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# Rowboat
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**Open-source AI coworker that turns work into a knowledge graph and acts on it**
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Rowboat connects to your email and meeting notes, builds a long-lived knowledge graph, and uses that context to help you get work done - privately, on your machine.
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You can do things like:
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- `Build me a deck about our next quarter roadmap` → generates a PDF using context from your knowledge graph
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- `Prep me for my meeting with Alex` → pulls past decisions, open questions, and relevant threads into a crisp brief (or a voice note)
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- Visualize, edit, and update your knowledge graph anytime (it’s just Markdown)
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- Record voice memos that automatically capture and update key takeaways in the graph
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Download latest for Mac/Windows/Linux: [Download](https://www.rowboatlabs.com/downloads)
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## Demo
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[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWoGo-L16I)
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[Watch the full video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWoGo-L16I)
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---
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## Installation
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**Download latest for Mac/Windows/Linux:** [Download](https://www.rowboatlabs.com/downloads)
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**All release files:** https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat/releases/latest
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### Google setup
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To connect Google services (Gmail, Calendar, and Drive), follow [Google setup](https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat/blob/main/google-setup.md).
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### Voice notes
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To enable voice notes (optional), add a Deepgram API key in ~/.rowboat/config/deepgram.json:
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```
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{
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"apiKey": "<key>"
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}
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```
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## What it does
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Rowboat is a **local-first AI coworker** that can:
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- **Remember** the important context you don’t want to re-explain (people, projects, decisions, commitments)
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- **Understand** what’s relevant right now (before a meeting, while replying to an email, when writing a doc)
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- **Help you act** by drafting, summarizing, planning, and producing real artifacts (briefs, emails, docs, PDF slides)
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Under the hood, Rowboat maintains an **Obsidian-compatible vault** of plain Markdown notes with backlinks — a transparent “working memory” you can inspect and edit.
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## Integrations
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Rowboat builds memory from the work you already do, including:
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- **Gmail** (email)
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- **Granola** (meeting notes)
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- **Fireflies** (meeting notes)
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## How it’s different
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Most AI tools reconstruct context on demand by searching transcripts or documents.
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Rowboat maintains **long-lived knowledge** instead:
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- context accumulates over time
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- relationships are explicit and inspectable
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- notes are editable by you, not hidden inside a model
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- everything lives on your machine as plain Markdown
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The result is memory that compounds, rather than retrieval that starts cold every time.
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## What you can do with it
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- **Meeting prep** from prior decisions, threads, and open questions
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- **Email drafting** grounded in history and commitments
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- **Docs & decks** generated from your ongoing context (including PDF slides)
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- **Follow-ups**: capture decisions, action items, and owners so nothing gets dropped
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- **On-your-machine help**: create files, summarize into notes, and run workflows using local tools (with explicit, reviewable actions)
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## Background agents
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Rowboat can spin up **background agents** to do repeatable work automatically - so routine tasks happen without you having to ask every time.
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Examples:
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- Draft email replies in the background (grounded in your past context and commitments)
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- Generate a daily voice note each morning (agenda, priorities, upcoming meetings)
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- Create recurring project updates from the latest emails/notes
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- Keep your knowledge graph up to date as new information comes in
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You control what runs, when it runs, and what gets written back into your local Markdown vault.
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## Bring your own model
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Rowboat works with the model setup you prefer:
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- **Local models** via Ollama or LM Studio
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- **Hosted models** (bring your own API key/provider)
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- Swap models anytime — your data stays in your local Markdown vault
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## Extend Rowboat with tools (MCP)
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Rowboat can connect to external tools and services via **Model Context Protocol (MCP)**.
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That means you can plug in (for example) search, databases, CRMs, support tools, and automations - or your own internal tools.
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Examples: Exa (web search), Twitter/X, ElevenLabs (voice), Slack, Linear/Jira, GitHub, and more.
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## Local-first by design
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- All data is stored locally as plain Markdown
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- No proprietary formats or hosted lock-in
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- You can inspect, edit, back up, or delete everything at any time
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## Looking for Rowboat Web Studio?
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If you’re looking for Rowboat web Studio, start [here](https://docs.rowboatlabs.com/).
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