Planning
Ergo
A productivity workspace for iPhone that keeps notes, tasks, and AI processing on the device by default.
Quick overview In plain language
What it does
A planned personal workspace for notes, tasks, and quick capture, with information kept on your own device.
My contribution
I’m exploring the app’s design and how on-device tools could help organize personal information.
Where it stands
The current scope is in planning. It is a direction for development, rather than a released app.
The direction
One place for notes, tasks, and quick capture, with intelligence that could run on the phone when practical. The hope was less time spent maintaining a system, and more help deciding what to do next, without handing everyday notes to a server by default.
Architecture
Native SwiftUI. Local storage and indexing on device.
On-device models and embeddings, with optional cloud providers.
CloudKit only when the user opts in.
What is changing
The app is getting narrower and more deliberate: local storage first, optional sync, and AI that works with private context instead of turning the whole product into a backend dependency.
How it works
System overviewBlock diagram
Planned architecture for a narrower, local-first workspace. Optional services require the user to opt in.
On iPhone
- Notes + tasksCapture in a SwiftUI interface
- Local storage + indexKeep everyday content on the device
- On-device assistanceModels and embeddings where practical
Planned everyday flowFlow chart
- 01Capture a note or task
- 02Save it locally
- 03Find relevant context
- 04Decide what to do next
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