Launching today
iPromise - AI focus buddy for deep work.
Bring "Body Doubling" to your Mac notch.
34 followers
Bring "Body Doubling" to your Mac notch.
34 followers
Freedom kills focus. iPromise is a new deep work protocol built on the principle of Body Doubling, the idea that having a "witness" boosts accountability. // Your AI Buddy lives elegantly in your Mac notch. It understands your active window’s context. When you drift into distractions, it gently nudges you back. // Make a promise. Your buddy helps you keep it.
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@adam_sardo Thanks! Really glad the concept resonates with you. For the AI models, we’re currently balancing capability, stability, and cost efficiency, so we started by supporting a smaller curated set first. We definitely plan to gradually open up more model options recently, including custom/OpenAI-compatible providers as well.
distraction usually starts as a tiny “just one notification” moment and then quietly breaks the whole flow.
I like the body-doubling/witness angle because it feels more human than another blocker.how iPromise knows when to intervene versus stay quiet. Does it learn each user’s work patterns over time, or does the user define what “focused” means for each promise?
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@harshalvc_ai Exactly, a lot of distraction usually starts with a tiny “just one second” moment, then the whole context quietly slips away. And yes, we’ve been thinking a lot about the difference between “blocking” and “companionship.” The goal is more like a gentle witness that helps bring you back.
Right now, the focus judgment is a combination: the current promise/task you defined, and contextual signals like apps, window titles, window content etc.
We plan to gradually add: user-defined rules and customization, feedback signals (so users can correct or reinforce judgments, and longer-term learning from patterns and session history.
Congrats on launching! As someone who's sat in virtual study rooms this is intriguing, also an awesome name :) I guess one thing I got from people-populated study rooms was the feeling of reciprocity (the other people there also doing their own work) rather than surveillance. Curious what it will feel like to not have that, will take this for a spin.
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Good job with the copywriting for the name of the product :)
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@busmark_w_nika Thank you. I’ve always loved that sense of emotional connection too