Rigour Labs — studio.rigour.app

Tools built for people
who have to defend the work

A small studio building AI-powered software for consultants, advisers, and anyone who needs to think clearly and write precisely. Avoid the AI rhetoric.No generic outputs.

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The suite

Two live. One building.

Each product solves a specific problem in the consulting and advisory workflow.

01 Beta
Arciv
arciv.ai

An AI workspace that remembers. Every session saved, every decision archived. Context profiles that make the AI smarter over time. Built for consultants and advisers who do deep, continuous work and cannot afford to start from zero every conversation.

AI workspace Memory Context Claude API
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02 Live
PPE
rigour.app

Answer six diagnostic questions about your document. Get a precise rule stack to paste at the end of any AI prompt. Based on the framework from How to Train Your AI by Scott Stewart. Eliminates generic AI outputs for board papers, briefs, and strategy documents.

Prompt engineering Writing rules Document quality
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03 Coming soon
Kando
getkando.io

Speak a brain dump after a meeting. Kando structures it into a Kanban board automatically — tasks, decisions, blockers, done items. Update the board the same way. No typing, no formatting, no friction. Just talk.

Voice first Kanban AI structured In development
In development
04 Idea stage
Vault
in the vault

The next product is forming. If you are a consultant, adviser, or knowledge worker with a workflow problem worth solving, the studio wants to hear about it. Every Rigour product starts as a real problem someone could not find a tool for.

Research Concept TBD
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About the studio

Built small.
Built to last.

Rigour Labs is a small team product studio building AI tools for consulting and advisory professionals. The aim is simple: software that makes expert thinking sharper, faster, and more defensible.

Every product comes from a real problem in the workflow. If it would not survive a board paper review, it does not ship.

The studio is based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

01
Defensible over polished

Generic outputs are the enemy. Every tool is built to produce work you can stand behind in a meeting, not work that merely looks correct.

02
Context compounds

The best AI tools get better the more you use them. Memory, profiles, and project context are first-class features, not afterthoughts.

03
One product at a time

Nothing ships until it solves the problem properly. The backlog is long but the focus is narrow.

04
Privacy by default

No tracking scripts. No advertising. Data stays in Australia. Built for professionals who handle sensitive client information.

Roadmap

Where things stand

Updated April 2026.

Live — prototype
Arciv
AI workspace with persistent memory, context profiles, project management, voice capture, document library, and Kando board. Prototype with 10 consultants underway.
Live
PPE
Six questions, one rule stack. Free at rigour.app. Based on How to Train Your AI.
In development
Kando
Speak a brain dump, get a structured board. Voice-first Kanban that works the way your brain does.
Planned
Arciv Billing
Pro, Pro Plus, and Teams tiers. Launches after prototype feedback is synthesised.
Planned
Arciv Teams
Shared project workspaces, team session archive, five-seat plans.
Idea stage
PPE v2
Expanded artefact library, domain-specific rule packs for legal, finance, and government.
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