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#31

It would be fantastic if this supported email and calendar providers that weren't Google. Supporting protocols like IMAP or JMAP alongside CalDav would be a fantastic step, as well as open source note-taking apps like Hyprnote would be neat.

Does anyone use JMAP? I know it came out of Fastmail, but I've not seen anything beyond a few hobby projects integrate with it. Event Fastmail's own clients are just web wrappers, not JMAP clients.

Re: Show HN: Rowboat – AI coworker that turns your work into a knowledge graph (OSS)

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This is cool! A couple of pieces of feedback as I am looking for something in this family of things but haven't found the perfect fit: 1. I have multiple inboxes, and want to have them work on multiple. 2. I would really like to have skills and mcps visible and understandable. Craft Agents does a nice job of segmenting by workspace and making skills and mcps all visible so I can understand what exactly my agent is se…

I'm really working towards getting something similar to work. Lots of bug fixing for now. Any help is appreciated if interested.

Re: Show HN: Rowboat – AI coworker that turns your work into a knowledge graph (OSS)

#33

I think this is a good example of what a good landing page can do.. I can immediately tell what it can do and the visualization makes me want to try it. And I don't think it is particularly refreshing or anything.. it just seems cool.

Really appreciate that. Glad the visualizations made sense.

Re: Show HN: Rowboat – AI coworker that turns your work into a knowledge graph (OSS)

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Nice, that sounds like an interesting approach. We did try simpler setups first, including giving the model direct access to raw emails and meeting notes. It works to some extent, but it’s harder to maintain a clear notion of “current state” for different entities. Without links, the model also has to do entity resolution at query time, which can require multiple passes.

A design choice we made was that each note should be usable by the user too, not just the AI. For example, if someone opens a project note, they should be able to immediately understand its current status. Linking notes and using backlinks became a natural way to surface relationships and references while keeping things human-readable.

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#35

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Interesting framing! We’ve mostly been thinking of inconsistencies as signals that something was missed by the system, but treating them as attention points makes sense and could actually help build trust.

This was something that I was working on for a personal solution ( flagging various contradictory threads ). I suspect it is a common use case.

That’s interesting. Would be curious to know what types of contradictions you were looking at and how you approached flagging them.

Re: Show HN: Rowboat – AI coworker that turns your work into a knowledge graph (OSS)

#36
The knowledge graph is well done. I think what's missing from all coworking apps is the UX.

Prompting is a very specialized skill, average users just don't know what to ask for to get the most out of the LLMs.

Ideally the UX should organize and surface information to the user that is important automatically, without needing to be prompted.

Re: Show HN: Rowboat – AI coworker that turns your work into a knowledge graph (OSS)

#37

The knowledge graph is well done. I think what's missing from all coworking apps is the UX. Prompting is a very specialized skill, average users just don't know what to ask for to get the most out of the LLMs. Ideally the UX should organize and surface information to the user that is important automatically, without needing to be prompted.

Thanks, completely agree. UX is probably the hardest part here. Prompting should not be a prerequisite for getting value. We have been thinking about making the system more proactive, for example surfacing relevant notes ahead of meetings or highlighting changes that need attention. Would love to hear how you think this should ideally work.

Re: Show HN: Rowboat – AI coworker that turns your work into a knowledge graph (OSS)

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Thanks. Obsidian and Logseq were definitely an inspiration while building this. What we’re trying to explore is pushing that a bit further. Instead of manually curating the graph and then querying it, the system continuously updates the graph as work happens and lets the agent operate directly on that structure. Would love to know what kind of scripts or plugins you’re using in Logseq, and what you’re primarily using…

My point was to say that your idea should work because today's models are capable enough. If I get some time later today, I'll post my scripts.

Also interested to hear about your Logseq scripts and the plugins you use as well

Re: Show HN: Rowboat – AI coworker that turns your work into a knowledge graph (OSS)

#40

This is a product that just makes sense to me - well done on picking a great problem to solve and communicating it so well. What are the plans for monetization?

Thanks for the kind words. We plan to offer an account-based option for users that want zero setup, with managed integrations and a choice of LLMs.
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