HardProductivity SaaS - Personal Knowledge Management

MindVault

Private search engine for your entire digital life - find any email, doc, chat, or bookmark in seconds with encrypted personal indexing

The Problem

Knowledge workers spend 2.5 hours daily searching for information buried across 10+ disconnected apps: emails in Gmail, files in Drive/Dropbox, messages in Slack/Teams, bookmarks in browser, notes in Notion, receipts in inbox. Generic search in each app misses context. 'Where did I save that client proposal from March?' takes 15 minutes of hunting. Enterprise search tools cost $20-50/user but send your data to third parties. No truly private personal search exists.

The Solution

Encrypted personal search engine that connects to all your accounts once, continuously indexes everything locally or in your private encrypted cloud vault, builds a semantic knowledge graph of your digital life, and lets you search across everything with natural language ('find the email where Sarah mentioned the Q3 budget' or 'show me all docs about the redesign project'). Zero-knowledge encryption means even the service can't read your data. Install once, search forever.

MVP Features

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Core integrations: Gmail, Google Drive, Slack, browser history/bookmarks

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Local desktop app for private indexing (macOS/Windows/Linux)

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Full-text search across all connected sources with instant results

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Natural language query understanding ('emails from last month about hiring')

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Unified search results showing source (email vs doc vs chat) with previews

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End-to-end encryption for all indexed data

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Browser extension for quick search hotkey (Cmd+K anywhere)

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Smart filters by date, source, person, file type

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Keyword highlighting in search results

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Recent searches and search history

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Privacy dashboard showing what's indexed and data retention settings

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Incremental sync (only index new content, not full re-index)

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Offline search capability when internet is unavailable

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Export search results to markdown/CSV

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Optional cloud backup with zero-knowledge encryption

Monetization

Freemium SaaS: Free tier indexes 5K items across 3 integrations (Gmail, Drive, bookmarks). Pro at $12/month for unlimited items and 10 integrations. Premium at $25/month adds AI-powered summaries, advanced filters, team knowledge sharing (encrypted), and priority sync. Lifetime deal at $299 one-time payment for power users concerned about long-term privacy. Target 5,000 users at $15 average = $900K ARR Year 2 (viral growth from privacy-conscious users).

Required Skills

Full-text search infrastructure (Elasticsearch/Meilisearch/Typesense)Vector embeddings and semantic search (OpenAI embeddings, Pinecone)End-to-end encryption and zero-knowledge architectureOAuth integrations (Gmail, Google Drive, Slack, Notion, Dropbox, etc.)Browser extension development (Chrome/Firefox) for history and bookmarksReal-time data sync and incremental indexingNatural language query processingCross-platform desktop app development (Electron/Tauri)Local-first architecture with cloud backup option