Understory Notes
Notable signalNotes that tell thet ale
Launched 8h ago
Signal
59
Velocity
0
What this means
-31%Category cooling: Writing.
Launches down 31% week-over-week.
17Founder Conviction Index: 17 — low signal.
Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.
Prediction
Top-5 finish probability
20%
today
Projected end-of-day votes
72range 54–97
Trajectory
stable
Not enough snapshots yet to detect trajectory.
About
Understory is a Mac notes app for people who take notes in order to write something. Collect notes as you read, arrange them into an outline, and draft each section with your research beside it. Then publish as a PDF, Rich Text, Markdown or a website.
AI Summary
Understory is a Mac notes application designed for writers, allowing users to collect, organize, and draft notes alongside their research. It supports exporting in multiple formats, including PDF, Rich Text, Markdown, and websites.
Attention & discussion velocity
Performance
Velocity0
Vote pace vs average
Momentum0
Sustained over 6h
Virality0
Spread × engagement
Engagement11
Discussion per unit of attention
Editorial read
Scored deterministically. Only candidates that fire a story trigger are sent to a model, so this one has no written angle.
ThinLittle evidence and no strong angle. Nothing to build on yet.
95/8
Timeliness5%100
carried 7%
Trend20%30
carried 27%
Novelty15%27
carried 20%
Business15%6
carried 20%
Story20%0
carried 27%
Not measured · 3 of 8
Revenue10%—
Founder10%—
Cross-platform5%—
Gaps in our data, not findings about the product. Their weight is redistributed across the 5 we did measure.
measuredmeasured, zeronot measured
Full audit →Signal sources
3 of 6 active- Launch tracking2 readings since we picked it up
- AI analysisProductivity
- Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
- Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
- Revenue signalsno match on this domain
- Editorial scoring13% evidence coverage
A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.