# Rowboat **Open-source AI coworker that turns work into a knowledge graph and acts on it**

" } ``` ## What it does Rowboat is a **local-first AI coworker** that can: - **Remember** the important context you don’t want to re-explain (people, projects, decisions, commitments) - **Understand** what’s relevant right now (before a meeting, while replying to an email, when writing a doc) - **Help you act** by drafting, summarizing, planning, and producing real artifacts (briefs, emails, docs, PDF slides) Under the hood, Rowboat maintains an **Obsidian-compatible vault** of plain Markdown notes with backlinks — a transparent “working memory” you can inspect and edit.

Obsidian-style knowledge graph Rowboat builds a living knowledge graph from your work sources.
Auto-updates notes for People, Organizations & Topics As emails and meeting happen the notes for the relevant people, company or topic are autoupdated.
Native meeting note taker Rowboat taps into you speaker and mic and live transcribes your meetings and takes actionable meeting notes.
Live notes & background agents Create live notes which uses background agents to do tasks and update the note.
Search Do search across generic web, people, news, X and more.

## Integrations Rowboat builds memory from the work you already do, including: - **Gmail** (email) - **Google Calendar** - **Rowboat meeting notes** or **Fireflies** It also contains a library of product integrations through Composio.dev ## How it’s different Most AI tools reconstruct context on demand by searching transcripts or documents. Rowboat maintains **long-lived knowledge** instead: - context accumulates over time - relationships are explicit and inspectable - notes are editable by you, not hidden inside a model - everything lives on your machine as plain Markdown The result is memory that compounds, rather than retrieval that starts cold every time. ## What you can do with it - **Meeting prep** from prior decisions, threads, and open questions - **Email drafting** grounded in history and commitments - **Docs & decks** generated from your ongoing context (including PDF slides) - **Follow-ups**: capture decisions, action items, and owners so nothing gets dropped - **On-your-machine help**: create files, summarize into notes, and run workflows using local tools (with explicit, reviewable actions) ## Live notes Live notes are notes that stay updated automatically. You can create one by typing '@rowboat' on a note. - Track a competitor or market topic across X, Reddit, and the news - Monitor a person, project, or deal across web or your communications - Keep a running summary of any subject you care about Everything is written back into your local Markdown vault. You control what runs and when. ## Bring your own model Rowboat works with the model setup you prefer: - **Local models** via Ollama or LM Studio - **Hosted models** (bring your own API key/provider) - Swap models anytime — your data stays in your local Markdown vault ## Extend Rowboat with tools (MCP) Rowboat can connect to external tools and services via **Model Context Protocol (MCP)**. That means you can plug in (for example) search, databases, CRMs, support tools, and automations - or your own internal tools. Examples: Exa (web search), Twitter/X, ElevenLabs (voice), Slack, Linear/Jira, GitHub, and more. ## Local-first by design - All data is stored locally as plain Markdown - No proprietary formats or hosted lock-in - You can inspect, edit, back up, or delete everything at any time ---

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