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How it works
The pieces of PocketPhantom, what each one does, and where things run.
NoteThere is a desktop app in the list below, but it cannot be installed today: it is being rebuilt from scratch and the download page has no installer until it ships. Until it ships, the web app is the whole product.
The pieces
- Your account
- Your identity on pocketphantom.com: an email address with a password, or Google or Apple where offered. It owns your subscription, your chats, your projects and your scheduled tasks.
- The subscription
- One plan per account, billed monthly or annually. It includes our AI models and works in any browser you sign in on. The four sizes differ only in how much AI you get each month.
- The web app
- pocketphantom.com when you are logged in: a chat with the AI, projects, scheduled tasks and plugins. It runs in your browser and on our servers; it cannot reach your computer.
- The desktop app
- The Windows app, being rebuilt from scratch. What it will do is still being decided; it will sign in with the same account as the website. See The desktop app.
- The AI
- Models from Anthropic (the Claude family), OpenAI (the GPT family) and the uncensored GLM models, all included in every paid plan; the Free plan has the lighter ones. Requests go from the web app to our servers and on to the model; nothing to set up. Every model is listed under Models and effort.
- A task
- Anything you ask for in a chat. The AI answers it there.
What runs where
| What | Where it runs | What it can reach |
|---|---|---|
| Web chat | Our servers | The web (search), the files you attach. Not your computer. |
| Scheduled task | Our servers, at the set time | The web. Runs while your computer is off. |
| Sign-in | Our servers; two-step codes and reset links by email | Nothing else. |
| Payments | Stripe | We never see your card. |
A typical day
- 1You log in on the web and ask something: a question, a draft, a plan. The answer streams in; web search is on.
- 2You attach a PDF and ask for the five numbers that matter. It reads the file and answers.
- 3You set a scheduled task for tomorrow morning. It runs by itself; the result waits in the sidebar as a new chat.
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