# Little Bear Apps

> Privacy-friendly developer tools built in Australia. MCP servers, Claude Code plugins and a Telegram bridge for AI coding agents — tested in real workflows and built by one person and his dog.

Little Bear Apps is an indie dev studio. Every tool started as something I needed in my own work, ran in my workflows for months, then got released because others might find it useful too. All tool data stays on your machine unless a tool's docs say otherwise.

## Products

### Untether

- **Website**: [https://littlebearapps.com/builds/untether/](https://littlebearapps.com/builds/untether/)
- **Product site**: [https://untether.cc/](https://untether.cc/)
- **GitHub**: [github.com/littlebearapps/untether](https://github.com/littlebearapps/untether)
- **Install**: `uv tool install untether`
- **Type**: Python Tool
- **Description**: Telegram bridge for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and Pi. Send tasks by voice or text, watch progress live and approve changes from your phone.

### Outlook Assistant

- **Website**: [https://littlebearapps.com/builds/outlook-assistant/](https://littlebearapps.com/builds/outlook-assistant/)
- **GitHub**: [github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant](https://github.com/littlebearapps/outlook-assistant)
- **Install**: `npx @littlebearapps/outlook-assistant`
- **Type**: MCP Server
- **Description**: 22 tools for Outlook email, calendar, and contacts, with read-only mode, dry-run previews, a recipient allowlist, and 64% fewer tokens.

### PitchDocs

- **Website**: [https://littlebearapps.com/builds/pitchdocs/](https://littlebearapps.com/builds/pitchdocs/)
- **GitHub**: [github.com/littlebearapps/pitchdocs](https://github.com/littlebearapps/pitchdocs)
- **Install**: `/plugin install pitchdocs@lba-plugins`
- **Type**: Claude Code Plugin
- **Description**: Scans your codebase and writes README, CHANGELOG, CONTRIBUTING, llms.txt and 15+ more docs answering the four questions readers ask. Works with 9 AI tools.

### ContextDocs

- **Website**: [https://littlebearapps.com/builds/contextdocs/](https://littlebearapps.com/builds/contextdocs/)
- **GitHub**: [github.com/littlebearapps/contextdocs](https://github.com/littlebearapps/contextdocs)
- **Install**: `/plugin install contextdocs@lba-plugins`
- **Type**: Claude Code Plugin
- **Description**: Generates and maintains CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md and 5 more AI context files, filtered by Signal Gate and kept in sync with your code by Context Guard hooks.

### Scout (R&D)

- **Website**: [https://littlebearapps.com/builds/scout/](https://littlebearapps.com/builds/scout/)
- **Type**: Developer Tool
- **Description**: Data-driven R&D for solo developers.

### channelo (R&D)

- **Website**: [https://littlebearapps.com/builds/channelo/](https://littlebearapps.com/builds/channelo/)
- **Type**: Developer Tool
- **Description**: A unified marketing data warehouse — own your data, see your costs, trust your numbers.

### Semantic Librarian (Coming soon)

- **Website**: [https://littlebearapps.com/builds/semantic-librarian/](https://littlebearapps.com/builds/semantic-librarian/)
- **Type**: Developer Tool
- **Description**: A free AI-powered search engine for Australia's public archives.

## About

- [About](https://littlebearapps.com/about/): The story behind Little Bear Apps — philosophy, badge system, and how tools are built
- [Transparency](https://littlebearapps.com/transparency/): Behind the scenes — how maturity and privacy badges are earned

## Blog

- [Blog](https://littlebearapps.com/blog/): Developer insights, build logs, and what I've been learning

- [Untether 0.36.0: Claude Code background agents report back](https://littlebearapps.com/blog/untether-0-36-release/): Untether 0.36.0 keeps Claude Code sessions open while background agents and processes run, so their results reach Telegram. Plus six breaking changes to check. (2026-10-15)
- [Starting a new repo with AI is easy. Coming back three weeks later is the hard part.](https://littlebearapps.com/blog/ai-re-onboarding-multiple-projects/): AI re-onboarding is the real productivity killer. A METR study found devs are 19% slower with AI on familiar codebases. Here's how I handle 30 projects. (2026-05-19)
- [I maintain 7 AI context files. What goes in them.](https://littlebearapps.com/blog/ai-context-files-what-to-include/): After maintaining 7 AI context files, I learned shorter files beat longer ones - with a 41% token reduction. Here's what to include and leave out. (2026-05-19)
- [I voice-code from my phone while walking my dog](https://littlebearapps.com/blog/coding-from-the-park/): I dictate coding tasks to Claude Code via Telegram voice notes while walking my dog. Voice input is 4x faster than typing on a phone. (2026-03-31)
- [My $5/month Cloudflare bill hit $4,868 because of an infinite loop](https://littlebearapps.com/blog/d1-billing-disaster-circuit-breakers/): Cloudflare D1 pricing in 2026: what writes actually cost, where billing spirals, and how a bug turned my $5/month bill into $4,868 before circuit breakers. (2026-03-18)
- [Dogfooding found 22 bugs my 1,548 tests missed](https://littlebearapps.com/blog/dogfooding-bugs-tests-cant-find/): Using Untether and PitchDocs every day found 22 bugs that 1,548 automated tests missed. They live in the transitions: sleeping and waking, busy and stuck. (2026-03-08)

## Help Centre

Documentation and guides for all tools.

- [Help Centre](https://littlebearapps.com/help/): Browse all help articles by tool or topic
- [Untether Help](https://littlebearapps.com/help/untether/): Documentation and guides
- [Outlook Assistant Help](https://littlebearapps.com/help/outlook-assistant/): Documentation and guides
- [PitchDocs Help](https://littlebearapps.com/help/pitchdocs/): Documentation and guides
- [ContextDocs Help](https://littlebearapps.com/help/contextdocs/): Documentation and guides

## Per-tool docs

- [Untether llms.txt](https://littlebearapps.com/help/untether/llms.txt/): Every Untether help article, grouped by category
- [Outlook Assistant llms.txt](https://littlebearapps.com/help/outlook-assistant/llms.txt/): Every Outlook Assistant help article, grouped by category
- [PitchDocs llms.txt](https://littlebearapps.com/help/pitchdocs/llms.txt/): Every PitchDocs help article, grouped by category
- [ContextDocs llms.txt](https://littlebearapps.com/help/contextdocs/llms.txt/): Every ContextDocs help article, grouped by category

## Links

- [Contact](https://littlebearapps.com/contact/): Get in touch — questions, feedback, bug reports, or just to say hello
- [Privacy Policy](https://littlebearapps.com/privacy/): How data is handled (Google Analytics with consent on the website; the tools run locally)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/littlebearapps): Open source projects