Open beta
Build a brain you own.
Put it to work.
Put it in. Helm files it. Helm brings it back.
- The file
- A file you own. Not an account you rent.
- Your AI
- Claude connects to it live. Download it for ChatGPT and Cursor.
- The crew
- A crew keeps it current while you sleep. Brief, tidy, capture.
Free during the beta. The first 100 accounts are free forever.
12 open
- Review the Q3 briefProduct★
- Follow up with GavinCareer★
- Draft Madrona storyMadrona★
- Ship the pricing pageProduct★
- Investor update draftMadrona★
- Nudge the side projectSide★
Demo account. The mechanics are real.
01What it is
Your life is scattered across a dozen surfaces that don’t share a memory. Helm gives it one brain.
Your phone, your calendar, your lists, the chats you run with Claude and ChatGPT. Helm is the one place they all answer to.
Wherever it comes from
Photo, voice, paste, or type
your-life.md, plain text, versioned in git
Chief of Staff, Scribe, Weekly Steward, Weekly Tidy, reading and writing it on a rhythm
Ranked and ready when you wake up
Everywhere it shows up
02How it works
Three things happen. None of them ask much of you.
Capture
Throw anything at it. It files itself.
Snap a photo of a list, say a thought out loud, paste a link, or text it from anywhere. Helm files it under the right heading of your file. No folders, no tags.
🛒 To Get · Grocery
- Salmon
- Lemons
- Capers
- Dill
The crew
A crew that works while you sleep.
At five in the morning the Chief of Staff reads your file, ranks the day, and commits a morning brief. Once a week, two more agents propose what to change and what to clear out. Four agents today, every one writing to your file.
- Chief of Staffmorning briefThursday
Six things today. The 9:00 screen is the only hard edge.
- 1Prep the 9:00 screenjob
- 2Ship the landing pagehelm
- 3Call the school about Fridaylife
a91c4f2Chief of Staff committed the brief
You were asleep. An agent read the file, ranked the day, and committed the brief.
Your AI
Talk to the AI you already use.
Claude connects to the file directly. Ask for a change in a normal conversation and it actually moves, in your file, not in a chat log that forgets. Download it and any other AI, ChatGPT or Cursor included, can work it the same way.
push the landing page to next week, the 9:00 screen is today.
Moved. One commit.
your-life.md## Priorities
- 1Prep the 9:00 screentoday
- 2Ship the landing pagenext week
3e0d81b1 commit, written by Claude, 8:10 AM
03Why it’s different
Tools come and go. Your context stays.
Everything Helm knows lives in one plain-text file you own, versioned in git. The interface is just a view. Change the tool, keep your context.
See the live demo- A file you own, not an account you rent
- The point is not automation, it is attention
- Every change is a commit you can audit
The context window is the new database
04Questions, answered
The things people ask.
How is this different from Notion, Obsidian, or a second brain?
Those are storage: they hold what you put in. Helm is orientation: agents keep your file current and organized so it does not decay. The substrate is different too. One plain markdown file in a repo you own, which any AI agent can read and write natively. No API keys to a vendor's database.
What is the AI? Do you need your own?
The file is open, so your own Claude, ChatGPT or agents can work it directly. That is the point. Helm's built-in helpers (capture routing, the interview, updates) run server-side, and Anthropic does not train on that API traffic. You do not need any AI keys to use the app.
Where does the data live? Can anyone else see it?
Plain markdown in a private GitHub repo that belongs to you. Helm needs repo access to render and write it, and that is disclosed honestly in the privacy policy at helm.day/privacy, along with the full processor list and your export and delete rights.
Not technical, and do not use git. Is this for you?
You never touch git. The /start interview builds your file for you in a few minutes, capture files itself, and the daily rhythm runs on its own. Git is the substrate underneath, where every save is a commit you can restore. It is not a workflow you perform.
Can you leave?
Yes, in one click. Download your file any time and run it with your own AI. Hosting and the daily brief are the paid convenience, not a lock-in. That is deliberate.
What does it cost?
Free while in beta. The first 100 accounts keep it free, forever. After that, $10 a month covers the hosted crew. Capture, lists, and your file stay free, always.
Open beta
Start with a file you own.
A short interview turns your work and life into a file you own, in about ten minutes.
See the live demoBuild yoursBeta
Free during the beta. The first 100 accounts are free forever.
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