside your existing tools; it is not a replacement for your task tracker, email, or documents.Status: Planned

Section 06Request

  • Design direction

Ask to be considered for early access

Early accessrequest

A request is not a guarantee of access, of a date, or of a ready-to-use app. It tells us you are interested, and we may get in touch.

Request early accessStatus: Design direction

This website collects only what you submit in the early-access request and the minimal technical data needed to run and protect the site. See the privacy page.

Section 07Questions

  • In development
  • Planned
  • Design direction

Questions we expect, answered with their status

Is this just another AI notetaker?
No. Notes and transcripts are an input. The product is the current state of decisions, commitments, tasks, and risks, with the proof behind each one. Clarni turns conversations and artifacts into decisions, commitments, tasks, and risks that each point back to their source.
Status: Planned
Where does my client data go?
Clarni is designed to keep your work data on your own device, encrypted, with cloud AI only if you explicitly choose it. Nothing you capture is sent to an AI provider until you trigger an AI action and have opted in to a cloud provider. The scope of what would be sent is shown before you submit.
Status: Planned
Can I trust what the AI extracts?
AI-suggested commitments and tasks are proposals you review first; Clarni does not silently assign obligations. Each proposal carries a source excerpt, and you confirm it.
Status: Planned
Will it message my clients for me?
No. Drafts are yours to edit. Clarni is designed so nothing is sent to an email, chat, or document system without your explicit confirmation immediately before it happens.
Status: Planned
I already use a task tracker and shared documents. Do I need to replace them?
Clarni works alongside your existing tools; it is not a replacement for your task tracker, email, or documents.
Status: Planned
Can I try it now?
Not yet. Clarni is in development. No app is available to try right now, and no date is promised. A request is not a guarantee of access, of a date, or of a ready-to-use app.
Status: In development
Which platforms?
Clarni is being built as a desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is not a statement that a build is available.
Status: In development
Does it sync across devices?
Syncing between devices is optional and is not part of the first version.
Status: Planned
Which AI does it use?
Local by default. Cloud providers are optional and used only on your explicit choice. No provider is named here because support depends on tested compatibility.
Status: Planned
Can assistants I already use read my Clarni context?
Assistants you already use are intended to read only the project context you choose to share, and can only propose changes that you then review.
Status: Planned
What does the website itself collect?
This website collects only what you submit in the early-access request and the minimal technical data needed to run and protect the site; it is separate from what the future desktop app may store or process. The privacy page is the single source for website collection facts.
Status: Design direction