Scoville

What it is

Scoville is a design experiment exploring what an AI desktop client looks like when it’s built for neurodivergent workflows from the ground up. Spatial UI, non-linear navigation, and an interface that matches how spicy brains actually think — not how productivity apps assume everyone thinks.

Why it exists

Every AI chat interface is a linear scrolling conversation. That’s fine if your brain works linearly. If your brain works more like a constellation of connected ideas that you zoom between at variable speeds, the standard chat UI is actively working against you. Scoville asks: what if it didn’t?

What makes it different

Spatial, not linear. Conversations, context, and artifacts exist in space, not just in a scroll buffer. Related things are near each other. You can see the shape of your work.

Context as a first-class concept. Not hidden behind compaction. You can see what the AI knows, pin what matters, and drop what’s stale.

Designed for focus modes. Hyperfocus, scatter-brain, and everything in between. The UI adapts to how you’re working right now, not how someone assumed you’d always work.

Open source. The design research and prototype are public. This is a conversation about how AI tools should work for different kinds of brains, not a proprietary product.

The name

The Scoville scale measures how spicy a pepper is. We use “spicy brain” affectionately for the neurodivergent thinking style that produces both the best ideas and the most chaotic desktops. Scoville measures how spicy your brain is, then builds an interface to match.