Standard AI memory
Store chunks, rank by similarity, return the nearest match.
- Great when the answer already lives in one obvious passage.
- Weak when wording changes or the relevant evidence is fragmented.
Local-first memory for AI-assisted work
Memory structured for problem solving.
Give your AI the structure to reason through your material — not just search it.
EUR 5 / month · local-first · no cloud required
Who it's for
Founders, researchers, operators, writers, and builders working in their own material.
Works with your tools
Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-ready client via local MCP.
Stays on your machine
Builds a
.clio/ layer beside your files. Nothing moves.
Why this matters
Useful answers come from structure, not just retrieval. Clio is built to give an assistant a memory it can actually reason with.
The Problem
Most AI memory helps models retrieve. It does not help them think.
That works when the answer already exists in one obvious passage. It breaks when the answer is spread across notes, calls, specs, drafts, and earlier situations, and the model has to connect them into a usable structure.
Where it fails
The model finds pieces, but not the structure of the problem.
- Distributed evidence stays distributed.
- Surface similarity becomes a poor proxy for what matters.
What Clio changes
Clio builds a memory around concepts, facts, and linked situations.
- Retrieval can move toward reasoning instead of guesswork.
- The model can work with structure rather than isolated passages.
What Clio Builds
A local memory layer built from your own material.
Clio works inside an existing folder. It reads your material, extracts structure from it, and writes a hidden memory layer that tools and assistants can query locally.
Source material
Notes, papers, transcripts, specs, reports, and working documents stay where they are.
Structured memory
Clio extracts concepts, links facts to them, and preserves related situations in a form the model can traverse.
Problem-solving output
When you query the system, the model can work with a structured memory instead of a flat list of similar passages.
In Practice
Your answer is already in your files. It just isn't connected yet.
Imagine you are trying to understand why activation dropped after a pricing change. The relevant evidence is spread across onboarding notes, customer calls, experiment docs, and an earlier postmortem.
What Clio helps surface
The point is not just that pricing changed. The point is that multiple pieces of evidence indicate the same underlying failure shape.
Pattern
Pricing now appears before value is established.
Parallel situation
An older onboarding failure showed the same structural problem.
Result
Clio helps the model connect these into a stronger answer instead of returning a loose pile of related snippets.
Local-First Guarantees
Your files stay where they are.
Clio is designed to work inside your existing folder structure. It creates a hidden memory layer alongside your material, and the default posture is local-first.
.clio/
Clio creates a hidden .clio/ directory inside an existing folder.
Original files
Your source files are not moved or rewritten.
On-device memory
Graph data and interaction history live locally on your machine.
Hosted models
Nothing has to leave the device unless you choose a hosted model backend.
Fully local path
With Ollama, the full stack can stay local.
Commercial Setup
A simple paid product with a clear account path.
Clio is sold as a recurring subscription. The website handles purchase, billing routing, install confidence, and support. The product itself remains local-first.
Subscription access
One subscription gives you the Clio install path, a license key, and the ongoing ability to validate access through the runtime.
Hosted commerce
Checkout, receipts, and billing changes are handled through the hosted Lemon Squeezy flow instead of a custom checkout on this site.
Account recovery
Customers can use the billing portal, the order-recovery path, and the install guide without needing a heavy Clio cloud dashboard.
Support and refunds
Questions, billing issues, and refund requests are handled directly through support, with the public policy linked in the footer.