Research faster.
Sources stay protected.
A local AI assistant for journalists who cannot afford to have source identities, sensitive documents, or draft stories processed by external servers.
The reality
Investigative journalism depends on trust. When a source speaks to you in confidence, they are taking a risk. Using cloud AI tools to process notes, transcripts, or documents that reference those sources puts that trust at risk - even if unintentionally.
How Skales helps
Research, drafting, and translation - locally, privately, fast.
Deep research assistant
Ask Skales to synthesise background research from documents, notes, and web content you provide. Get structured summaries with key facts, dates, and people - ready to cross-reference.
Source protection built in
Notes about confidential sources never leave your device. Skales runs locally - there are no server logs, no third-party data processing, and no cloud backup of your sensitive material.
Story drafting and structure
From interview notes and research to a structured first draft. Skales helps organise your material into a logical narrative - lede, nut graf, body, and closing - that you can refine.
Multilingual content
Translate interview transcripts, foreign-language documents, or press releases. Ask Skales to flag nuances or ambiguities that might affect meaning in a direct translation.
Offline operation with Ollama
Working from a sensitive location or on a story where any internet traffic is a risk? Connect Ollama and run entirely air-gapped. No traffic, no metadata, no trace.
Deadline-driven drafting
Under a deadline? Dictate your notes verbally using Skales voice input, then ask it to turn your rambling brain dump into a clean, structured story outline in under a minute.
“My sources trust me. That means their names never leave my machine.”