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Work that knows where it lives.

A new kind of software, built on our own research. Everything you and your AI make stays connected to where it came from, so you can see it, trust it and keep it private.

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NASA · Quest airlock, 2017 · Cupola, 2013 · B. McCandless II, STS-41B, 1984

primitive osOne home for everything you and your agents do

Build from the structure of the problem outward.

The best software is the kind you forget is there. primitive brings your work, your passwords, your documents and your AI helpers together in one calm place, so you can get things done without learning a new system.

The OSprimitive osThe workspace where you and your AI agents work side by side, under the same rules. Every job they finish comes with a receipt.Beta · coming soon Built to be the OS vaultprimitive passThe first vault built for AI. Each agent gets its own passport and can only use what you approve.Beta · coming soon Opens in the OSprimitive pagesDocs, sheets and slides where AI writes inside the page itself. Every change is a suggestion you can accept or undo.Beta · coming soon Works alongside the OSzerloThe CRM that keeps allied health teams in sync. Private case notes, secure messaging across your organisation, and outside professionals working on the same case.Beta · coming soon
The problem

Work breaks at the handoff.

01

Context gets repeated

A new AI needs the task, decisions and sources again.

02

Authority sits elsewhere

What an agent knows does not tell it what it may do.

03

Results lose their trail

A completed answer needs evidence of what happened.

Why now: teams can use different AI systems for the same work.

fig. 01 — the fabricone home

One home for everything you and your agents do.

primitive os already includes Search, Bench, Agents, Frames and Generate. pages opens inside it through the Pages bridge, pass is built to become its vault, and zerlo is built to work alongside it.

Relatively primitive · working theoryConcept art · not a verified result
Why we are called primitive

Same outward result. Different ancestry.

Two answers can look identical and still be different things. One was checked against real sources; the other was a lucky guess. If you only keep the answer, you lose the part that tells you whether to trust it.

So we keep the history too: what a result was built from, which steps actually happened, and what would make us look again. The figure below shows how that works, from a few starting pieces to a new building block you can reuse.

01ABC
Relative primitivesSelected at a task and scale
02ABC
Relationship fieldPossible / constrained interactions
03ABC
Activation fieldThe paths that actually occurred
04ABCPₙ₊₁ · rebase at n + 1
Emergent objectPattern promoted to new primitive
possible relationship realised activation reusable higher-level pattern
01

Context defines the primitive

Foundational at one scale, inspectable at another.

02

Possibility is not evidence

A path may exist without ever being activated.

03

Promotion is reversible

Stable patterns can reopen when evidence changes.

Proposition

A relative primitive is an object treated as foundational for a chosen task and scale. Its possible relationships define a field; realised interactions select paths through that field. When a pattern becomes stable enough to reuse, it may be promoted into a new primitive, carrying its provenance, uncertainty and conditions for inspection.

Four products, one home.

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primitive pass · Beta · coming soon

primitive pass

Your secrets, locked to you. Your agents ask first. A zero-knowledge password manager and vault for people and their AI agents.

primitive pass · try it

An agent asks. You decide.

Agents get a passport, ask for exactly what they need, and you approve it. Every request is logged.

primitive passUnlocked
Agents · 1
Secret requestExpires in 1:54

claude-code wants to see DATABASE_URL

Environment
production
Via
MCP · request_secret
Purpose
"check the migration ran"
Run
run_a91c02
Audit log
  1. 16:42 · claude-code requested DATABASE_URL
Q4 launch planprimitive pages · saved
Q4 launch plan

We launch pages and pass to the public soon. This plan covers scope, owners, milestones and the risks we are watching. pages and pass go public soon. Here is the plan: scope, owners, milestones and risks.

Writing assistant · 1 changeAgents can: suggest
Tighten the opening paragraph
primitive pages · try it

AI proposes. You approve.

Agents work inside the document, not in a chat beside it. Every change is a proposal you can see, accept or roll back.

primitive os · try it

Put any card in the middle.

See what holds it, what it holds, who's talking about it and what's due. Move between Far, Near and Inside.

Focus Viewprimitive os · Cheap Inference Box
Far · 41 cards in this space
Hardware SearchWeekly syncBuild challengeScan markets Cheap Inference Box
Cheap Inference BoxBuild the cheapest useful 24/7 heterogeneous inference node.
  • Maintain inference-box shortlist
  • Scan used hardware markets
  • Order the first inference node
  • Send the shortlist to Josh
Behaviour datazerlo · synthetic demo data
QR form · phoneObservation · SamKitchenTransition4 min
Incoming · needs review
Sam · Kitchen · 4 minTrigger: transitionReviewed by you · in the data
Sam · Lounge · 2 min · reviewed
Sam · Car · 6 min · flagged: missing trigger
zerlo · try it

Evidence you can trust.

Support workers submit observations from a phone with a QR code. Practitioners review them before they count.

The suite

Four tools, built to work together.

  1. primitive pass01 · password manager
  2. primitive pages02 · docs, sheets and slides
  3. primitive os03 · connected workspace
  4. zerlo04 · CRM for allied health
primitive pass screen
01 · password managerprimitive pass
primitive pages screen
02 · docs, sheets and slidesprimitive pages
primitive os screen
03 · connected workspaceprimitive os
zerlo screen
04 · CRM for allied healthzerlo
Why primitive

People and agents, side by side.

Least accessOnly what they need.

Agents get the least access they need.

Ask firstNothing that matters without you.

Agents ask before they act on anything that matters, and leave a receipt.

ScopedYours stays yours.

Your data stays scoped to who should see it.

Specifications

What's inside each product.

What each product will include. Every product is in beta and coming soon. Pick a product to jump to it.

primitive os

Beta · coming soon

One home for everything you and your agents do.

Spaces, projects, tasks, meetings, chats, research and agents, connected. Not scattered across ten apps.

Most tools make you hop between pages and lose the thread. primitive os keeps one connected picture of your work. Put any card in the middle and see what holds it, what it holds, who's talking about it and what's due. Agents work in the same place, under the same rules, and they never finish a job with loose ends.

Pillars
  • Everything has a home. Six containers (Space, Project, Task, Thread, Meeting, Bench), and one "Where does this live?" picker for every new thing.
  • Agents are teammates, not tabs. Set them up, watch them work, approve what matters, all on one Agents surface.
  • Nothing leaves without a trail. All outside access goes through one governed door, and every number links back to its source.

Your work, connected. Your agents, accountable.

primitive pass

Beta · coming soon

Your secrets, locked to you. Your agents ask first.

A zero-knowledge password manager and vault for people and their AI agents.

Agents need logins and API keys to do real work, and handing them over in plain text is how leaks happen. pass keeps every secret encrypted on your device. Agents get a passport, ask for exactly what they need, and you approve it. Even we can't open your vault.

Pillars
  • Zero-knowledge by design. A copy of our database plus our server keys still can't open a locked vault.
  • Agents with passports. Each agent asks for a specific secret, you approve, and it's logged.
  • Phishing can’t borrow your logins. pass matches exact sites, not lookalikes.

Zero-knowledge vault. Agents ask, you decide.

primitive pages

Beta · coming soon

Documents that think with you.

Docs, sheets, slides, lists and a calendar that does the maths, with AI that proposes and you approve.

pages is the everyday workspace: write, plan, present and track. AI works inside your document, not in a chat beside it, and every change it suggests is a proposal you can see, accept or roll back. The calendar does the maths too: track funding, rates and travel straight from your diary.

Pillars
  • Everyday docs, done beautifully. Docs, Sheets, Slides and Lists in one studio.
  • Agent-native, not bolted on. Agents propose edits, you approve, and every change has a receipt.
  • A calendar that counts. Funding pots, named rates and hours, straight from your calendar.

Docs, sheets, slides and a calendar that counts. AI proposes, you approve.

zerlo

Beta · coming soon

The CRM for allied health, built by practitioners for practitioners.

Caseload, deadlines, behaviour data, reflection and reports in one secure place, without the billing clutter.

Allied health practitioners spend too much time fighting tools built for receptionists and accountants. zerlo is built around clinical work: what's due today, what the data shows, and what goes in the report. It deliberately leaves out invoicing, claiming and payroll, so your workspace stays about your participants.

Pillars
  • Today, sorted. An action-first to-do, deadlines and progress at a glance.
  • Evidence you can trust. Versioned forms, QR data capture and careful, practitioner-controlled analytics.
  • Private by default. Permission-filtered caseloads, mandatory MFA and audited exports.
Status

Where everything stands.

Every product is in beta and coming soon. Dates appear here once they are confirmed.

Private by design. Permissioned by you. Accountable by default.

01 · Scope

An agent gets access to one item for one task. It never sees the rest of your vault.

02 · Approval

When an agent needs a credential it asks first. You approve or deny each request.

03 · Record

Every approved request is logged with what was used, by which agent and when.

Built in, not bolted on

Trust you can watch work.

What every primitive product is being built to do. Every product is in beta and coming soon.

Every action leaves a receipt.

See what each agent asked for, what you approved and when. Nothing happens off the record.

Each agent gets a passport.

A passport says which secrets an agent may ask for. Anything else is refused before it reaches you.

Zero-knowledge vault.

Secrets are encrypted on your device. Even we can't open them.

Use without seeing.

An agent can use a login without ever reading it. Grants expire and can be revoked.

Ask first.

Anything that matters waits for you. Approve once, or say no.

One account.

One sign-in will get you into every product. Delete one product's data, or the whole account.

The team

Meet the founders of primitive

primitive was founded by Polina and Josh, bringing together experience in behavioural science, engineering, applied research, software development and emerging technologies.

Their work is driven by a shared curiosity about what technology can make possible and a commitment to turning ambitious ideas into practical, useful products.

Both founders are actively involved in primitive's research, design and development, from exploring new technical possibilities to building the products that bring them to life.

primitive · founder passportNo. 001
Portrait of Polina

Polina

Co-Founder | Product, Applied Science & Experience
Studied
Trained in psychological and behavioural science at the University of Western Australia (BSc)
Background
Years in behavioural support and complex human services, the work zerlo is built for
Works on
Leads product strategy, applied research and design, and builds the interfaces you use
Interest
Turning advanced technology into tools anyone can pick up and use
primitive · founder passportNo. 002
Portrait of Josh

Josh

Co-Founder | Research, Engineering & Product Development
Experience
12+ years engineering conveyor systems and industrial automation in mining
Patent
Holds a granted Australian patent for conveyor belt tracking technology
Works on
Leads technical research and architects the systems every primitive product runs on
Interest
Taking technology apart to build what conventional solutions can't

Building primitive

Polina and Josh lead primitive's research, engineering, product development and design.

Their ambition is to develop technology that extends what individuals and organisations can accomplish, combining technical capability with practical application.

From artificial intelligence and software systems to new approaches in human-computer interaction, primitive is an ongoing effort to explore, experiment and build technology with meaningful purpose.

Australian-owned · Primitive AI Labs Pty Ltd

Questions

Common questions.

Four products: primitive pass, a password manager; primitive pages, a workspace for docs, sheets and slides; primitive os, a connected work environment; and zerlo, a CRM for allied health practitioners. Every product is in beta and coming soon.

In pass, vault items are encrypted on your device before they sync, and the server stores only encrypted vault content. An independent security review is still to come, and we will say so until it has happened.

primitive pass separates permission to use a credential from permission to reveal it. Grants can be scoped, time-limited and revoked. Not every agent tool supports these controls yet.

Not yet. primitive pages gives you documents, spreadsheets and presentations in one application. It is in beta and public sign-up isn't open yet. Join the waitlist and we will email you when it opens.

No. Unlike traditional CRMs, zerlo is designed around the actual work of allied health, with clinical review and practitioner judgement remaining central.

Every primitive product is in beta. Beta means we are building and testing it, not offering it as a finished product. Coming soon means public access is not open yet. Join the waitlist and we will email you when your products open.

Our promise

Start free. Stay free.

pass and pages will have a free tier, always. Paid extras come later, for anyone who wants more. One account will get you into everything.

  • No ads, ever
  • We never sell your data
  • Your privacy is never compromised
  • Australian owned and managed
Beta · coming soonprimitive passFree tier planned · Chrome extension
Beta · coming soonprimitive pagesFree tier planned · with your account
Beta · coming soonprimitive osIn development
Beta · coming soonzerloIn development
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One account. Every product.

pass is the vault for os agents. They ask, you approve. pages documents open in the os through its built-in pages bridge. zerlo and pages share one family: the same documents, calendars and calm design across both. One rule everywhere: least privilege, ask before acting, leave a receipt.

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