Search, answer, and actacross all your work.

Connect Slack, Notion, Google Drive, and more across multiple workspaces. Contrive brings everything into one fast desktop command bar.

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A desktop command bar for cross-app search. Fast by design, with permission-aware AI built into every command.

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A standalone desktop app

Contrive runs on macOS and Windows, stays one shortcut away, and keeps workspace search out of another browser tab.

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Instant at every step

Built for speed from launch to result, so search, answers, and actions keep pace with your train of thought.

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AI answers with context

Ask in natural language. Contrive searches permitted workspace sources, finds relevant context, and turns your intent into useful answers and actions.

Instant access

Search at the speed of thought.

Press Option + Space on Mac or Alt + Space on Windows and Contrive is ready before you lose your train of thought. Change either shortcut anytime in settings.

01Mac Option + SpaceWindows Alt + Space

Multiple workspaces

Manage multiple workspaces in one place.

Connect multiple tools to each workspace, keep their knowledge and permissions separate, and switch workspace context whenever you need.

02Organize Separate workspacesSwitch Move between them

Contrive workspace shown in the company switcher

Inbox, settings, and sign out workspace controls

Unlimited members

Bring everyone with you.

Invite your team to a workspace without seat limits. Everyone can search the same permitted knowledge as the workspace grows.

03Invite Your whole teamGrow Without seat limits

Role selection menu for a workspace invitation

Connected actions

Take action across connected apps.

Create docs and pages, open and assign tasks, send messages, and run workflows across supported workspace apps without leaving Contrive.

04Create Docs, pages, and tasksSend Messages and updates

Roles and permissions

Control search access by role.

Assign roles and permissions that keep workspace knowledge protected while giving each teammate access to the connected tools they need.

05Control What people seeDefine What they can do

Role permissions for integrations and workspace members

Connected applications available to members with a role

Connected intelligence

Search across your
connected apps.

Bring permitted knowledge from Slack, Notion, Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, Calendar, GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, ClickUp, Confluence, Trello, and Asana into one searchable workspace experience.

Frequently asked questions

How Contrive connects your work.

The essentials about workspace connections, desktop availability, permissions, and AI processing.

What is Contrive?

Contrive is a standalone desktop application that lets you search, get AI-generated answers, and take action across connected workspace applications from one command bar.

Which applications can I connect?

Contrive supports workplace services such as Slack, Notion, ClickUp, Jira, Confluence, and GitHub. Integration availability may change as new connected apps are released.

Can I connect multiple workspaces?

Yes. You can organize multiple workspaces, connect tools to each one, keep their knowledge and permissions separate, and switch context when you need to.

Is Contrive a desktop or web application?

Contrive is a focused desktop application available for macOS and Windows from the download page.

How does Contrive protect connected workspace data?

Contrive uses the permissions granted through each connection, permission-aware access controls, and encryption for OAuth tokens at rest. Disconnecting an integration removes its related active data as described in the Privacy Policy. Read the Privacy Policy.

Does Contrive use workspace content to train AI models?

Data sharing for model improvement is disabled for Contrive’s OpenAI API project. Selected workspace text is processed to provide semantic search and AI overviews under the retention terms described in the Privacy Policy. Read the Privacy Policy.