AI notes that don't phone home
Every “AI notes” app has the same fine print: your notes go to their server, get processed by their model, under their account. My Notes is the exception — AI that runs on your device by default, with your notes never leaving the machine.
What the AI does
- Slash commands: type
/→ Summarize, Rewrite, Continue writing, Extract to-dos — results stream into the note. - Ask AI: tell it what to do in your own words — “turn this into a checklist”, “set the word map in bold” — and it edits the note in place, tables included. Every AI edit is snapshotted, restorable from History.
- Summarize any web page into a note via right-click, source link included.
- Inline autocomplete as you type (opt-in), Tab to accept.
Three privacy levels — you choose
- On-device (default): Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano. No account, no key, zero network calls with your text.
- Your own key: prefer a frontier model? Connect Anthropic or OpenAI — requests go directly from your browser to your provider, and the key never syncs off this device. Or run a local Ollama for cloud-free power. Setup guide →
- Your own agent: Claude Code or any MCP client can search, read and add to your notes through a local companion. How it works →
All of it opt-in under Settings → Labs; the AI is off until you turn it on. The notepad itself stays what it is — private, local-first, free.