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Sherlock is an AI-powered research and investigation workspace that runs entirely in your browser. You bring your own API key from a supported AI provider, point it at a topic, and Sherlock helps you run structured analysis, build visual research boards, chat with an AI grounded in your findings, track activity over time, and monitor for new signals — with every byte of your data staying in your browser, not on Sherlock’s servers.

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How Sherlock works

Sherlock organizes your research into workspaces. Each workspace holds the artifacts (investigation reports), chat sessions, board canvases, signals, and source records that belong to a single research project or topic. You can have as many workspaces as you need, and each one persists locally in your browser — no account or server required. When you launch a run, Sherlock sends your prompt and workspace context directly to the AI provider you’ve configured — Gemini, OpenRouter, OpenAI, or Anthropic. The response comes back as a structured artifact that you can read, annotate, cite, and build on. Nothing passes through Sherlock’s own servers.

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Key capabilities

Investigation runs

Launch structured AI analysis with domain-specific scopes, purpose profiles, starter prompts, and model selection.

Research board

Build visual canvas investigations with tldraw — place artifacts, entities, signals, notes, and links on a shared canvas.

Chat

Chat with an AI grounded in your active workspace, with @mention references to artifacts and streaming responses.

Timeline

Explore a chronological view of your workspace activity — runs, artifacts, signals, and chat sessions — with saved views and snapshot export.

Network graph

Visualize entity relationships with a D3-powered graph, including manual nodes, link weights, and entity resolution.

Live monitor

Scan for live signals across your domain scope and feed them directly into new investigation runs.

Files

Browse all your workspaces and artifacts in one place, with grid and list views, filtering, and direct export actions.

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Bring your own key (BYOK)

Sherlock does not provide AI access on your behalf. To run investigations or use the chat feature, you need at least one API key from a supported provider:
  • Google Gemini — available from Google AI Studio
  • OpenRouter — a single key that routes to hundreds of models, including free tiers
  • OpenAI — GPT-4 and other OpenAI models
  • Anthropic — Claude models
You add your key once in Settings → Runtime, and it stays in your browser. Sherlock never transmits your key to its own servers. For shared or public deployments, every user adds their own key — there are no server-side credentials to manage.
You can browse existing workspaces and artifacts without an API key. A key is only required when you want to run new AI analysis or start a chat session.

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Your data stays local

Sherlock stores all workspace data — artifacts, chat history, research boards, signals, and run records — in a browser-local SQLite database backed by IndexedDB. This means:
  • No account or login required
  • No data leaves your browser unless you explicitly export it
  • Clearing your browser storage removes your local data, so export backups when it matters
You can export individual artifacts as HTML, Markdown, or JSON, and export full workspace backups from Settings → Data to move your research between devices or share it with others.