Notes that don’t add up
Half in a notebook, half in a doc, some on your phone. When the exam comes, you rebuild the course from fragments.
The AI second brain for students
Every class, remembered.
Glowstone is like a study partner who attended every lecture and read every note you took: every subject, reading, deadline and what the professor said would be on the exam. It thinks with the judgment of the best student in your class and answers from your own notes, so revision starts from what you actually covered.
Free, including transcription · Works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor · Your notes stay on your Mac
If you’re a student, this probably sounds familiar
Lectures you can’t replay
The professor said something important about the exam, and you were still copying the previous slide.
Deadlines in five places
The syllabus, an email, a group chat, the course page. Something always surprises you on a Sunday night.
01 · Your study notes
Keep every subject, class and reading on record and ask your AI anything about them
Each subject gets its notes: what was covered in every lecture, the readings, your doubts, the deadlines and what the professor stressed. Your agent writes and links them as you study, so the course organises itself.
Then ask it like a classmate who never missed a class: what will be on the midterm, which lectures cover a topic, what you still don’t understand.
- One note per subject, lecture and reading
- Exam hints and deadlines saved with the date
- Answers that cite the lecture they came from
Example
It’s the night before the Statistics exam.
Make me 15 practice questions from my Statistics notes, hardest topics first.
- ✓Reads every Statistics lecture and reading
- ✓Finds the topics you marked as unclear
- ✓Writes the questions, with answers at the end
What you get
A practice test built from what was actually taught in your class, not from a generic textbook.
04An answer that comes from your records, not a guess.
02 · Lectures & meetings
Record lectures and group meetings and ask questions live, with the class and your notes as context
Start recording from the tab when the class starts. In an online lecture Glowstone hears your microphone and the lecturer separately; in a room, everything comes through the microphone as one track. It’s transcribed on your Mac, so nothing goes to a server.
Lost? Ask the tab during the class, with what’s been said so far and your notes behind the answer. Afterwards, Process turns the lecture into notes for that subject. Check your university’s rules and ask the lecturer before recording.
- The full lecture, transcribed on your Mac
- Ask mid-class without interrupting anyone
- Lecture notes filed into the right subject
Example
Your group project meeting ends and nobody wrote down who does what.
Who agreed to do what in today’s group meeting, and by when?
- ✓Reads the meeting transcript
- ✓Pulls out each commitment and the person
- ✓Adds the dates to the project’s deadlines
What you get
A clear list for the group chat: Ana the survey by Thursday, you the analysis by Sunday, Marc the slides.
04An answer you can use before the pause gets awkward.
03 · Every day
Use it all day: capture slides, jot ideas and ask from any app
Most of the value comes from small moments, dozens of times a day. Glowstone hangs from the top of your screen in every app: bring the pointer up, ask, jot something down or attach what’s on screen, and get back to work.
Away from the desk, a voice note to your own Glowstone bot on Telegram does the same. Everything lands in the same memory.
- The tab, over any app
- Screenshots it understands: “add this to…”
- Telegram from your phone
- The tabReading a dense paper
Explain this paragraph simply, and save it to Marketing.
A plain explanation, filed next to the reading.
- Attach a fileThe syllabus arrives as a PDF
Add every deadline and exam date from this to my term.
Nine dates in This term.md, ready for your calendar.
- TelegramAn idea on the bus
Voice note: “For the essay, compare Spain and Portugal’s minimum wage.”
Filed in the Microeconomics essay note.
- Search ⌘FWhere did we see elasticity?
“elasticity”
Three lectures and the reading, in a second.
03It reads the screenshot and files what matters.
04 · Routines
Schedule routines: your AI sends you every Sunday what’s due this week
Ask once: “every Sunday at seven, tell me what’s due this week, what exams are coming and what I haven’t reviewed”. It starts that conversation on its own, every week.
Silent when there’s nothing due. Routines run while Glowstone is open on your Mac.
- A weekly plan you don’t have to build
- Exams flagged weeks before, not days
- Silent when there’s nothing due
Example
Exams are three weeks away and you don’t know where to start.
Once: “every evening at eight during exams, give me tomorrow’s study plan.”
- ✓Reads every subject and what you’ve reviewed
- ✓Weighs the exam dates
- ✓Opens a short plan each evening
What you get
A realistic plan every night, adjusted to what you actually did that day.
02A normal chat: reply to it, ask more, or let it be.
Bring your own AI
Use your Claude or ChatGPT plan as an assistant for students
Glowstone doesn’t sell its own AI. Sign in with the agent you already use, on the plan you already pay for, and it gets your notes, your meetings and your tools. Switch agents any time: the memory stays.
Claude CodeYour Claude plan
CodexYour ChatGPT plan
CursorYour Cursor plan
OpenCodeFree models or your own keys
Kilo CodeFree models or your own keys
05 · Tools & connectors
Connect your calendar, Notion, Google Drive and more, so your AI can organise your studies for you
Most tools you work in today can be connected to an AI agent, through what are called MCP connectors. Tell Glowstone which ones you use and your agent sets them up with you, in the conversation: it looks for the official connector, adds it, and walks you through signing in. No settings screen, no developer needed.
From then on it can read them and, where the tool allows it, act in them: create and update tickets, write pages, draft emails, check a customer’s invoices. Every action shows up in the chat, and it only reaches what your own account can.
- Connected in the conversation, guided step by step
- Reads and, where allowed, writes in your tools
- Every action visible in the chat
NotionRead and write your study pages and databases
Google DriveFind and read course documents
CalendarAdd deadlines and exams, through a community connector
EmailFind what your professors sent, through a community connector
GitHubRead your coding assignments and repos (with a token)
AsanaPlan group projects with tasks and owners- SlackRead your class or group channels (with a token)
ZapierConnect thousands of other apps, including many course tools
Hundreds of tools have a connector today. These work too, through official or community connectors:
Linear
Figma- Canva
- monday.com
- + More tools
And through Zapier’s connector, thousands of apps more. If a tool has no connector, your agent tells you, and writes it down.
Example
Your group keeps its project in Notion and nobody updates it.
Update our Notion project page with what we decided today, and who does what.
- ✓Reads today’s group meeting
- ✓Finds the project page through the Notion connector
- ✓Writes the decisions and the owners
What you get
The shared page is up to date without anyone typing it.
03Done, and it tells you what it did.
Speak instead of typing, about three times faster
Hold a key and talk: to your agent, or into any app. Whisper transcribes it on your Mac, free and offline, and spells your clients’ and colleagues’ names right.
Everything else Glowstone does
The same app, with the same memory behind every part. Each one has its own guide, step by step.
The tab
Your agent hangs from the top of the screen in every app. Ask or jot something down without switching windows.
Connectors, step by step
How your agent finds, adds and signs in to a connector, and keeps a list of what you use.
Search & spaces
Find anything by what was said, and keep work and personal life in separate folders.
Bring your memory
Start with what ChatGPT or Claude already know about you, or your Obsidian vault.
Telegram
Text or send a voice note from your phone, and it’s filed by the time you’re back.
Private by design
Notes are files on your Mac. No Glowstone account or server: only the agent you choose reads them.
A student’s day with Glowstone
- A look at today: classes, what’s due, what to review.
- Lecture recorded. A question asked mid-class, answered from your notes.
- Process: the lecture filed into its subject.
- A slide captured from the tab and added to your notes.
- Group meeting: who does what, written down for you.
- The weekly study plan arrives on its own.
Things you could ask it
- “What will be on the midterm, according to the professor?”
- “Make me a practice test from my Statistics notes.”
- “Explain consumer surplus with the example from class.”
- “What’s due this week, across all subjects?”
- “What did I mark as unclear and haven’t reviewed?”
- “Summarise lecture 6 in ten lines.”
Your notes stay yours
Everything is plain Markdown in a folder on your Mac. There’s no Glowstone account and no Glowstone server, so we can’t read your notes, your chats or your meetings. Only the AI agent you choose reads what it needs to answer, under your own account.
Who can see what →Questions from students
Is it free for students?
Glowstone is free, and so are transcription and dictation. The agent needs a plan with its provider, but OpenCode and Kilo Code can run on free models, so you can use Glowstone without paying anything.
Can I record lectures?
Technically yes: online classes and in-room lectures. Whether you may depends on your university and the lecturer, so check the rules and ask first.
Will it write my essays?
It works with your own notes and what you ask it. Use it to understand, organise and revise; follow your university’s rules on using AI in assessed work.
Does it work offline?
Your notes, transcription and dictation work on your Mac without a connection. Answering questions needs your AI agent, which runs online.
Can I use my Claude or ChatGPT subscription?
Yes. Glowstone doesn’t sell its own AI: it works with the agent you already pay for. Claude Code runs on your Claude plan, Codex on your ChatGPT plan and Cursor on your Cursor plan. OpenCode and Kilo Code can use free models. Glowstone gives that agent your notes, meetings and tools, and takes no cut.
Glowstone is free
- The app: free to download and use, with no account and no card.
- Transcription and dictation: free, with Whisper running on your Mac. No per-minute fees, no word limits.
- The AI: the agent you already use, on your own plan, or free models through OpenCode and Kilo Code. We take no cut.
Try it on your own work.
Free, with the agent you already use. Your files stay on your Mac.
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