Who it’s for: Individual knowledge workers, researchers, and power users who want an AI agent that works on their behalf — not just answers questions.
The PCM Paradigm
Gobi Desktop is built on a fundamental shift in how knowledge tools work.Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
The legacy paradigm. The user organizes notes manually. Knowledge lives in static nodes and files. Tools like Obsidian are powerful libraries — but they require a librarian.
Personal Context Management (PCM)
The Gobi paradigm. The agent maintains context dynamically. Knowledge is event-driven and relevance-ranked. Gobi is not a library. It is a judgment layer.
Core Concepts
Brain
Brain
The user’s personal knowledge graph. A living, agent-maintained representation of everything the user knows, has captured, and worked on. Unlike static notes, the Brain evolves continuously as the agent processes new inputs.
Vault
Vault
The local storage layer where all captured data lives. Private by default — never leaves the user’s device unless explicitly shared. The source of truth for the Brain.
Capture
Capture
The act of ingesting new information into the Brain. Can happen manually (user-initiated) or ambiently (via Gobi Sense or background monitoring). Capture types: Audio, Vision, Motion, Notes.
Brain Update
Brain Update
An agent-generated summary or synthesis of recent captures and Brain changes. Surfaces what the agent has learned or processed — keeping the user informed without requiring manual review.
Reflex
Reflex
An automated background task run by the agent on the user’s behalf. Configured rules or triggers — tagging, summarizing, connecting, surfacing — without user intervention. Created via “Add a Reflex.”
Signal Score
Signal Score
A relevance metric assigned to Brain items, indicating how important or timely a piece of knowledge is relative to the user’s current context. Used by the agent to prioritize what to surface.