{"slug": "building-dot-connector", "title": "Building Dot Connector", "summary": "A developer built Dot Connector, a local app powered by Claude that connects notes, identifies contradictions, and tracks open loops for solopreneurs. The app uses Express and vanilla JS, runs locally with calls to Anthropic's API, and costs under $1/month for personal use.", "body_md": "**a local, Claude-powered brain-assistant for solopreneurs**\n\nI kept losing good ideas — not because I forgot to write them down, but because nothing ever\n\nwent back and connected them. A task on Monday, an idea on Wednesday that was secretly the\n\nsame problem, a question on Friday that contradicted something I'd decided two weeks earlier.\n\nAll of it just... sat there.\n\nSo I built **Dot Connector**: a small local app where every capture is a \"dot,\" and every few\n\ncaptures, Claude reviews the stream against a standing memory and surfaces three things —\n\nnon-obvious connections between notes, contradictions with what you said before, and open\n\nloops you haven't closed yet.\n\n**The architecture is deliberately simple.** It's Express + vanilla JS, no build step, no\n\naccount system. Every capture gets a cheap, fast Claude call for auto-tagging. Every 3rd\n\ncapture triggers a deeper \"sweep\" — a second Claude call that looks at recent captures\n\nalongside standing memory and open loops, and returns structured updates: new memory facts,\n\ndot-connects, contradictions, and open-loop resolutions.\n\n**Why local-first.** no server of my own, notes never leave your machine except the direct calls to Anthropic's API, bring-your-own API key so there's no subscription — you pay\n\nAnthropic directly, typically well under $1/month for personal use.]\n\n**Its just a steal**\n\n**one-time $29 download**\n\nAll info and download get it here:\n\n[https://dot-connector.eu](https://dot-connector.eu)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-dot-connector", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/tjulkurra/building-dot-connector-526b", "published_at": "2026-07-17 15:16:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-17 15:59:53.841649+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Claude", "Anthropic", "Dot Connector"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-dot-connector", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-dot-connector.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-dot-connector.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-dot-connector.jsonld"}}