Pearl: an open-source personal agent for clear thinking.
A web and iOS app for thinking, research, writing, and keeping track of what matters — built by Tonic Agentic, developed in the open.
Pearl is a thinking partner. Bring it unorganized thoughts and it turns them into well-reasoned ideas — developing, challenging, and connecting them through conversation, while remembering the context that matters to you.
I keep circling on whether to expand the pilot before the permit workflow is proven.
Pearl
Two ways to read it: expand now and learn faster, or wait and protect the reference. Here’s what would settle it —
When you need answers, Pearl works as a research assistant: reliable, cited responses pulled from the web and other sources, with findings synthesized so you can act on them.
Question
What do permitting timelines look like in neighboring counties?
Answer
Residential reviews in the region average 6–10 weeks, with pre-application meetings cited as the biggest accelerator [1][2]. Boulder County publishes current targets by permit type [3].
Sources
From there, writing. Pearl drafts, critiques, and revises alongside you — creating and editing Markdown files in the same space where the thinking happened.
Draft.md
Pilot expansion — one-pager
# Why now
The permit workflow is proven at one site. A second site would test the model…
## What we need
One parallel track, two weeks of shared observation.
Pearl\u2019s critique
The opening assumes the reader knows the pilot. Add one line of context.
“Proven” needs a definition — what did the first site demonstrate?
Close with a specific ask, not a summary.
And nothing slips. Pearl tracks unresolved responsibilities, brings them back to your attention at the right time, and keeps deadlines and context attached — visualized on a mind map.
Open threads
Surfaced this week
“You mentioned the grant deadline moves if the county signs first — worth checking before Friday.”
Built for clear thinking
Pearl maintains context about you over time \u2014 your preferences, projects, and relevant information \u2014 across four core capabilities.
Thinking partner
Turn unorganized thoughts into well-reasoned ideas. Pearl develops, challenges, and connects ideas through conversation — and remembers relevant facts to tailor responses to you.
Research assistant
Ask questions and get reliable, cited answers. Pearl researches across the web and other available sources, then synthesizes findings into something you can use.
Writing assistant
Turn ideas into written communication. Draft, critique, and revise collaboratively, creating and editing Markdown files alongside the agent.
Responsibilities tracker
Keep track of what matters. Unresolved responsibilities come back to your attention when appropriate, with deadlines and context — visualized on a mind map.
Open source
Pearl is developed in the open. Run it yourself locally, read the architecture docs, or contribute \u2014 the whole agent is on GitHub.
Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/tonicagentic/pearlRun locally — no services required
pnpm install && pnpm dev