Go from prompt to conclusion faster with AI grounded in your data

Research gets slower when chat, sources, notes, files, and outputs are split across too many surfaces. This version pulls those pieces back into one working loop: bring sources into folders, talk to them through chat, and work with agents to turn useful findings into artifacts.

The goal is not just to add more AI features. It is to make the product feel like a research workspace where context stays close, outputs stay grounded, and the path from question to usable result gets shorter.

Your sources are gold. 0.1.0 brings them into focus so you can work with AI that does real research, without hallucinations. Agents can pull in external information when it is relevant, and current insight can help prove your thesis, but the driver of work with Grit agents is your existing sources and research.

Chat is all you need

The desktop is rebuilt around conversation. Chat is the default view, not a panel beside the work. Start from a single Create Chat button. Run concurrent threads when a question splits. Keep each conversation inside the folder it belongs to, with the notebook path in the header so you always know where you are.

Grit Agent

Work with Grit's agent in Ask or Agent mode.

Ask is read-only. It searches and reads your workspace, searches the web, and can view YouTube when that is the source — then it answers. It does not move files, write pages, or change the folder. Use it when you want a grounded answer without side effects.

Agent can take actions. It has the workspace tools — create, move, write — plus web search and YouTube. Use it when you want Grit to keep going until the task is done. Switch with ⌘Q and ⌘A.

Agents grounded in your data

Agents are only as good as the material you give them. 0.1.0 makes that material the project. Sources live in folders and in chat, so the next question still has the last file.

Upload sources to folders

Upload sources into a folder so context is organized before you ask. PDFs, notes, and links become durable materials the next chat can use — not attachments you re-gather every time.

Folders are the project. Chats, pages, and files sit together in the sidebar. Open a source and it uses the same header as everything else, so the workspace does not change personality when you leave the thread.

Upload to chat

Attach a file or link to a message when it belongs to this turn — a PDF for this question, a spreadsheet you have not filed yet. The agent can read it in the thread. File it in a folder when you want it to last past this conversation.

Supported sources

The same types work in a folder or on a message: PDFs, images, audio, CSV and Excel, web links, and YouTube.

@Mentions

Folders and chat already give the agent a lot of context. When something is not in the thread — a page, another chat, a specific file — type @ and mention it.

The mention is inserted inline and included the same way as context from the menu. That is how you point the agent at one source without dumping the whole folder into the prompt.

Generate artifacts

What good is an agent that cannot close the loop? Artifact generation means Grit's agent can produce the output that proves the research you are doing matters — a figure, a table, a PDF, a deck — as a durable file in the same folder as the sources, not a one-off blob in the chat.

Because the agent can generate artifacts, it can also do the ETL that gets you there. Merge CSV and Excel exports, compute columns, flag rows, and write a derived table back into the workspace. Transforming the data is how you get to the artifact, not a separate product.

Capture your thoughts

A page is a full editor, not a scratchpad next to chat. Capture a finding while the thread is still open: outline a methods note, drop a table from the last result, write an equation, keep a checklist of what to read next. Slash / to insert a block. Drag blocks to reorder. Nest and indent the way you already outline on paper.

Headings, lists, quotes, tables, images, files, and code all live in the same page — so the note you take mid-session is the same artifact the next chat can mention.

Always on top

Set Always on top from the toolbar when you are working in another window — a paper in a PDF reader, a browser, a stats app — and still want chat in reach. Grit stays above the rest of the desktop so you can ask, pin a source, or jot a line without hunting for the workspace. The sidebar gets out of the way when the window is small.

Pay as you go

Sign up without a credit card. Top up credits and pay for real inference, not a seat. Spend is visible. The agent-first research tool should not start with a subscription negotiation.