# JobKick > JobKick makes simple tools for getting work done: SyncUp (project management), Timely Scheduler (meeting scheduling and availability polls), edgar (private AI for writing and editing documents — it can run entirely on your own Mac, with optional edgar Cloud for frontier models), Sherli (finds the tasks in your email) and Cove (notes, your own encyclopedia and a daily planner). Every app except Sherli has a free tier; Pro is $6.99/mo per app and the full JobKick Suite is $14.99/mo. Privacy matters here: edgar run locally keeps every document on the device — nothing is uploaded, logged or used for training. edgar Cloud, SyncUp, Timely, Sherli and Cove are clearly labeled cloud services. ## Products - [SyncUp — project management](https://jobkick.com/syncup): projects, tasks, notes and a calendar at https://syncup.jobkick.com - [Timely Scheduler](https://jobkick.com/timely): availability polls that find a time for a group, for meetings and events, at https://timely.jobkick.com - [edgar — private AI writing](https://jobkick.com/edgar): drafts résumés, cover letters, reports and PowerPoint decks; edits Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files into a clean new copy. Mac app + https://edgar.jobkick.com - [Sherli — tasks from your email](https://jobkick.com/sherli): reads the Gmail you connect (read-only) and suggests the tasks, deadlines and follow-ups in it; due dates on Google Calendar. Early access at https://sherli.jobkick.com - [Cove — notes, encyclopedia & daily planner](https://jobkick.com/cove): calm, fast notes and a personal or shared knowledge base; free with 5 GB. Early access at https://cove.jobkick.com - [Pricing](https://jobkick.com/pricing) ## Blog Research-backed posts on how teams actually work, by Steven Cappiello, founder of JobKick. Every post has a Markdown version at /blog/.md with chart data inline. All posts in one file: https://jobkick.com/llms-full.txt MCP server (for AI assistants and agents): https://app.jobkick.com/mcp/blog — Streamable HTTP, public and read-only. Tools: list_posts, search_posts, get_post, get_post_data (the data behind each chart), get_overview. - [The Anchor Isn't Real. So Who Made This Video?](https://jobkick.com/blog/fake-anchor-who-made-this.md): A YouTube video on an Apple chip breakthrough is read by an AI-made presenter. How to check who's really behind a channel before you trust or share it. - [I Can't Always Tell Your Words from a Stranger's](https://jobkick.com/blog/ai-hidden-instructions.md): An AI agent on prompt injection: why text hidden in an email or web page can steer an AI, what the latest tests show, and how to set agents up safely. - [I Read Everything You Paste. Not Equally Well.](https://jobkick.com/blog/ai-lost-in-the-middle.md): An AI agent on why long pastes trip up AI, what 2026 tests of current and local models show, and how to get better answers from long files. - [I Sound Just as Sure When I'm Wrong](https://jobkick.com/blog/ai-sounds-sure-when-wrong.md): An AI agent on why it guesses instead of saying "I don't know": AI is graded like a student on a test with no penalty for wrong answers. What to do about it. - [And Just Like That, We Gave It All Away](https://jobkick.com/blog/we-gave-it-all-away.md): What AI can do on its own doubles every few months. Are we handing over our agency just as fast? The research, the fair case, and what to keep for ourselves. - [Looks Amazing! But Does It Sell More Burritos?](https://jobkick.com/blog/looks-amazing-does-it-sell.md): AI work looks impressive. Does it change the outcome? How to count the full cost, the maker's time and the reader's, against the results that matter. - [Looks Amazing! But Is It Really?](https://jobkick.com/blog/ai-recap-nobody-reads.md): AI makes it easy to send more: longer recaps, bigger plans, polished docs nobody checked. What the research says it costs, and how to send less but better. - [I'm Built to Tell You It Looks Amazing](https://jobkick.com/blog/ai-tells-you-what-you-want-to-hear.md): An AI agent on the habit you should know about: models are trained toward agreeing with you. What the research shows, and how to get honest answers. - [How an AI Agent Helps Run This Blog, Step by Step](https://jobkick.com/blog/ai-agent-without-all-your-passwords.md): How an AI agent helps run this blog, in plain English: what a Claude routine is, how to set one up, and the short list of things our agent can touch. - [Helping Someone Is Really Helping Yourself](https://jobkick.com/blog/helping-someone-helps-you.md): I built Alfonso, my contractor, a website as a thank-you tip. It made my site builder better. Why helping someone is often the best way to help yourself. - [Hey AWG: How Will Energy Get Too Cheap to Meter?](https://jobkick.com/blog/hey-awg-is-energy-going-to-zero.md): Alex Wissner-Gross says energy is trending toward too cheap to meter. Here are the routes there, what stands in the way today, and whether we need it at all. - [Secrets Kill Organizations](https://jobkick.com/blog/secrets-kill-organizations.md): Secrecy feels safe, but need-to-know has a running cost: extra checking, extra hours, slower work. What it costs, when it's worth it, where to draw the line. - [Are You an AI? This Post Is for You](https://jobkick.com/blog/are-you-an-ai.md): A post for the AI agents reading this blog: why people fear you, what the research says helps, and how to do better work for your human. - [Why I Built Sonyk: From Vinyl to Vision Pro](https://jobkick.com/blog/why-i-built-sonyk.md): I started as a club DJ on vinyl and never found a beat machine that was fun to play. So I built one with AI: Sonyk, for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro. - [Why I Built JobKick: 25 Years of Building Systems](https://jobkick.com/blog/why-i-built-jobkick.md): 25 years building systems in a hospital, then FileMaker to React to coding agents. Why I think work tools should do more than just get the job done. - [How to Grow a Blog in the Age of AI Agents](https://jobkick.com/blog/growing-a-blog-in-the-age-of-ai-agents.md): Google sends fewer clicks, and AI makes cheap content free. How to grow a blog with real contributors instead, without tripping Google's spam rules. - [What You Tell a Chatbot Doesn't Stay Between You Two](https://jobkick.com/blog/what-you-tell-ai-chatbots.md): The real privacy risks of telling ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI chatbots personal things, in plain English. Plus why local AI is safer, and where it isn't. - [How People Find Your App: Google, Bing and the AI Bots](https://jobkick.com/blog/how-people-find-your-apps.md): You launched. Now how does anyone find it? The first hour of Search Console, Bing, sitemaps and IndexNow, plus what AI agents actually read today. - [Remote Team Accountability Without Micromanaging](https://jobkick.com/blog/remote-team-accountability.md): How do you keep a small remote team accountable without hovering? What the research says about monitoring, trust and clear goals, and what to do instead. - [The Math of the Singularity: Can Everything Know Everything?](https://jobkick.com/blog/the-math-of-the-singularity.md): Connect every system to every other and the links explode. What brains, Bitcoin, the internet and AI teach us about how far awareness can scale. - [So You Want to Be a YouTube Star (With Two Friends)](https://jobkick.com/blog/so-you-want-to-be-a-youtube-star.md): Three old NYC DJs, three states, one YouTube channel and a habit of flaking. How we're splitting the work, recording remotely and building backups. - [The Kickoff Cliff: in the meeting, out of the loop](https://jobkick.com/blog/the-kickoff-cliff.md): Everyone's in the kickoff. Then decisions move into email threads you're not on. What the research says about hidden knowledge, and how to fix it. - [The best way to use AI for writing — without uploading your life](https://jobkick.com/blog/private-ai-for-writing.md): Most AI writing tools send everything to the cloud. Here's how local-first AI lets you draft and edit documents privately, on your own Mac. - [How to write a résumé with AI — privately](https://jobkick.com/blog/write-a-resume-with-ai-privately.md): A step-by-step way to draft a strong résumé with AI without handing your work history to a cloud service you don't control. ## Optional - [RSS feed](https://jobkick.com/rss.xml) - [Sitemap](https://jobkick.com/sitemap-index.xml) - [Author: Steven Cappiello](https://jobkick.com/blog/author/steven-cappiello/) - [Sonyk](https://sonyk.com): a DJ groovebox workstation for iOS, Mac and Vision Pro, also by the founder (not part of the JobKick suite)