Everything in one command center
Rebel Command is a desktop app for Markdown on disk — with search that explains itself, a prompt compiler, and AI that attaches your sources. No cloud note dump. No fake enterprise sprawl.
Your vault, your disk, your rules
A folder of .md files you control. Index and app data under .rebel/; canonical knowledge stays Markdown.
- Adopt an existing library or start with an empty folder
- Switch vault paths from Settings when life changes
- Markdown-first sidebar — binaries are intake, not fiction in the tree
Find anything: literal names and meaning
Filename filters when you remember the title; ~ prefix and hybrid ranking when you need ideas.
- Explainable match badges — filename, semantic, or hybrid
- Modest recency boost for actively maintained notes
- Conservative / Balanced / Broad tuning in Settings
Write, govern, and ship content
Dual-pane editing, masters with versioning, classified save, and preview → PDF for client-ready output.
- YAML front matter without intimidation
- Masters with current vs superseded states
- Web-to-Markdown paste for research capture
Capture speed and library hygiene
Quick Capture, bulk Markdown import for migration, and classified single-file intake including text PDFs.
- Ctrl+P quick open with optional semantic ranking
- Bulk import for migration bursts; classified path for quality
- Text-layer PDFs only — no OCR promise in current story
AI chat inside your workflow
Dedicated Chat workspace on desktop — streaming answers, vault-grounded context, save to vault when it counts.
- Attach ranked search results; control lean / normal / full body slices
- Drafts in local SQLite until you save to the vault
- Billing and quota on the web; chat runs on desktop + gateway
Prompt Compiler
Multi-select top matches, confirm metadata, compile to clipboard or add to chat with context attached.
- Role, request, and output format from your template system
- Optional save compiled prompts back to the vault
- Bridge from research to action in one product