Clausus Documentation

Clausus is available as a native macOS application. Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later.

Clausus is available as a native Windows application. Requires Windows 10 (21H2) or later, 64-bit.

When you launch Clausus for the first time, you'll be guided through a brief setup process:

1. Select a model — Clausus automatically detects your hardware and recommends the best model. You can also switch between Swift, Balanced, and Sharp modes.
2. Set privacy preferences — Configure cloud-assisted processing or run fully offline for air-gapped environments.
3. Import your first files — Drag documents into the workspace to begin indexing.

Clausus supports the following file formats:

To import files, either drag and drop into the workspace or click the + Add Files button. You can also import entire folders — Clausus will recursively scan for supported file types.

Each file is automatically parsed, chunked into passages, enriched with LLM-generated metadata (summaries and keywords), and indexed into the local vector store.

Once files are indexed, switch to the Chat view to ask questions. Clausus searches across all indexed documents using hybrid retrieval (semantic + keyword) and constructs answers grounded in your data.

Every answer includes source citations — click any citation to view the exact passage and page in the original document.

Tips for effective queries:

• Be specific: "What was our Q3 revenue?" works better than "Tell me about revenue"
• Reference specific documents: "According to the audit report, what were the findings?"
• Ask comparative questions: "How does Q3 compare to Q2 in terms of expenses?"
• Request summaries: "Summarise the key points of this contract"

To generate a document:

1. Write your prompt — Describe what you want generated. Be specific about format, tone, and length.
2. Select context files — Choose which indexed documents should inform the output.
3. Generate — Scribe produces a draft in the preview pane.
4. Export — Save as DOCX, PDF, or plain text.

Scribe ships with built-in templates for common professional document types:

• Executive Summary — Board-ready overview from financial reports
• Engagement Letter — Client engagement and scope documentation
• Compliance Memo — Regulatory compliance summaries for UAE PDPL / KSA
• Audit Finding — Structured finding with observation, risk, and recommendation
• Legal Brief — Case analysis with precedent citations

You can also create custom templates by saving any generated document as a template with placeholders.

Workflows consist of steps executed in sequence. Each step performs a specific action on the data flowing through the pipeline.

Available step types:

Clausus supports multiple local models. You can switch between them depending on the task — larger models for complex analysis, smaller ones for quick lookups.

To switch models, go to Settings → AI Models and click Activate next to your preferred model. Models not yet downloaded will begin downloading automatically.

By default, Clausus operates in fully local mode — no data leaves your device. Available privacy settings:

• On-device only (default: ON) — Blocks all external network calls for document processing
• Auto-enrich metadata (default: ON) — Uses local LLM to generate summaries during import
• Conversation logging (default: ON) — Stores chat history locally for reference
• Telemetry (default: OFF) — Anonymous usage stats sent to Clausus. Never includes document content.

For tasks that exceed the capability of local models, Clausus supports optional cloud API connections to Anthropic Claude and OpenAI. This is strictly opt-in and disabled by default.