Human generated.AI orchestrated.

We build intelligent systems that show their work — answers with sources, rankings with rules, data that stays yours.

6 systems live in Hawaiʻi4 products
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01 The discipline

We build software that shows its work. Every answer cites its source. Every ranking prints its rule. Every system runs on infrastructure you could take with you.

02 Products

Four systems.
One discipline.

Different jobs, same rule underneath: if a system makes a claim, you can see where it came from.

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01 / 04Live

Moatless

Own your stack.

Every subscription has an open-source replacement you can run yourself. A live index of 36 build-your-own directions ranked daily from GitHub, the day's build-it-yourself news, and a training library for doing it.

Type
Open-source index + training
Directions
36, ranked daily from GitHub
Access
Free · members $9.99/mo
Domain
moatless.io
Enter Moatless →
Adobe Creative Cloudkrita · blender →
Webflowgrapesjs · webstudio →
Firebasesupabase · pocketbase →
Auth0authentik · keycloak →
Zapiern8n · windmill →
Datadoggrafana · prometheus →
Airtablenocodb · teable →
LIVE INDEX
stop renting → start owning
02 / 04Beta

SwarmBuilder

Every block, an agent in waiting.

The agent builder for websites. A swarm handles the work of a marketing team — SEO, freshness, accessibility, AI visibility — and anyone can add their own agents. Nothing changes without a reviewable proposal.

Type
Agentic website builder
Agents
Built-in + bring your own
Edits
Reviewable proposals only
Domain
swarmbuilder.io
Meet the swarm →
SIM · 140 AGENTS
hover or tap to scatter the swarm
03 / 04Live

Arc

Answers that show their sources.

Business AI you can put your name on. An embeddable assistant that answers from your own documents with citations, captures leads, learns from corrections, and reports in plain language — on data that stays yours.

Type
Embeddable AI assistant
Answers
Cited from your sources
Data
Isolated per customer
Status
In production
See what Arc does →
Does the 2024 model fit a 30-foot trailer?
Yes — it's rated for trailers from 24 to 34 feet. Installation needs the mounting kit sold separately.
Spec sheet p.3Install guide §2
Can someone call me about pricing?
Of course — I've passed your details to the sales team. Expect a call within one business day.
● New lead captured → sales inbox
ILLUSTRATIVE
a sourced answer, start to finish
04 / 04In the lab

BrainSkan

Games you play with your mind.

Brain–computer interface games on consumer EEG. Imagine moving your hand and the paddle moves. No controller, no faked inputs — if your brain didn't do it, it doesn't happen.

Type
Brain–computer interface games
Hardware
Consumer EEG · DIY board
Input
Motor imagery, no controller
Status
In the lab
Play the demo →
SIM · 8 CH EEG
eight channels of simulated EEG
01 / 04
SWIPE
03 Live feed · refreshed hourly

Wired to the
living record.

These numbers were fetched from the source when this page was built, and each one links back to it. That's the habit we build into everything.

CH-01api.gbif.org
3.89Bbiodiversity records on GBIF, worldwidelive · api.gbif.org
CH-02api.inaturalist.org
175Mresearch-grade observations on iNaturalistlive · api.inaturalist.org
CH-03api.gbif.org
125Kdatasets published to GBIF by institutions worldwidelive · api.gbif.org
MallardMallardandrewdubs1 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistTownsend's SolitaireTownsend's Solitaireandrewdubs1 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistAmerican RobinAmerican Robinandrewdubs1 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistBald EagleBald Eagleandrewdubs1 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistWood DuckWood Duckandrewdubs1 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistSouthern Devil ScorpionSouthern Devil Scorpionsafron · CC BY NC · iNaturalistAustralian EmperorAustralian Emperoreveeeeeee · CC BY NC · iNaturalistDark-eyed JuncoDark-eyed Juncokatieo27 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistfireweedfireweedeloraa · CC BY NC · iNaturalistoxeye daisyoxeye daisyeloraa · CC BY NC · iNaturalistred osier dogwoodred osier dogwoodeloraa · CC BY NC · iNaturalistsquashberrysquashberryeloraa · CC BY NC · iNaturalistOregon BoxwoodOregon Boxwoodeloraa · CC BY NC · iNaturalistBlack-crowned Night HeronBlack-crowned Night Heronrichardlitt · CC BY · iNaturalistSwordgrass BrownSwordgrass Browncuckoobrains · CC BY NC · iNaturalistSmall WhiteSmall Whiteklem419 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistSpotted ScatSpotted Scatrichardlitt · CC BY · iNaturalistCalifornia SeahareCalifornia Seaharethetidepooler · CC BY NC · iNaturalistSwift TrapaniaSwift Trapaniathetidepooler · CC BY NC · iNaturalistCommon LoonCommon Loonracso79 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistmangrove lilymangrove lilytallulah- · CC BY NC · iNaturalistEastern BluebirdEastern Bluebirdfroggymum · CC BY · iNaturalistOpalescent NudibranchOpalescent Nudibranchthetidepooler · CC BY NC · iNaturalistActinostemma tenerumActinostemma tenerumkoubai · CC BY NC · iNaturalistRed Rock CrabRed Rock Crabfishlay · CC BY NC · iNaturalistRed Sea Bird WrasseRed Sea Bird Wrasseur6s77 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistCommon TansyCommon Tansypeterzika · CC BY NC · iNaturalistBlue JayBlue Jaykyubi18 · CC BY NC · iNaturalistMasked LapwingMasked Lapwingxavenfu · CC BY NC · iNaturalistOriental Odd-tooth SnakeOriental Odd-tooth Snakeeri3000 · CC BY NC · iNaturalist
04 Running systems

Six live platforms.
One archipelago.

Built with Hawaiʻi's seed banks, herbaria, and plant conservation network — and serving them today. Each photograph is a live, openly licensed iNaturalist observation, credited to whoever made it.

01Seeds of Hawaiʻi
seedsofhawaii.org

Seeds of Hawaiʻi

The reference collection for Hawaiian seed conservation — measured seed traits, calibrated imagery, and storage behavior for the islands' flora, endemic species first.

Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab, UH Mānoa · photo: Māmane · margeryoldfield · CC BY ND
02Laukahi
laukahi.org

Laukahi

The public home of the Hawaiʻi Plant Conservation Network — research priorities, protected-area and bioclimatic data, and a searchable conservation document library.

Hawaiʻi Plant Conservation Network · photo: ʻŌhiʻa Lehua · normherr · CC0
03Laukahi Phenology
phenology.laukahi.org

Laukahi Phenology

Flowering and fruiting calendars for Hawaiian flora — turning specimen and observation records into collection-timing guidance for the conservation network.

Hawaiʻi Plant Conservation Network · photo: Wiliwili · cmt2 · CC BY NC
04Seed Longevity Lab
longevity.seedsofhawaii.org

Seed Longevity Lab

A model workbench for seed-viability science: competing decay models ranked by evidence, a re-collection-interval pipeline that runs entirely in the browser, and shareable models that re-fit on load so a result can't be forged.

Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab, UH Mānoa · photo: Brackenridge's Rosemallow · exekutive · CC BY NC
05VISION
vision.seedsofhawaii.org

VISION

Teaching a machine to recognize an invasive plant in the field — computer vision over herbarium sheets and seed imagery, with explicit abstention: below threshold, the system says 'unresolved' rather than guessing.

Joseph F. Rock Herbarium + Lyon Arboretum, UH Mānoa · photo: Akeake · kairigney · CC BY NC
06Laukahi Commons
commons.laukahi.org

Laukahi Commons

Five questions, one commons — where to collect, what it is, when it fruits, how long it keeps, who grows it. A shared platform for native plant collection and propagation, built to be handed to the state and carried by anyone.

Hawaiʻi Plant Conservation Network · photo: Koa · pagophila · CC BY NC
05 How we build
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Verified in, verified out.

Only vetted, permissioned sources feed what users see. Nothing speculative reaches the output.

/ 02

Explainability is a right.

Every output ships with the sources it consulted and the steps it took. Black box becomes glass house.

/ 03

Amplify, don't replace.

Make experts faster without making them worse. The human stays the author.

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Credit the source.

Attribution is foundational. The people whose work makes these systems valuable get named.

06 Start a project

Let's build something accountable.

nicholas@clarifico.io