An organized business record
Keep your goals, customers, offers, priorities, decisions, assumptions, constraints, and open questions in a consistent structure.
A local business workspace for your AI
Stop re-explaining your business to AI.
Groundwork keeps the context behind your business in one organized workspace on your computer. Codex or Claude Code can use that reviewed context to give you more relevant help without starting from zero in every conversation.
One-time purchase · Local files · Separate AI account required · 30-day guarantee
groundwork.local · On this computer
The local website lets you see and correct the business context available to your AI.
One place for the context behind your business.
Context you can inspect
Review the information through a local website and correct it before using it in AI-assisted work.
Workflows that keep it useful
Use included instructions and workflows to add updates, examine decisions, prepare plans, and preserve what changes.
Update it once. Reuse it across your AI work.
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Start with what you have
Add your website, PDFs, planning notes, offer details, metrics, customer insights, and previous decisions.
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Review the organized record
Groundwork places information into clear business sections and keeps assumptions, sources, and unknowns visible.
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Use it in future work
Ask questions, compare options, create plans, and save approved decisions without rebuilding the same background every time.
See Groundwork in under two minutes.
Use current business context for better work.
Groundwork helps your AI examine work against the goals, customers, constraints, and information you have approved.
- Evaluate a new offer
- Prioritize competing work
- Pressure-test a decision
- Review customer fit
- Prepare a business plan
- Identify missing information
What you need
- Computer
- A Mac or Windows computer with a modern browser.
- AI tool
- Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app or Claude Code in Claude Desktop.
- Local access
- The AI interface must be able to read and update the Groundwork folder.
- Setup
- Download the folder, unzip it, open it with the supported AI interface, and type “Build Groundwork.” No Terminal, Node.js, local server, or coding is required for the documented setup.
Groundwork files remain in the local folder on your computer. Information you choose to share with an external AI provider is handled under that provider's plan, privacy policy, and data settings.
Groundwork
One user. One local working copy.
- Complete Groundwork system and local website
- Single-user local license
- Setup instructions and product re-downloads
Common questions
What do I receive?
You receive a downloadable zip containing the Groundwork business structure, local website, setup instructions, workflows, and advisor framework.
Do I need coding knowledge?
No. The documented setup is to download and unzip the folder, open it in a supported AI desktop interface, and type “Build Groundwork.”
Which AI tools are supported?
The documented starting points are Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app and Claude Code in Claude Desktop. The interface must be able to read and update a local folder.
Can I use Groundwork on my phone?
You can review and purchase Groundwork on your phone, but setup and regular use require a Mac or Windows computer.
Where is my information stored?
Your working copy stays in the Groundwork folder on your computer. Content you share with an external AI provider may be processed under that provider’s settings and policies.
Is there a subscription?
Groundwork is a $50 one-time purchase. No recurring 8bit subscription is required to keep using it.
Give your AI a current understanding of your business.
Keep the context behind your work organized, reviewable, and ready to reuse.
One-time purchase · Local files · Separate AI account required · 30-day guarantee
Workspace Wizard + Website Hosting
Create the next workspace, tool, or website you need.
Use the Workspace Wizard to plan a custom workspace, focused tool, or complete website for your AI Agent to build. When it is ready, publish the site with 8bit Website Hosting, keep it private, or make it public and share it with anyone.