Paired to your live environment
CLI and MCP connect OpenLotus to where you actually build. Your work flows in automatically — no exports, no pasting, no status updates.
For founders who build with AI agents
Built where you build.
OpenLotus pairs to your live coding environment over CLI and MCP, so your progress map fills itself from the work you actually do — not a status report you typed. Direction, decisions, evidence, and focus, tracked against what's really happening.
No credit card required · Pairs in one command · Works with any editor via CLI and MCP
npx openlotus@latest pair --autoOne command. Your whole environment, paired.See how pairing works
One platform. Three surfaces.
Project: OpenLotus live trajectory
Your goal
Help solo builders turn scattered ideas into focused products.
What you're testing
A simple weekly progress loop can replace scattered startup work.
New feedback
Three founders returned for a second weekly review.
Watch the work come alive.
Choose a surface or let OpenLotus move through the loop — the same product language you will use when you build for real.
The connection
One command. Your whole environment.
OpenLotus lives next to your editor. No repo permissions, no scanning, no exports — your work just flows in.
Pair your environment
One CLI command connects OpenLotus to the codebase you're building in. Sign up, copy the line, done.
It watches what you build
Files you touch, TODOs you leave, work you haven't committed yet — the progress map fills itself from your real week, not your intentions.
Agents read the same ground truth
Through MCP, your agent sees what's done, what's stuck, and where reality is drifting from the plan — no guessing, no re-explaining.
Git appears when you want it — trace which commits actually shipped your decisions.
The founder problem
There are more ways to act than ever. That is not the same as knowing what to do.
Research in one tab. Build in another. Ask AI for a plan. Track feedback somewhere else. A solo founder can spend an entire day moving between actions and still finish without learning anything important.
Busywork looks like progress
More tasks completed, same unanswered question.
Context keeps disappearing
Every new tool makes you restate what you are building, what you decided, and what you already know.
OpenLotus keeps it all together
One running record fed by your real work — so nothing gets lost between tools, or between you and your agent.
Built for the whole journey
Less re-explaining. More meaningful weeks.
Keep the whole startup in one place
Goal, current bet, weekly focus, decisions, evidence, risks, milestones — one running record instead of a spreadsheet next to a to-do list.
Find the weekly rhythm
Every review turns what you actually learned into the one move that matters next — not a to-do list that keeps you busy but stuck.
Ask without re-explaining
The agent reads your map and your live environment, so every question starts with your real context already loaded.
A better building rhythm
Every week should answer a question.
Look at what changed, name the uncertainty, make one useful move, and record what it taught you.
Look back
What changed since the last check-in?
Name it
What is the real bottleneck—not the loudest task?
Move
What small action will teach you the most?
The compounding advantage
Your best asset is everything your product has already learned.
OpenLotus remembers every decision you make and what it taught you. The longer you build with it, the less you start from zero: your questions get sharper, your next move gets clearer, and each week builds on the last one instead of resetting it.
Why now
AI made action cheap. Focus became the scarce resource.
You can generate a roadmap, landing page, feature list, and growth idea in minutes. The hard part is deciding which one deserves your next seven days.
Stop asking “what can I do?”
Start asking “what would change my mind?”
Simple founder pricing
Start free. Pay when OpenLotus becomes part of your momentum.
No complicated setup or connector tax. Begin with the core loop, then unlock more depth when your product earns it.
Free$0 / month
For finding your first clear next move.
- 1 product
- Core progress map
- 7-day history
- No credit card
Pro$39 / month
For founders ready to compound context.
- Multiple products
- Unlimited connectors
- Deeper agent execution
- 90-day history and insights
Studio$129 / month
For small teams building together.
- Everything in Pro
- Team seats (up to 5)
- Unlimited history
- Priority support
The spine
One spine. Four layers. Everything in its place.
OpenLotus runs the whole loop as a single connected map — watch the layers orbit around the question your week is answering.
01
Idea
The goal and the current bet that give everything context.
02
Plan
Focus, milestones, assumptions, and risks — updated as reality changes.
03
Execution
Live work from your environment. Files touched, TODOs, uncommitted changes.
04
Impact
Evidence and decisions — what you learned, and what you're now sure of.
Your next useful week starts here