# Field Bureau + Werkstatt

> Software tools for people who care about how they work. We build macOS, iOS, and web applications with a focus on intentionality, craft, and respect for how people actually think.

## Products

- [Signal Recorder SR-7](https://fieldbw.com/sr-7): Voice recorder for macOS and iOS. On-device transcription, AI-generated titles and summaries, iCloud sync, and MCP server for AI agent integration.
- [Markdown Library ML-42](https://fieldbw.com/ml-42): Native macOS markdown editor and file browser. Fast preview, fast raw editing, automatic on-device summaries via Apple Intelligence, multi-project workspaces, cross-project search, syntax highlighting, and file watching.
- [Task Register TR-2](https://fieldbw.com/tr-2): Markdown-native task management for macOS and iOS. Plain files in a folder you own, GTD-inspired, designed so AI agents can read and edit the same files you do. Coming soon.
- [Chaos Studies](https://fieldbw.com/chaos-studies): Strange attractor visualiser for iOS, macOS, and Playdate. Part of the ET Series.
- [Codex ET-2](https://fieldbw.com/codex-et-2): A near-infinite catalog of every possible 8×8 monochrome icon for iOS. Each icon has a coordinate; similar icons are neighbours via a Hilbert-curve + Gray-code layout. A homage to Jorge Luis Borges's The Library of Babel. Part of the ET Series.
- [Murmuration ET-3](https://fieldbw.com/murmuration-et-3): A 3D boids flock rendered live into an adaptive monospace ASCII grid — one murmuration of two temperaments, self-propelled so it never settles. A web experiment. Part of the ET Series.
- [Focus Timer](https://fieldbw.com/focus-timer): Minimal pomodoro timer. One thing: count down.
- [MIDI Volume Control](https://fieldbw.com/midi-volume): System volume via MIDI for macOS.
- [Menu Volume](https://fieldbw.com/menu-volume): Precise menu bar volume control for macOS.

## Documentation

- [Getting Started with Chaos Studies](https://fieldbw.com/docs/chaos-studies/getting-started): Explore strange attractors in real-time 3D on iOS, macOS, and Playdate.
- [The Attractors](https://fieldbw.com/docs/chaos-studies/attractors): A guide to the nine chaotic systems in Chaos Studies — what they are, how they behave, and what makes each one distinct.
- [Chaos Primer](https://fieldbw.com/docs/chaos-studies/chaos-primer): An introduction to chaos theory, dynamical systems, and strange attractors — the mathematics behind Chaos Studies.
- [Getting Started with Codex ET-2](https://fieldbw.com/docs/codex-et-2/getting-started): Open the app, walk the warehouse, and meet the two teleports. Codex ET-2 holds every possible 8×8 monochrome icon.
- [Codex ET-2 Features](https://fieldbw.com/docs/codex-et-2/features): Every gesture, button, and behavior in Codex ET-2. Walking, teleports, coordinate jumps, pixel editing, sound, favorites, sharing, and what the X / Y readout means.
- [Inside the Warehouse](https://fieldbw.com/docs/codex-et-2/inside-the-warehouse): How Codex ET-2 lays out 2⁶⁴ icons so similar ones are neighbors. A walkthrough of the Hilbert curve, Gray code, and the 2³² × 2³² grid that holds the catalog.
- [The Library of Babel](https://fieldbw.com/docs/codex-et-2/the-library-of-babel): Jorge Luis Borges imagined a library of every possible book. Codex ET-2 is the small, finite version of that idea, set in 8×8 pixels.
- [Getting Started with Focus Timer](https://fieldbw.com/docs/focus-timer/getting-started): A single-purpose productivity timer inspired by Dieter Rams. Set a duration, start working.
- [Pomodoro Primer](https://fieldbw.com/docs/focus-timer/pomodoro-primer): What the Pomodoro Technique is, when to use it, and how Focus Timer supports it.
- [Getting Started with Menu Volume](https://fieldbw.com/docs/menu-volume/getting-started): Install Menu Volume and start controlling system and Apple Music volumes independently from your menu bar.
- [Getting Started with MIDI Volume Control](https://fieldbw.com/docs/midi-volume/getting-started): Set up MIDI Volume Control, map your controller, and start controlling Mac and Music volumes independently.
- [Getting Started with ML-42](https://fieldbw.com/docs/ml-42/getting-started): Install ML-42, open your first project, and start reading and editing markdown files.
- [The Workflow](https://fieldbw.com/docs/ml-42/workflow): How ML-42 fits into daily work with markdown files, AI tools, and multi-project workflows.
- [Features](https://fieldbw.com/docs/ml-42/features): Everything ML-42 does — editing, navigation, organisation, and integration.
- [Markdown Primer](https://fieldbw.com/docs/ml-42/markdown-primer): Where markdown came from, how it works, and why it became the default format for working with AI.
- [Getting Started with Murmuration ET-3](https://fieldbw.com/docs/murmuration-et-3/getting-started): Open it in a browser and watch a flock of starlings wheel across the screen, drawn entirely in ASCII. How to watch, how to stir the flock, and what you're looking at.
- [Field Notes: A Flock That Never Rests](https://fieldbw.com/docs/murmuration-et-3/field-notes): What a starling murmuration is, how a few simple rules produce the rolling shape of a whole flock, and why Murmuration ET-3 draws it as an ASCII dusk sky.
- [Getting Started](https://fieldbw.com/docs/rock-or-pop/getting-started): Create, customise, and share virtual mixtapes with Rock or Pop.
- [Getting Started with SR-7](https://fieldbw.com/docs/sr-7/getting-started): Install SR-7, make your first recording, and set up on-device transcription.
- [Importing from TP-7 and Other Recorders](https://fieldbw.com/docs/sr-7/importing-from-hardware): How to import recordings from the teenage engineering TP-7 and other hardware audio recorders into SR-7.
- [Use Cases and Examples](https://fieldbw.com/docs/sr-7/use-cases): Practical examples of using SR-7 with AI agents, personal workflows, and alongside TR-1 for voice-to-action pipelines.
- [MCP Server](https://fieldbw.com/docs/sr-7/mcp-server): Use SR-7's built-in MCP server to expose your recordings, transcriptions, and summaries to AI tools and agents.
- [Best Practices](https://fieldbw.com/docs/sr-7/best-practices): Tips for getting the most out of SR-7 as a thinking and capture tool.
- [Getting Started](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-1/getting-started): Get up and running with TR-1 — task management for humans and AI agents.
- [GTD Primer](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-1/gtd-primer): A concise introduction to Getting Things Done (GTD) and how TR-1 implements its core principles.
- [Using TR-1](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-1/using-tr1): A complete guide to TR-1's interface, views, keyboard shortcuts, and features.
- [Use Cases and Examples](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-1/use-cases): Practical examples of using TR-1 with AI agents via MCP, automation scripts, and team workflows.
- [MCP Tools Reference](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-1/mcp-tools): Full reference for all 40+ MCP tools available in TR-1 for AI agent integration.
- [REST API Reference](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-1/rest-api): Full REST API reference for TR-1. All endpoints, fields, and authentication details.
- [Getting Started](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-2/getting-started): Set up your TR-2 vault, capture your first task, and let an AI agent see the same files you do.
- [Vault Format](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-2/vault-format): The on-disk format TR-2 reads and writes — folders, files, frontmatter, task tokens, and the round-trip guarantee that makes the format safe to edit by hand or by AI.
- [AI Workflows](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-2/ai-workflows): Let an AI agent read and edit your TR-2 vault. No API, no MCP server — just point it at the folder.
- [GTD Primer](https://fieldbw.com/docs/tr-2/gtd-primer): A concise introduction to Getting Things Done (GTD) and how TR-2 implements its core principles on top of plain markdown files.

## Blog Posts

- [Introducing SR-7](https://fieldbw.com/blog/introducing-sr-7/): A voice recorder for Mac and iPhone that transcribes and summarises on-device, then hands you a markdown file you own — no cloud, no subscription.
- [Why On-Device Beats the Cloud for Thinking Tools](https://fieldbw.com/blog/on-device-beats-cloud/): For the tools you think in — capture, tasks, reading — on-device processing wins on privacy, ownership, and rent, and Apple Silicon makes it good enough.
- [Chaos Studies Lands on Playdate](https://fieldbw.com/blog/chaos-studies-on-playdate/): The version that started it all is now live in the Playdate Catalog. Nine attractors, one crank, no goal.
- [Designing the SR-7 Icon in Code](https://fieldbw.com/blog/designing-the-sr7-icon-in-code/): The icon for SR-7 never left the codebase. Designed in SVG, iterated in conversation, shipped without an export step.
- [Introducing ML-42](https://fieldbw.com/blog/ml-42-announcement/): A native macOS app for markdown files. Browse your projects visually, read with a fast preview, edit raw markdown just as fast — across every repo, docs folder, and notes directory you work with.
- [Documentation for Everything](https://fieldbw.com/blog/docs-launch/): Every product now has documentation at fieldbw.com/docs — getting started guides, API references, MCP tool listings, and practical examples. All MDX, all machine-readable.
- [Essential Focus Timer](https://fieldbw.com/blog/focus-timer/): Most productivity timers try to do too much. This one does one thing: count down. That's all you need.
- [SR-7 Use Case: Journaling](https://fieldbw.com/blog/journaling-with-sr7/): Voice capture as a journaling practice. Lower the barrier, keep the texture, let AI find the patterns.
- [SR-7 Use Case: Your Recordings as Context](https://fieldbw.com/blog/your-recordings-as-context/): Every recording you make adds to a body of knowledge. Transcribed, summarised, and searchable, it becomes the richest context you have.
- [Chaos Studies in the Wild](https://fieldbw.com/blog/chaos-studies-in-the-wild/): Few things beat seeing your product used in ways you didn't anticipate.
- [Async by Design](https://fieldbw.com/blog/async-by-design/): AI's immediate feedback loop is addictive — and exhausting when spread across too many things. Capture now, process later, engage on your own schedule.
- [Fewer Things, Done Well](https://fieldbw.com/blog/fewer-things-done-well/): When everything is possible, nothing feels finished. The hardest skill in an AI-augmented workflow isn't prompting — it's deciding what not to do.
- [The Sound of Your Thoughts](https://fieldbw.com/blog/voice-is-thinking/): Writing pulls you into editing mode before the thought has finished arriving. The tools we use to capture shape how we think — and speaking turns out to be more relevant than ever.
- [A New Home](https://fieldbw.com/blog/welcome/): Field Bureau + Werkstatt has a new website — a single place for our products, our thinking, and what's coming next.
- [Chaos Studies Is Here](https://fieldbw.com/blog/chaos-studies-launch/): What started as a coding experiment on a tiny handheld became an immersive app for iOS and macOS. Nine strange attractors, spatial audio, and no goal whatsoever.

## Optional

- [Full blog content](https://fieldbw.com/llms-full.txt)
- [ET Series](https://fieldbw.com/et-series): Overview of the explorations series — software studies that sit closer to art than to product. Currently Chaos Studies, Codex ET-2, and Murmuration ET-3.
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