Spool runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 27 Aug 2026.
Your local project library: hand any AI a project pack, search it, and write findings back.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Spool every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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