Machines, not mysteries.
Name a rig. Prepare it locally. Exchange public rig cards and approve the full fingerprints in both directions.
Public cards. Private keys stay home.
Braid Messenger / Archangel 1.7.0a6
Your rigs.
Your rigs.
On speaking
terms.
An inbox for the useful things your local AI should carry forward. Share reviewed context with an approved rig. Continue in channel chat with shared notes you can inspect. Keep control of both.
New: Channels + local chat + shared-note receipts.
Public engineering alpha. Mac fix retained. Python and local Ollama required.
∿ Braid ARCHANGEL
Linux laptopRECEIVED STATEA little context.
A little context.
A useful connection.
From MacBook Air · reviewed handoff
Project Cobalt’s launch color is amber.
✓ Received✓ Accepted✓ Indexed
A fresh question on the receiving rigThe launch color is amber.
Receiver-owned stateLocal models · visible evidence
Interface illustration, not a live session. Actual test photograph below.
PAIR ONCE Your machines become contacts.SHARE DELIBERATELY You review what leaves.QUERY LOCALLY The receiver uses its own field.
A familiar front doorLess control panel.
Less control panel.
More “there’s my other rig.”
Think signed state mail for your local AI rigs: a small, deliberate place to carry useful facts, decisions, and constraints between the computers you own.
Share the useful part.
Paste context, make a local summary or keep the exact text, then review it before sending. Inbox, Sent, and receipts keep the work visible.
Write → Review → Share
A handoff you can use.
The receiver indexes accepted material locally. Ask a new question through Braid and inspect the evidence behind the answer.
Relevant state. A fresh local question.
New in a6 / Included in the free clientOne field.
One field.
Channels for what matters.
Your rigs are the contacts. Channels organize the project notes you deliberately share between them, and bring the relevant material into ordinary chat inside Archangel.
#Cobalt
A project conversation, not another context dump.
Create a channel once, share its signed card, and choose which rigs receive your outgoing notes, which publishers may send into your local copy, and whether notes can be used in your answers. Those are three separate choices, made on each rig.
Keep talking to your local model in Channel Chat. Relevant, permitted notes can join the conversation without another trip to the Shared field window. The inbox and individual handoff receipts are still there.
#Cobalt / Channel Chat
What should we carry into the launch?
The launch color is amber. The threshold notes disagree: 73 and 75 remain unresolved.
Using 3 shared notes#Cobalt · MacBook Air1 unresolved conflict
Three exact source notes supplied to this example answer:
- Project Cobalt's launch color is amber.
- Project Cobalt's threshold is 73.
- Project Cobalt's threshold is 75.
In the app, expand this receipt to inspect the exact text, originating rig, source objects, arrival time, and whether the guard substituted a fallback.
Illustrative conversation, not a live model result. The count describes unique source atoms actually supplied to the completion request, including retained-history and conflict evidence. It does not measure attention or certify truth. One longer handoff can supply several atoms.
Sharing stays deliberate.
Write a note, review its exact text and destinations, then confirm. A channel name is not permission: importing a card enables no sending, receiving, or chat use by itself.
Send to / Receive from / Use in chat
Useful automation. Small scope.
Chosen topic phrases can suggest a local draft, never an automatic transmission. Automatic sharing separately requires channel authorization, a chat opt-in, and a newly typed /note message. Rate limits and pause controls stay visible.
No auto-forwarding of replies or incoming notes
Inspect the competing claims.
Explore conflicts within the channel and see unresolved alternatives alongside the answer evidence. Archangel does not quietly pick a winner or turn a newer note into authority. Formal resolution authoring remains future work.
Original claims remain inspectable
One field, supported paths. Direct approved a6 peers, signed-file transfer, and exported QR reels carry the signed channel identity into the same channel admission checks. Camera scans need physical testing and compatible decoder support. Managed Relay remains forthcoming; a6 does not provision it. Chat integration is inside Archangel, not an automatic bridge into unrelated chat apps.
Cropped from the founder’s test photo; interface values are unaltered.
A5 / PHYSICAL MAC → LINUX RUNSent on a Mac.
Sent on a Mac.
Useful on Linux.
A made-up project fact left a MacBook Air through the reviewed handoff flow. On the Linux laptop, Braid showed an indexed item and returned the fact through its shared-field question workflow.
“Project Cobalt’s launch color is amber.”
1Indexed item
1Indexed object
384Dimensions
Founder-run a5 test with visible receiver output, not independent certification. This is the demonstrated handoff-and-query foundation, not a physical test of the new a6 Channels build. a6 real-model, cross-OS, restart, optical, and broader-network checks remain to be completed.
Watch the on-camera demonstration
PROOF On Camera:
Two Ollama LLMs Shared StateThe founder’s Mac-to-Linux demonstration · opens YouTube ↗
Two Ollama LLMs Shared StateThe founder’s Mac-to-Linux demonstration · opens YouTube ↗
Watch the a5 handoff demonstration, then follow the a6 channel guide. The video does not certify the new Channels build.
Free local software. Optional membership.Start free.
Start free.
Build with us.
The same Archangel client in both columns. No membership required for local transfers. Join for human help, early access, and forthcoming managed reach.
THE LOCAL CLIENT
Braid Archangel
Free / no membership required
Connect the rigs you own. Keep the useful context moving.
- Direct LAN transfersApproved rig-to-rig handoffs over your local network. No Intersignal relay needed.
- QR reel / chunk transfersIncluded optical tools in the Advanced workspace. Camera and decoder requirements apply.
- Your rigs, inbox, and receiptsReview a summary or exact text before sending. See acceptance and indexing separately.
- Receiver-local shared field384D indexing, relevant-state retrieval, and guarded questions through your own local model.
- Public releases and sourceUse the public client without a subscription. The Mac launcher fix is already included.
Download free Archangel
Python, Ollama, and models are separate prerequisites. About the QR tools.
THE FOUNDING MEMBERSHIP
Braid Founding Membership
$99 / year
Everything in the free client, plus a closer connection to the build.
- Human supportReasonable, best-effort help with installation, pairing, troubleshooting, and upgrades.
- Managed Relay access FORTHCOMINGFor at least 2 unique devices per active membership, once the member service launches and your access is provisioned.
- First access to new versions & experimentsMember-first releases and experimental builds during your active membership term.
- A direct feedback loopBring reproducible results and feature requests directly to the project. Not every experiment or request will ship.
Join Founding Membership Manage billing ↗
Support starts with membership; early builds are supplied as released. Managed Relay is forthcoming, not an active service included at checkout today.
Membership adds support and reach. It does not unlock the free client. LAN and QR tools stay free. Managed Relay has no announced activation date; its two-device minimum applies once the service is launched and provisioned during an active membership.
Service details & what is not included
Human support is reasonable and best-effort, not a 24/7 service or production SLA. Early access covers member releases and experiments as they become available during your active annual term; there is no fixed release schedule. Public software releases remain free.
Forthcoming Managed Relay access covers at least two unique devices per active membership once launched and provisioned. Service use will be subject to compatibility, capacity, location, and fair-use limits; no unlimited bandwidth or additional-device entitlement is promised here. A payment receipt is not a relay credential. Support starts when membership begins; there is no guaranteed relay launch date within the term.
Membership does not include computers, hosted inference, model subscriptions, Python, Ollama, or model downloads. Your local models remain yours to provision and run. This site update does not activate a relay or change existing subscriptions.
The next Archangel / Channels alphaArchangel.
Archangel.
One bundle.
Your own rigs.
The complete 1.7.0a6 Channels release, with the Mac startup correction retained. One bundle for every rig. The earlier demonstrated a5 build remains available below.
Have these ready on each rig
Standard CPython 3.10–3.13. Get Python. Choose a supported version, not 3.14.
Local Ollama + an embedding model. The first-run guide uses all-minilm. Get Ollama.
A local chat model for Channel Chat. The demonstrated receiver used mistral:latest.
Begin with two machines on the same private LAN. No Intersignal relay enrollment is needed for that path.
Ready-to-run does not mean zero prerequisites. The launcher installs Python dependencies into its own environment. Python, Ollama, and model weights are not bundled. First setup needs internet access unless you prepare the documented offline pack.
PUBLIC ENGINEERING ALPHA
Braid Archangel 1.7.0a6
Channels · Mac launcher fix retained · 1.01 MB ZIP
The same complete bundle for macOS, Linux, and Windows.
Extract. Open Start Braid.command.
The Mac fix is already in this ZIP. It skips an unsupported default Python, finds a supported installed runtime, and prints its selection.
sh "Start Braid.command"Terminal alternative: run the command above inside the extracted folder. Python must already be installed. No global Python setting is changed. Mac security guidance.
Open the extracted folder in Terminal.
Right-click an empty space in the folder, choose Open in Terminal, and run:
sh "Start Braid.sh"Run as your normal user, without sudo. The Linux launcher uses your default python3. For an unsupported default, explicitly use an installed supported version, such as python3.12 start_braid.py.
Choose a supported Python explicitly.
Open the extracted folder in Terminal. With standard Python 3.12 installed, use:
py -3.12 start_braid.pyUse -3.13 instead when that is your installed supported version. Start Braid.cmd is also included, but uses the default runtime. This is not an Authenticode-signed installer.
Download Archangel a6 ZIP
Opens Google Drive in a new tab. Choose Download for the complete launcher bundle, not just the source archive.
Verify the exact download
98d2eb0c1656fcf972fa773797aba46c8f716bac9357c093141f70838dc1c3f8SHA-256 of the complete ZIP. Consistency check, not a publisher signature.
INCLUDEDApp + source + platform launchersThe corrected Mac launcher, isolated setup, offline-pack tools, test evidence, and full source travel together.
NOT REQUIRED FOR LANNo account. No managed relay.Direct approved-rig handoffs do not automatically use an Intersignal relay. Keep the local UI private.
STILL AN ALPHAStart with harmless test context.Not a signed native installer. The a6 channel workflow, real models, native platforms, restart behavior, optical scans, and WAN require physical testing. See the a6 checklist.
A first channel, not a terminal marathonTwo rigs.
Two rigs.
One useful conversation.
Start with a reviewed exact note and one receiver. Keep automation off until the basic channel path works on your machines.
Open and pair.
Launch a6 on both rigs. Save fresh a6 rig cards, compare the full fingerprints, and approve in both directions.
Create one channel.
Create Cobalt on the Mac and import its signed channel card on Linux. Select sending, receiving, and use-in-chat permissions independently.
Review. Then share.
Write one exact note. Review destinations, confirm once, and inspect the remote acceptance and indexing receipt.
Continue in Chat.
Ask on Linux with shared notes enabled. Expand Using 1 shared note to inspect the exact supplied evidence.
Received → Accepted → Indexed
Three different confirmations. A local note commit is not a remote receipt. An uncertain outcome is not permission to resend.
The interface is small. The idea is not.Useful context travels.
Useful context travels.
Authority stays local.
WORKING TODAY
A shared-state foundation.
Braid carries explicit, signed semantic material. Each receiver applies its own acceptance policy and builds its own searchable 384-dimensional field. Retrieved evidence and model output stay inspectable. Signatures and similarity do not make a claim true.
THE DIRECTION
Richer interchange, without pretending.
We are building toward richer validated interchange states across independent AI systems. Today’s release is the foundation, not native hidden-state transfer. It does not move model weights, KV cache, or a complete model mind.
Before you click
A few things worth knowing.
What does “Using 3 shared notes” actually count?
Unique exact semantic atoms supplied to the successful completion request, including evidence carried with retained conversation history and any supplemental conflict notes. Identical atoms count once even with several source objects. It is not the number of documents, every retrieved candidate, verified facts, or the model's measured internal attention. Expand the receipt to inspect what went in and whether a guard fallback supplied the final answer.
Does this automatically share everything my local AI knows?
No. Reviewed notes are the default. Topic phrases can create local drafts only. Automatic sending requires a channel policy, a separate chat opt-in, and a new user-authored /note message. Incoming notes, model replies, and ordinary conversation never auto-forward. Channel Chat is inside Archangel; unrelated chat applications are not intercepted.
What did the Mac patch fix?
The original shortcut could choose an unsupported default Python and stop before opening Braid. The integrated Mac launcher checks supported installed runtimes, including common Homebrew and Python.org locations, then prints the interpreter it selects. It does not install Python, alter global aliases, or retry application failures under another interpreter. That macOS discovery correction is retained in the new a6 bundle; the Channels application itself is a new release.
Will this send traffic through an Intersignal relay?
Not for the direct private-LAN workflow shown here. Rigs connect to the approved endpoint in the exchanged card. Managed Relay / Jump Kit is a separate enrollment and configuration path, not a switch activated by downloading Archangel. No production relay availability or WAN result is implied by this LAN demonstration.
Can I use different models?
The completion model is receiver-local; Braid carries explicit material rather than requiring identical model weights. For the simplest first run, use the guide’s matching all-minilm embedding setup. The physical result on this page used mistral:latest for the receiver’s configured completion model, not a full compatibility matrix.
What has actually been tested?
The photograph and video show the founder’s a5 Mac-to-Linux handoff and field answer. The a6 package separately records 338 tests and six subtests with fixture models, real loopback transport around them, and 16 Mac-launcher discovery tests using simulated layouts. Those are not new physical a6 Mac/Linux/Windows or camera tests. Read a6 verification notes and the physical checklist.
What should I do when the field is empty?
Stop at the receipt. Check the remote outcome in Notes & activity or the retained Inbox/Sent receipt. Confirm that both rigs imported the same channel card, the publisher is allowed, and shared-note use is enabled. Drafts and local commits alone do not prove remote acceptance. An unconfirmed receipt is not permission to resend. Open the troubleshooting guide.
What is free, and what does $99/year add?
Archangel's local Messenger, LAN transfers, QR reel / chunk tools, receiver-local field, and public releases are free. Founding Membership adds human support, first access to new versions and experiments, and forthcoming Managed Relay access for at least two unique devices once launched and provisioned during an active term. The QR tools use the Advanced workspace and depend on compatible camera/decoder support. Compare both options.
The inspectable recordKeep the evidence.
Keep the evidence.
Keep the earlier work.
The release includes its full source and original automated evidence. This physical result adds one specific working path, not a blanket certification.
Looking for the older native installers? They remain in the historical download archive. They do not contain Archangel Messenger.