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Your family's paperwork, handled.

Pip is a private assistant that lives on your Mac. Drop a document on him and he reads it, names it, files it into real folders — and pulls out what you actually need to act on: due dates, appointments, claims, tax forms.

in alpha · built for one real household, used every day
current version v17.0.1-alpha released July 12, 2026

Occasional notes from the nest while Pip grows — and first word when he’s ready to download. Unsubscribe anytime.

How Pip works

The family binder, alive. Paper goes in; peace of mind comes out.

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Drop it in

Any paper — a bill, an insurance letter, a school form. Scan it, snap a photo from your phone, or drag it into the inbox.

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Pip reads & files

He titles it, files it into a real Finder folder with color-coded tags, and learns your preferences when you correct him. Pip proposes; you approve.

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What matters floats up

Due dates, appointments, and claims become reminders and a calm morning briefing — so nothing slips.

Your files stay home.

This is the whole point of Pip. Your family's paperwork is yours — it lives in your own folders, on your Mac, never in someone else's cloud vault.

Real files, real folders

No cloud vault, no database prison. Every document is a normal file in a Finder folder you can open without Pip.

Some things Pip never reads

Medical and vital documents are filed by name only — their contents are never read, indexed, or quoted. That's built into how Pip works, not a setting.

No account, no server, no telemetry

No Pip account, no Pip server, no analytics. Pip reads your documents using your own Claude subscription — nothing is stored or shared beyond that. The phone companion runs only on your family's private network, never the public internet.

Yours, not rented

Pip runs on your family's own Claude subscription — a Claude Pro plan or higher is required. No per-document charges, and your paperwork never sits behind a monthly paywall.

What Pip keeps in order

Everything a family binder should be — and it files itself.

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Filing that learns

Consistent naming, smart subfolders — Taxes by year, Auto by vehicle, Medical by family member — plus full-text search and chat that quotes your actual files.

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Insurance, minus the phone tree

Bills matched to EOBs, deductibles tracked per person, mismatches flagged, inquiry letters drafted for you.

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Tax season, gathered

Tax forms detected as they arrive, a yearly checklist, and a one-click package for your accountant.

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Money awareness

Bank feeds and CSV import, spending charts, subscriptions that surface themselves, debt payoff planning, net worth over time.

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The Emergency Binder

One printable PDF with vital documents, household facts, and emergency info — the thing your family needs if something happens to you.

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Pip on your phone

A small companion dashboard — the morning briefing, open items, snap-a-photo-to-file — reachable only over your own private network.

The librarian himself

Pip is the household's librarian — bookish, warm, and quietly delighted to be helpful. He wears the glasses because he actually reads your paperwork. He blinks, bobs, files, and keeps watch. You can pet him.

he keeps the binder so you don't have to.

📖 From the nest Notes from the nest & free family guides What got built, what broke, and how to organize the paperwork a household runs on. No login, no paywall. Read the blog →