Using Dori

Not a replacement. An upgrade. How Dori gives the AI model you already use the one thing it's missing — memory that persists.

You already have an AI model you reach for first — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Codex. Dori doesn’t compete with them. It gives them the one thing every chat model is missing: memory that actually persists, and follows you wherever you go, see Choose your AI provider.

Why Dori + Your Existing AI is Different

Engineered for Low Token Consumption

Unlike cloud AI tools that re-upload your entire project history to the LLM on every message, Dori’s local Mac background engine handles file indexing, change detection, speech-to-text transcription, and SQLite full-text search locally at 0 API token cost.

Dori only sends small, targeted snippets to your AI provider when generating a final document or synthesis — keeping your API bills minimal and making CLI pass-through blazing fast.

Who this is actually for

If your work is complex, your context is scattered across ten tools, and you’re spending real time just filing — this is built for you specifically:

• Founders running a company inside their head — the investor call, the product decision made on a walk, the open thread with a co-founder — scattered across notes, WhatsApp, and memory until now.
• Business leaders walking into ten meetings a week who want to walk in ready, with everything said last time already in hand.
• Consultants & advisors holding a dozen clients’ worth of context at once, each one needing to stay cleanly separate.

Everyday Capture & Memory

The core daily workflows for capturing conversations, local files, and mobile voice notes without manual filing.

• Never walk into a meeting cold again — walk in with context, and never manually file a follow-up again.
• Stop re-uploading files to your AI — work out of your desktop folders without re-uploading files into chat boxes.
• Never lose a decision or commitment — turn voice notes and WhatsApp messages into a searchable record of commitments.
• Capture it before you lose it — capture voice memos, send notes, and query your vault memory on the go.
• Capture on the go with WhatsApp — send voice notes and text decisions directly from WhatsApp with strict local privacy boundaries.
• An hour of video in ten minutes — turn long video links and audio recordings into searchable chapter summaries and notes.
• Travel expenses without a spreadsheet — collect receipts on the go and let Dori assemble the reimbursement, scoped to the right account.

Client & Executive Management

Workflows tailored to consultants, founders, and business leaders running client relationships and board communications.

• Client relationships without a CRM — track prospects, deals, and accounts without manual CRM data entry.
• Keep every client’s context separate — hold a dozen clients’ worth of context without notes or AI memory bleeding together.
• Prep an investor update fast — roll up project milestones and decisions across your accounts into a polished draft.

Producing Work & Knowledge Synthesis

Turning accumulated vault history, research notes, and past decisions into proposals, briefs, and polished deliverables.

• Everything you can draft with Dori — catalog of proposals, briefs, board updates, and HyperFrames slide decks Dori drafts from vault memory.
• Never write your bio from scratch again — import your LinkedIn profile and CV to generate tailored executive bios, speaker intros, and updated resumes.
• Get a second opinion before you hit send — run high-stakes emails, pitches, and strategy docs past advisor personas.
• Draft anything Dori already knows — turn meeting notes and project decisions straight into proposals and briefs.
• Stop losing research in your bookmarks — transform saved articles, links, and PDFs into structured takeaways in your vault.
• One brief from months of interviews — synthesize interview transcripts and PDFs into a sourced research brief.

Safety, Control & Extensibility

Understanding Dori’s local security boundaries, audit transparency, offline execution, and tool extensions.

• See exactly what Dori did and why — complete transparency with an immutable audit trail and human-in-the-loop approvals.
• Work 100% offline with zero data lock-in — search past notes, browse project context, and own your files as plain Markdown on your Mac.
• Connect external tools to Dori — connect Firecrawl, custom HTTP servers, and local CLI tools to Dori.

If there’s a specific workflow you keep doing by hand that you’d want walked through, let us know!