# ThoughtLock

> Voice-first Conversation OS — capture a thought without screens, talk with Laurie & Max, ship work on a 9-column Task Board.

ThoughtLock is a self-hosted capture and conversation system: ESP32 or phone mic → Android Bridge → your PC (Whisper STT, MiniMax LLM, Pocket TTS). It is not SaaS.

## Canonical facts

- Product: ThoughtLock (Conversation OS)
- Maker: NORD-EAST Tech Development
- Status: Early access / hardware validation (2026)
- Primary market language: American English; Italian secondary
- Deployment: Self-hosted on user PC; Tailscale bridge from phone

## What it does

1. **Thought** — one-gesture capture to local markdown (`totlock/`) and Library; no AI reply
2. **Continuous Chat** — voice dialogue with two personas: Laurie (reflective) and Max (action-oriented)
3. **Task Board** — desktop Kanban with 9 columns: Library Chat, Validation, Triage, Intent, Analysis, Assumption, Execution, Check, Report

## Components

- ESP32 + physical button (HW-504, INMP441 mic, BLE)
- ThoughtLock Bridge (Android app)
- Desktop voice app (Windows)
- Task Board (Windows Kanban + Task Engine E2-M / E2-A)
- PC Receiver (WebSocket + REST, port 8765)

## Links

- Website: https://toughtlock.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Northeast-webdev/toughtlock
- Extended context: https://toughtlock.com/llms-full.txt
- Sitemap: https://toughtlock.com/sitemap.xml