FAQ
Questions worth asking before install
The short version: your store is local, judgments are explicit, and every integration can be removed.
Where do the 95% and coin-flip numbers come from?
Measured on our founder's 606-note vault. Always-loaded instruction files cost about 22,000 tokens every session; a nautli recall averaged 570 tokens per question in our logs, so a typical session uses roughly 95% fewer memory tokens. The checkup found 49 pairs of notes that contradict each other; when both sides of a contradiction reach a model, the answer for that topic is effectively a coin flip. After you settle each review question, only the fact you chose is served. Your numbers will differ; run a checkup to see them.
What leaves my machine?
Your notes do not go to nautli servers. Duplicate and contradiction judgment prompts are sent through your own Claude subscription to Anthropic. Optional collection is off by default.
What does the judge send to Claude?
It sends the text needed to compare candidate facts for duplicate and contradiction judgments. It does not send your whole vault, and a failed or ambiguous judgment becomes no action or a review question.
Will a checkup change my Obsidian vault?
No. A checkup reads Markdown notes in the folders you select and does not modify the source notes. You can exclude top-level folders before it starts. Importing findings writes to ~/.nautli, not back into the vault.
How do I remove nautli?
Remove the marked instruction block with nautli setup --step remove-instructions, remove the launchd job with nautli setup --step uninstall-daemon, remove MCP registrations, then back up and delete ~/.nautli if you no longer need the local memory.
What does it cost, and what is a Supporter?
The core is open source under the MIT License. Supporters fund maintenance. Public recognition is optional and off unless a supporter explicitly opts in.