DECISION & CONTEXT MEMORY

Never lose the
why again.

Capture the decisions your team makes and the context, reasoning, and linked sources behind them — so the why is never lost.

THE PRODUCT

One decision. The whole why.

Ask why a call was made and watch Kioku surface the decision, its context, and linked sources — then flip to the full record when you need the reasoning.

KIOKU · RECALL

ASK

Why did we move sync to webhook events?

Decision: adopt event-driven sync

Context pulled from #architecture

Reasoning linked to PR #218

ADR-042
  • statusaccepted
  • contextthread
  • decisionnote
  • reasoningnote
ADR-039
  • statusaccepted
  • decisionnote
  • owneruser
ADR-031
  • statusrevisit
  • pr_linkgithub
  • reasoningnote
ADR-018
  • statusaccepted
  • meetingnotes
  • consequencenote
  • tagssync
Linked · SlackLinked · GitHubLinked · Notes
128
DECISIONS
Captured this quarter
4
SOURCES
Slack · GitHub · notes
0.3s
RECALL
Semantic search speed
6
PROJECT SPACES
One per repo or team
100%
REASONING
Every why preserved

FIG. 01 · ASK TO RECALL

“Ask panel, decision timeline, and the full record — from a single question.”

DECISIONS · CONTEXT
WORKS WITH YOUR TOOLS

Link context from the tools your team already lives in — Slack, GitHub, and meeting notes. Capture the decision once — recall it wherever you work.

Slack
GitHub PRs
Meeting notes
Linear
Notion
Google Docs
Slack
GitHub PRs
Meeting notes
Linear
Notion
Google Docs
Jira
Confluence
Figma
Loom
Email
Manual entry
Jira
Confluence
Figma
Loom
Email
Manual entry

Plus manual decision entries, pasted threads, and quick notes, and semantic search across all of it — deeper native integrations are on the roadmap.

WHAT YOU GET FROM EVERY DECISION

0+
DECISIONS CAPTURED

Across product, platform, billing, and infra teams.

100%
REASONING KEPT

Context, alternatives, and consequences — every time.

0
SOURCE INTEGRATIONS

Slack, GitHub PRs, meeting notes, and manual entry.

0s
RECALL

Semantic search surfaces any past decision in seconds.

THE FEATURES

Six surfaces. One memory that holds your why.

Every feature is shaped around a real moment in your team’s work — capturing a decision, linking its context, searching it back, and recalling the why later.

decision · new

CAPTURE THE DECISION

We chose webhook events over polling for third-party sync

KIOKU PROMPTS

What context led to this?
What alternatives were ruled out?
01CAPTURE

Capture a decision

Log a quick decision record — context, decision, reasoning, and consequences. Kioku prompts for the parts teams usually forget, so nothing is lost.

  • Lightweight ADR in seconds
  • Captures context, decision, reasoning
  • Records the alternatives you ruled out
context · linked sources
#architecture
  • Slack thread
  • 8 messages
  • pinned
PR #218
  • GitHub
  • sync rewrite
  • merged
standup
  • Meeting notes
  • Mar 14
  • attached
manual
  • Added note
  • rollout plan
  • by Ana
02LINK

Link the context

Attach the Slack threads, GitHub PRs, and meeting notes behind a call. The full backstory lives on the decision, not scattered across ten tools.

  • Attach Slack threads and PRs
  • Pin meeting notes and manual notes
  • One decision, every source in place
search · semantic recall
  • why did we drop the cron poller?
  • ADR-042 → adopt webhook sync
  • match in #architecture (Slack)
  • match in PR #218 (GitHub)
  • reasoning · lower latency
03SEARCH

Search your memory

Ask in plain language and Kioku does the rest — semantic search across every decision and its linked context, so the why is one query away.

  • Natural-language, semantic search
  • Searches decisions and linked sources
  • Surfaces the reasoning, not just the call
04TRACE

Decision timeline

See how a decision evolved — proposed, accepted, revisited, superseded — in one chronological view. Understand not just the call, but the path to it.

  • 01

    Chronological view of every change

  • 02

    See what superseded what, and why

  • 03

    Trace status from proposed to accepted

timeline · how it evolved
TimelineStatusSourcesOwners
ADR-042 Adopt webhook sync
Mar 14 proposed in #architecture
Mar 16 accepted after PR #218
Apr 02 superseded ADR-031
project spaces
platform
billing
mobile
05ORGANIZE

Project spaces

Organize decisions per project or repo so each team sees its own memory. Spot a missing rationale or a stale call before it bites you in review.

  • A space per project or repo
  • Each team sees its own decisions
  • Spot stale or undocumented calls
share · recall

Onboarding digest

Surface the why

Why-we-chose docs

Surface the why

New-hire recap

Surface the why

Weekly decisions

Surface the why

06RECALL

Share & recall

Surface the why to new teammates — onboarding digests, why-we-chose docs, weekly recaps — so context transfers instead of walking out the door.

  • Onboarding digests of key decisions
  • Why-we-chose docs on demand
  • Recall the reasoning, not just the call
MEMORY, KEPT SHARP

Three pillars. One memory you can trust.

Kioku keeps your team’s decisions the way a sharp memory would — so months later the context is still there, not lost when someone moves on.

96
/ 100

Recall

Higher is better

Find any past decision in seconds. Semantic search reads natural language, so "why did we drop Redis" surfaces the call, the date, and who made it — no scrolling Slack.

92
/ 100

Context

Higher is better

Every decision is linked to its source — the Slack thread, the GitHub PR, the meeting notes. The trail stays intact, so context never lives in one person’s head.

88
/ 100

Clarity

Higher is better

Capture the reasoning, the alternatives weighed, and the consequences expected — not just the outcome. Six months later the "why" reads as clearly as the day you decided.

THE MEMORY

memory = (recall + context + clarity) / 3

Across all three pillars, your team’s memory scores 92/100 always recallable. Every decision is captured, so nothing important slips away.

92
Ready
HOW IT WORKS

Three steps. The why, forever.

No wiki to maintain. No context lost to Slack scroll. No "why did we do this?" Capture, link, recall.

01

Capture

Log the decision in plain language — context, decision, reasoning, consequences. Kioku prompts for the parts teams usually forget. Done in a minute.

02

Link

Attach the Slack threads, GitHub PRs, and meeting notes behind the call. The full backstory lives on the decision, not scattered across ten tools.

03

Recall

Ask in plain language and Kioku surfaces the decision and its why in seconds — onboarding a teammate or settling a "wait, why did we do this?"

WITHOUT KIOKU VS. WITH KIOKU

Stop losing the reasoning.

Without Kioku, context lives in people’s heads, buried in Slack scrollback, and walks out the door when they leave. Kioku captures every decision, links it to its source, and keeps it searchable forever.

Without KiokuLost
Gone
Recall
30
Context
25
Clarity
15
9 decisions lostmemory.log
FEWER
0
decisions lost
With KiokuKept
Kept
Recall
100
Context
100
Clarity
95
0 decisions lostmemory.log

WHAT KIOKU REMEMBERS FOR YOU

Decisions captured with the reasoning

Every call linked to its Slack thread or PR

Searchable the day someone leaves

Context that survives team turnover

PRICING

Start free, scale as you grow.

Free covers a single project and your first decisions. Pro is for teams who capture context every week and want integrations and semantic search.

Free

$0forever

For solo work and small teams capturing their first decisions.

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  • 1 project space
  • 50 captured decisions
  • Structured ADR capture
  • Decision timeline + recall
  • Keyword search across your memory
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Pro

$15/ month

Cancel anytime. Unlimited decisions, every integration.

For teams who make decisions worth remembering.

Start Pro →
  • Unlimited projects and decisions
  • Slack, GitHub, and meeting-note integrations
  • Semantic, natural-language search
  • Team sharing and onboarding recall
  • Full decision history
  • Priority support

FAQ · STRAIGHT ANSWERS

Questions. Answered.

Everything you’d want to know about capture, integrations, privacy, and pricing. Tap a question to expand.

Write a short ADR — context, decision, reasoning, and consequences. Kioku stamps it to a timeline and keeps the full "why" alongside the outcome.

READY WHEN YOU ARE

Start remembering the why.

Capture the decisions your team makes and the reasoning behind them, so context is never lost. Free for 1 project and 50 decisions. No card required.

Your decisions and linked context are scoped to your team — never used to train models.