Recovered public materials

Ohverlay Whitepaper

The public site had been reduced to an update hub, so the whitepaper content is now restored here from the repo sources. This page condenses the grant proposal, product thesis, and deployment direction into one readable public document.

Source Markdown Context Primer

Executive Summary

Overlay tools should help without becoming noise

Ohverlay is a local-first overlay workspace platform designed around calm visibility rather than interruption. It spans sticky-note reminders, network file handoffs, supervisor dashboards, semi-transparent notifications, and a future AI layer that is explicit, permissioned, and contextual.

Non-intrusive overlays that stay visible without hijacking the workflow.
Local-first architecture with opt-in connectivity where needed.
Supervisor visibility built around accountability, not covert surveillance.
A design language that treats workspaces as living surfaces instead of cluttered app stacks.

Problem

Most work software fights for attention

The repo grant material describes the digital wellness problem directly: too many interruptions, weak focus recovery, surveillance-heavy tracking tools, and dashboards that create anxiety instead of clarity. Ohverlay takes the opposite stance by keeping visibility ambient, spatial, and visually calm.

Traditional notifications are abrupt and stack badly.
Time trackers often feel punitive or invasive.
File-sharing tools lose the human context of handoffs.
Remote teams need visibility that does not turn into spam.

Solution Pillars

Overlay-native, task-aware, ethically constrained

Sticky notes with countdowns, elapsed time, transparency, and lock state.
Network file dispatch with sender, recipient, timestamp, and open-path confirmation.
Supervisor dashboards for visible work state, overdue tasks, and delivery traceability.
A future Blue AI layer for assistance, not hidden monitoring.

Implementation

Phased build path

Office overlay foundation

Role-aware desktop builds, sticky-note overlays, file dispatch, activity logs, and update delivery from a stable public origin.

Operational clarity

Supervisor dashboards, cleanup prompts, traceability, improved notification behavior, and configurable themes for different work styles.

Messaging and operational overlays

Single-send notes, ongoing chat overlays, group announcements, and richer team workflows with explicit controls and logging.

Blue AI and domain knowledge

Project-aware assistance, company policy grounding, controlled RAG, and AI help that remains transparent about its data sources and scope.

Business Model

Freemium without attention extraction

The repo materials already point toward a sane monetization path: free core functionality, paid team capabilities, and a future skin/theme marketplace. The model only works if the ethical posture stays intact.

Free core overlay features.
Paid supervisor and enterprise visibility tools.
Theme and skin marketplace plus custom integrations.
No dark patterns, no hidden telemetry, no coercive ad loops.

Grant Readiness

Public narrative is back online

The repository still contains the core grant-facing documents. The website had simply stopped surfacing them after the update-host emergency fix. Those source documents are linked again below.