Archie

Tested on real software

Built, and tested on real programs.

Archie runs on Windows today. The numbers below come from the project's own test records.

The numbers

What has been tested.

54programs tested end to end, each with a real question and a task walked through. That is 53 real programs and one stand-in modelling workspace. The 53 are listed below.
31programs where Do it for me, Archie's hands-on mode, has been tried. Every result is logged, with a fix for anything that failed.
2,400+automated tests, plus live tests that drive real software with real clicks.
100programs is the target before version 1.0. The target for the public beta, 50, is met.

The 53 real programs tested end to end

  • A shop's delivery form
  • Audacity 4
  • Blender
  • Calculator
  • CapCut
  • Character Map
  • Control Panel
  • darktable
  • DBeaver
  • Desmos
  • draw.io
  • Excalidraw
  • File Explorer
  • GeoGebra
  • GIMP
  • Google Maps
  • Google Translate
  • IDLE
  • Inkscape
  • JupyterLab (JupyterLite)
  • KiCad
  • Krita
  • LibreOffice Calc
  • LibreOffice Writer
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Word
  • Notepad
  • Notepad++
  • OBS Studio
  • Obsidian
  • ONLYOFFICE Documents
  • ONLYOFFICE Presentation
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Paint
  • Paint.NET
  • Photopea
  • Photos
  • Power BI Desktop
  • Remote Desktop Connection
  • Shotcut
  • Snipping Tool
  • SumatraPDF
  • System Information
  • Thonny
  • VLC
  • VS Code
  • Wikipedia
  • Windows Settings
  • Windows Terminal
  • WinMerge

One check, caught

Fund six fails by 37 cents.

Real run, made-up dataReplayed with no AI, then checked. Archie stops and asks before carrying on.

Roadmap

What's next

  1. Now, builtWorking today
    • Windows appAsk, point, teach and do, in any program
    • Across appsAnswers and tasks that span the apps you allow
    • Privacy controlsNever-read list, hidden names, masking, pause
    • Voice“Hey Archie”, and answers read aloud
    • Tasks Library and workflowsSave, share and chain tasks, run them for a whole list, with a run log and a history of changes
    • Approvals, risk rules and the Admin ConsoleRoles, spaces, and a manager's yes before a shared task runs
    • Replay with no AI, checks and schedulesApproved tasks repeat exactly, are checked afterwards, and can run on a timetable
    • Archie VaultAnswers from your team's own procedures, with the source named
  2. Next
    • Public beta on WindowsThe testing target of 50 programs is met. The target before version 1.0 is 100
    • Team pilotsStarting with onboarding for new hires
    • Onboarding pathsA role's saved tasks, taught in order to each new hire
  3. Later
    • Mac, then phones
    • Make it matchA document's format, a photo's edits or a colleague's settings, copied onto another, starting in programs with their own copy tools
    • Auto demoArchie plays a live walkthrough of any program by itself, for training and sales demos