TitleDesk Agent — Landman Title Work Automation Software

Q: Why does the ownership math matter so much?

Because decimals lie. 1/3 as a decimal is 0.333…, and three of them do not add to 1. Run that through a chain of title and the error compounds into real money. TitleDesk uses exact fractions, so 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 is exactly 1, and an over-conveyance is reported as an exact excess such as "over by 1/4".

The latest TitleDesk

More sources. Clearer guidance. Keep your work moving.

Turn an assignment and a stack of recorded instruments into a source-linked runsheet, ownership analysis and client-ready report package. The newest Windows update adds TexasFile research and smoother AI setup.

Blue assistance box

A clear question, right when it matters.

See the missing instrument, tract or fact that needs your help. Type your answer or attach a PDF or TIFF, then continue the examination with the evidence you supplied.

Red AI recovery box

Know how to get moving again.

If an AI connection needs attention, TitleDesk explains the problem and the next step. Restore the connection and continue with your saved assignment.

Assignment recovery

Pick up where you left off.

Continue an interrupted assignment with its saved research, examined documents and purchase records. Your existing work stays part of the run.

CountyRecords.com

Search the index. Follow the chain.

Research county indexes by abstract, party and recording reference. Bring the recorded instruments into the examination under the purchase ceiling you choose.

CourthouseDirect

Put your subscription views to work.

Examine recorded page images through a configured CourthouseDirect subscription. Saved working copies and view-allowance tracking keep the evidence available for reuse.

TexasFile · Windows

Find the record before you buy it.

Search the free county index by name, abstract or book, volume and page. Review recording details and page counts, then use exact page-priced PDF quotes within your approved budget.

Documents you already own

Make your existing file count.

Add saved or previously purchased records with their county and citation. TitleDesk reuses matching copies across the research instead of buying the same instrument again.

Signed automatic updates

The latest fixes come to you.

Compatible installed copies download updates in the background and apply them when you quit TitleDesk. Open it again to work in the new version, with your workspace and activation preserved.

Your client's format

From exact fractions to the finished workbook.

Carry reservations, probate and heirship questions, ownership fractions and net mineral acres into your report. Keep source pages, curatives and the submission folder tree together.

Try the latest TitleDesk Walk through the workflow

The category

Where TitleDesk fits in a land software stack.

Each of these does its job well. Together they still leave the actual work — the reading, the extraction, the organizing, the assembly — on a landman's desk. That is the gap TitleDesk was built to fill.

Data platformsEnverus, LandGate

Lease, production and drilling intelligence, mapping and asset analytics. They supply source data and context.

Data & analytics

Systems of recordQuorum, Energy Components

Lease management, contract tracking and land administration. They hold approved business records.

System of record

AI assistantsChatGPT, Claude

Summarizing, drafting and ad-hoc analysis. They provide general-purpose model assistance.

General assistant

Automation toolsZapier, Make, n8n

Integration and triggers between systems. They move information between configured services.

Integration layer

AI land toolsEmerging category

Search and Q&A across land datasets and document summarization. They focus on retrieval and analysis.

Land-specific AI

TitleDesk AgentThe Harness Lab

Structured research through extraction and organization toward a repeatable deliverable in the company's format, with source links and provenance for review. It supports the assignment workflow.

from $199 / seat / mo

The workflow TitleDesk is built to support

TitleDesk connects structured research, extraction, organization, review and packaging in the company's format. It complements the data platform and system of record around it.

The job

Title work is still a factory. Most of the hours are mechanical, and those are the hours TitleDesk takes.

County packets, OCR, runsheets, exact fractions, curative lists, and a client folder tree that must match the house format. TitleDesk does that work on the laptop. The landman accepts what is true, refuses what is thin, and keeps the opinion.

01 Documents

02 Extract

03 Chain

04 Exact fractions

05 Defects

06 Deliver

Application feature review

Core workflow areas, in the order the work happens.

The landman keeps every judgment. TitleDesk does the reading, the extraction, the organizing and the report assembly. Connect your sources once, then follow the assignment from intake through review and delivery.

PHASE 01

Taking the assignment

3 capabilities

Paste Your Assignment

Paste the assignment letter your client sent. TitleDesk reads it as data, never as instructions, extracts the county, survey, abstract, acreage and named parties, and organizes the research around your assignment. Review the extracted facts and correct them before the run starts.

Two-column work plan

Every task is owned by either TitleDesk or the landman. Anything moved to the landman's column is marked manual and is never touched automatically.

Rounds until it's done

When a round finishes, TitleDesk works out what is still outstanding from the project's own records — not by asking a model whether it is finished — and plans the next round. Only the landman closes an assignment.

PHASE 02

Reading the documents

4 capabilities

On-machine OCR

Scanned county records are read locally on the laptop with Tesseract. No OCR API, no internet connection and no per-page cloud charge. Your saved instruments stay ready for the next assignment.

Multi-page instruments

Recorders return whole instruments as one multi-page image. TitleDesk processes each page and surfaces extraction failures for review, including exhibits and lease schedules on later pages.

Document classification

Works out what each document is — lease, opinion, unit designation, plat, probate, and twenty-three instrument types in all — and which submission folder it belongs in, using your company's own naming conventions where you have them. Filename beats body text, so a ratification does not steal the instrument it recites.

Nothing disappears quietly

A page OCR cannot read is marked "needs your eyes" rather than being recorded as blank. Thin OCR stays empty rather than inventing a plausible lessor.

PHASE 03

Building the work product

7 capabilities

Runsheet

Recorded instruments in chronological order with grantor, grantee, volume and page, instrument number and interest — each row linked to the page it was read from. Chain gaps are flagged, not hidden. Word and Excel export in the company's columns.

Row provenance

Entries record how they were read: entered by a person, read off the page deterministically, or proposed by a model and accepted. Review source links and provenance before delivery.

Curative and issues list

Unleased interests, unreleased prior leases, probate and heirship gaps, assignment-chain defects — each with the document and page it came from, and a proposed next step. The list a landman actually works, not a chatbot summary.

Ownership by tract

Mineral and leasehold ownership tracked per tract, with balance checking so an interest that does not total to one is flagged rather than rounded away. Net mineral acres, leasehold, held-by-production and conflicts included.

Exact fraction arithmetic

Interests are stored and computed as exact BigInt rationals, never floating point. 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 is exactly 1. A 1/3 of 160.33 acres stays exact all the way to the report, and an over-conveyance is reported as an exact excess such as "over by 1/4". Money is integer cents.

Wells, leases and production

Texas RRC production data imported and matched to wells and leases, with gap detection across production months. Canonical 42-CCC-NNNNN API identity — partial county codes are not wells. RRC workbooks import by sheet without confusing the API number, lease number or district.

Heirship tree

Estates, heirs and determinations mapped, with each determination held for review before it affects ownership.

PHASE 04

Delivering it

4 capabilities

Your workbook, filled in

Reports are written into the company's own Excel template — matching your column names to TitleDesk's by meaning, never overwriting a row a person has corrected, and never touching a column it was not asked to map. Ten report types in Word, Excel, PDF or CSV.

Submission package

Builds the folder tree you actually turn in, every document filed in the folder your client expects, named to your convention. Originals are copied, never moved. Empty folders stay visible so missing work is obvious — or you suppress them.

Clear review questions

The blue assistance card names the tract, instrument and question. Add what you know or upload the supporting record, and TitleDesk incorporates it into the examination.

Save straight to Drive

A user can direct a finished package to a separately connected personal Google Drive. Delivery to a personal Drive is hash-pinned: every uploaded file is verified against the package the gate approved.

PHASE 05

Control and safety

8 capabilities

Local by default

Local OCR and exact arithmetic stay on the machine. Automated title examination sends selected page images to the AI provider you chose after consent; Drive, county-records and other connectors receive only what their task requires. A company Drive is treated as read-only by application rules and database guardrails.

The model stays reviewable

Follow each material conclusion to its source page. Review ownership, reservations and curative questions with the evidence beside you, and keep the final professional judgment in your hands.

Bring your own AI

Connect your existing ChatGPT/Codex or Claude subscription from setup or Settings. API providers and local Ollama are available too. Local OCR has no per-page AI fee; your selected AI plan or API account handles the AI usage.

Local work without AI

Local OCR, project records, exact-fraction arithmetic, billing and report assembly remain available without AI. The current automated title-assignment and page-examination workflow requires a connected AI that can read page images.

Append-only audit log

Every consequential action is recorded and cannot be edited or deleted, including by the software itself. If a determination was accepted, rejected or changed, that is on the record with who did it.

Research stays inside the fence

A dedicated research browser with its own profile touches only domains you have approved, with spending safeguards built in for paid sources such as CourthouseDirect and TexasFile. Take-over for passwords. The official Texas RRC is always allowed.

Encrypted at rest

AES-256-GCM database. Key held in the macOS Keychain, Windows DPAPI or Linux libsecret — never in a file next to the data.

Workspaces and licensing

One TitleDesk installation switches between companies without a custom build, with an isolated encrypted database per workspace — one company's workspace cannot read another's. Device-based seats, offline lease, Stripe Customer Portal, activation from licenses@theharnesslab.com.

PHASE 06

Also in the workstation

3 capabilities

Time, billing and owners

Day rates, expenses and invoices in exact cents. Owner and offer tracking. Deadlines derived from lease data.

GIS plat

Tract boundaries, well locations, offline SVG rendering and GeoJSON import. Complements — and does not attempt to replace — ArcGIS.

Customization Lab

Folder names, filing rules, report columns and deliverable structure configured to the company's standards, so output is repeatable across every landman and every assignment. Described in full below.

The product inside the product

Customization Lab — TitleDesk becomes your shop.

No two land departments file, search, or deliver the same way. Forking the app per client does not scale. A free-form template language would let a model write code. Customization Lab is the third path: you describe the workflow in English. TitleDesk proposes a validated company profile. Nothing is written until a person approves the plain-language change.

“Ownership report as Word, not Excel. Call Owner ‘Mineral Owner’. Package folder {{project.name}} - Landman Submitted {{date.today}}. Search back to sovereignty. Always pull ratifications. Upload finished work to my personal Drive, never the company Drive.”

Research process

Preferred domains — Courthouse Direct, TexasFile, the RRC, and the hosts you allow. How far back title is run: sovereignty, or a house year count. Adjoining tracts. Gap thresholds. Document types you always pull. Defects worth raising. Require a human on every instrument, or only the thin ones.

Sources & connections

Both company and personal Drive connections use Google's narrow drive.file Picker scope, limited to items the user selects or TitleDesk creates. TitleDesk treats company Drive as read-only in application rules and database guardrails. Personal Drive can receive finished packages when you say so. Connector hosts must be approved before use.

Formatting of finished work

Each report type — runsheet, ownership, curative, document index and more — chooses Excel, Word, PDF or CSV. Columns, labels, order, freeze header, draft watermark, company name, logo, accent colour, footer. Placeholders like {{project.county}} are a closed list; unknown tags are refused at save, not printed on a client PDF.

How it is delivered, and where

The deliverable is the folder tree. You name LEASES, SELLER'S FILE, opinions, well files and ratifications. Filing rules match your prefixes (Lse, TO-, Assn). Empty folders can stay visible so missing work is obvious. Delivery to a personal Drive is hash-pinned: every uploaded file is verified against the package the gate approved.

Any company can be set up this way: by the buyer, in plain English, or by a Harness Lab technician who installs TitleDesk on your machines, configures it to your shop and teaches your landmen to use it during the 15-day build-out. Engineers can export a JSON Schema, a field guide, and an example profile generated from the same rules the app validates.

The application

Product screens on the built-in sample project.

These are screenshots of TitleDesk running its synthetic Reeves County sample project.

Customization Lab: describing branding, report format and company security policy in plain language — **Customization Lab** — tell TitleDesk how the shop works. It proposes the config; nothing changes until you approve it.

Documents screen showing classified instruments with parties and book and page — **Documents** — originals stay where they are. TitleDesk reads, classifies and files.

Runsheet with a chain-gap flag on a warranty deed — **Runsheet** — source-linked instruments. Chain gaps are flagged, not hidden.

Ownership screen with exact-fraction mineral interests totalling one — **Ownership** — BigInt fractions. 1/2 + 1/2 is 1, not 0.999.

Issues and curative screen with evidence, next step and export — **Curative** — defects with evidence and a next step. Nothing acts itself.

Submit Package screen for assembling the client folder tree — **Package** — the folder tree your client actually accepts, named their way.

Reports screen for Word, Excel, PDF and CSV drafts — **Reports** — drafts from accepted facts only. Review before the client sees them.

Wells and leases screen with import controls — **Wells & leases** — import Texas RRC workbooks without confusing the API number, lease number or district.

Research browser with Texas RRC always allowed — **Research** — dedicated browser, allowlisted hosts, take-over for passwords.

Connections screen for Google Drive and research sources — **Connections** — company Drive read-only. Personal Drive for finished work.

TitleDesk Home on the built-in Reeves County sample project — **Home** — what needs you next, on this computer, with or without AI.

TitleDesk commercial activation screen — **Licensing** — activate from the purchase email; project data never goes to the licensing service.

Security & privacy

Local by default. Connected services are explicit.

TitleDesk is a desktop application. Ordinary document processing is local; selected content can leave the computer when you deliberately use a connected service.

What leaves your computer, and when
Data	Leaves your computer?
Title documents, scans, county records	No by default — selected content leaves only when you explicitly use a connected service
OCR text and extractions	No by default — OCR runs locally (Tesseract)
Ownership calculations, runsheets, reports	No by default — a report leaves only when you explicitly export or upload it
Project files and folders	No by default — selected files leave only when you explicitly send or upload them
Licence activation (device fingerprint, licence status)	Yes — to the licence server only
Content you explicitly send to a connected AI	Yes — to the AI provider you chose
Files you sync to a Drive workspace you connected	Yes — to your own Google Drive
Data you send through an approved connector or research source	Yes — to the HTTPS host you approved

Company Drive is treated as read-only

Both Drive roles use Google's drive.file Picker scope. Application rules and SQLite guardrails refuse company-Drive writes.

A model proposes. Code computes.

Ownership math is deterministic. Reports refuse unsupported figures instead of looking finished.

The record cannot be rewritten

The Activity log is append-only. TitleDesk cannot edit or delete entries in it — not through the interface, and not through the AI.

Google Drive is optional

Drive sign-in is optional. Company Drive is read-only, used to import assignment files via Google Picker (drive.file). Personal Drive is write access, used to save a finished package the landman asked to upload via Google Picker (drive.file). TitleDesk does not back up the app or database to Drive. See the privacy policy.

An independent contractor can hold several company configurations side by side; they are isolated, and a company workspace can be removed from the computer entirely along with its local data. Reporting a security problem: email sales@theharnesslab.com with "security" in the subject — please do not open a public issue. Full detail in the privacy policy.

Built around the record

Evidence you can follow. Calculations you can check.

TitleDesk brings source documents, recording citations, exact ownership fractions and net mineral acres together with the client report. More than 5,400 automated checks cover the research workflow, evidence handling and calculations, alongside checks of the packaged OCR and AI tools. Open the source, review the conclusion, and deliver work in your client’s format.

Download · Choose your platform

The newest version is available.

Download v0.2.17 for Windows, with every records-provider connection, TexasFile research and the latest Codex and Claude connection fixes, or v0.2.17 for Mac and Linux, which now carry the same TexasFile research, CourthouseDirect viewer and connection fixes. Every download starts with a plan — a 7-day Individual trial, Individual or Enterprise seats, or a 14-day Enterprise demo — and comes with the activation code that turns the download into a working copy.

Individual · free trial 7 days free then $199 / mo Card required; $1 verification refunded immediately. Cancel any time in the 7 days. Individual · buy now $199 / month One licensed computer, month to month, every feature. Enterprise · seats $349 / seat / month Type the number of seats; 12-month contract billed annually. Enterprise · demo 14 days free + a setup call No card. Spencer sets it up with you, on up to 5 computers.

Signed and notarized macOS images (Apple silicon and Intel) and a Windows installer (v0.2.18 is not yet code-signed), each with a published SHA-256 on the download page. The Linux AppImage has a signed verification receipt. Already have an activation code? Unlock the download with it.

Purchase options

The full menu.

One licence per seat — a seat is one licensed computer. Checkout is open: pick a plan, pay on Stripe, and your activation code appears on the receipt page and in your email. Enterprise buyers who want a look first get a 14-day demo and a setup call.

Individual 7-day free trial

$199

per month, after a 7-day free trial

Month to month · cancel anytime

One licensed computer
Built for the independent landman
Every feature — the trial is not a reduced build
Card required; a $1 verification, refunded immediately
Cancel within 7 days and pay nothing; otherwise $199/month from day 8

Start the 7-day free trial

Skip the trial: buy the seat now

Enterprise

$349

per seat / month · seats × $349

12-month contract · billed annually

Type the number of seats; the total is seats × $349 a month, billed for the year
Company workspaces and locked profiles
Customization Lab configured to your shop
Managed configuration distributed to every landman
Priority support from The Harness Lab

Buy Enterprise seats

Want a look first? Take the 14-day demo

Enterprise demo

14 days

free, with a setup call

No card · up to 5 computers

Spencer calls you to set it up, explain everything and troubleshoot
Full Enterprise workflow on up to five computers
14 days from the first activation; expires on its own
Your name, company, position, phone, address and seat count are all we ask

Request the 14-day demo

Founder — year one One company, ever

$199

per seat / month, billed annually

40 seats or more · 12-month contract

The first company to buy 40 or more seats — once, ever
Year one at seats × $199 a month instead of $349
$2,388 per seat for the first year
Continues on standard Enterprise pricing afterwards
Applied automatically at checkout while it lasts

Claim the founder year

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Unlock

the download with your activation code

Purchases, trials, demos and issued licences

Paste the tdact_ code from your email on the download page
Download links stay valid for 30 days and can be re-issued with the same code
Each seat is one computer; the same code activates every seat you bought
Lost the email? Write sales@theharnesslab.com from the purchase address

Unlock the download

Legacy

$129

per seat / month

Existing Team subscriptions — honoured

Team $129 legacy subscriptions remain honoured
Earlier contracts keep their original device allowance
Manage billing in the Stripe Customer Portal
No forced migration

Ask about your contract

Setup, onboarding & support

The 15-day build-out.

A Harness Lab technician sets TitleDesk up around how your company actually works — and for those fifteen days, anything you need built into your version of TitleDesk gets built, at no additional cost.

$5,00015-day engagement

Technician-led setup Installation, licensing and configuration on your machines by a Harness Lab technician.
Personal on-call support 9–5, Monday to Friday, for any problem — a person, not a ticket queue.
Staff training Your landmen trained on the workflow they will actually run.
Bug fixes Anything that breaks during the period is fixed during the period.
Full company customization Folder trees, filing rules, report columns, naming conventions, research policy.
Company-specific setup Workspaces, locked profiles and managed configuration distributed to every seat.
Custom features built free Any special feature you need is built into your version of TitleDesk during the 15 days — no charge.
You keep the configuration The profile is yours, and it keeps working after the engagement ends.

Book the 15-day engagement Call 325-763-8701

The engagement is arranged directly — it is not a self-service checkout. Licences are purchased separately at the seat pricing above.

How checkout works

Choose, pay on Stripe, activate.

Pick a plan on the download page. Stripe takes the payment or the trial card; the receipt page shows your activation code and the download for your platform, and the same code is emailed to you. Paste it into TitleDesk on each licensed computer.

Trials cancel from the receipt page, or at any time from Manage billing. Enterprise demos take no card and come with a setup call. Companies with procurement, escrow or fleet-deployment requirements talk to Spencer first.

Seat math

What you are buying.

When	Plan	Price	Term	Licences
1 seat, trying it	Individual trial	$0 for 7 days, then $199 / month $1 card verification, refunded	Month to month · cancel in 7 days to pay nothing	Exactly 1 activation
1 seat	Individual	$199 / seat / month	Month to month	Exactly 1 activation
2 or more seats	Enterprise	seats × $349 / month $4,188 / seat / year, billed annually	12-month contract	Exactly the quantity on the Stripe invoice
First contract of 40+ seats, ever	Founder — year one	seats × $199 / month $2,388 / seat / year	12-month contract	Exactly the quantity purchased
Companies, before buying	Enterprise demo	Free for 14 days · no card	14 days from first activation	Up to 5 computers
Any of the above	15-day build-out	$5,000 one time	15 days	Setup, training, support, custom features

After the founder year, that account continues on Enterprise. Team $129 legacy subscriptions remain honoured. Manage or cancel billing at any time from title-desk.com/manage, with your activation code or purchase email. The founder rate is applied automatically at checkout to the first qualifying order of 40 or more seats and disappears once claimed.

Explore

Landman software, explained page by page.

Landman software

What TitleDesk does across a whole assignment, and why it runs on your computer.

Title runsheet software

Source-linked rows, chain gaps flagged, citations that must resolve.

Mineral title research

From the county index to net mineral acres, in exact fractions.

Chain of title

Anchored on the source deed, kept on the right tract, gaps stated.

Texas mineral title

Abstract and party index, GLO patents, RRC wells and production.

Local OCR

Tesseract on the laptop: no OCR API, no per-page bill, works offline.

Guides

Runsheets, chain of title, curative, exact fractions, reading a county index.

Glossary

The vocabulary of title work, as TitleDesk uses it.

Best landman software

Compare title research, ownership, lease administration and client deliverables by workflow.

AI landman software

Selected AI page examination, local OCR, exact ownership calculations and the source evidence for review.

Best landman tools

A practical toolkit for records access, OCR, runsheets, ownership, maps and the client handoff.

Questions land departments actually ask

Before you commit.

Will my copy update automatically?

Yes, compatible customer copies check shortly after launch and every four hours, download signed updates in the background and apply them when you quit. Open TitleDesk again to use the new version. Every platform now receives v0.2.17. Your existing activation and subscription continue.

How long does an assignment take?

Plan on about an hour to a few hours, depending on assignment complexity. TitleDesk handles research, document reading, chain organization and report assembly while you keep the source evidence and final review in view.

What work does TitleDesk automate?

Assignment intake, connected county-record searches, document reading, runsheet preparation, chain organization, exact ownership and acreage calculations, curative tracking and report assembly. You review the source evidence and the finished work in one workspace.

Has TitleDesk been used on real assignments?

TitleDesk has been exercised on Texas title assignments, with source documents and landman reports used to check the research and examination workflow. Source citations, exact ownership fractions and net mineral acres stay beside the report for your review.

Do my title documents go to the cloud?

Local OCR, exact-fraction arithmetic and report assembly run on your computer. The current automated title-examination workflow sends selected page images to the AI provider you chose after consent; Drive, county-records and other connectors receive only what their task requires. See the table above for the full breakdown.

Does it need an internet connection?

Local OCR and existing project files can work offline. Automated assignment research needs internet access for the county-records provider, the selected AI and Drive delivery; licensing also checks in periodically.

Do I have to use AI?

Local OCR, project records, exact-fraction arithmetic, billing and report assembly work without AI. The current automated title-assignment and page-examination workflow requires a connected AI that can read page images; you select the provider, and TitleDesk tests it before searching or spending.

Why does the ownership math matter so much?

Because decimals lie. 1/3 as a decimal is 0.333…, and three of them do not add to 1. Run that through a chain of title and the error compounds into real money. TitleDesk uses exact fractions, so 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 is exactly 1, and an over-conveyance is reported as an exact excess such as "over by 1/4".

Can I trust what the AI extracted?

Every extracted date, party and fraction is reviewable, with a link to the source page. You can accept, correct or reject the proposed reading as you examine the record.

I work for several companies. Will their data get mixed?

No. Each company configuration is an isolated workspace with its own encrypted database. One company's workspace cannot read another's, and you switch between them explicitly. A company workspace can also be removed from your computer entirely, along with its data.

Can a company set TitleDesk up once and hand it to its landmen?

Yes — that is exactly what the 15-day build-out and Customization Lab are for. A company configures policy, security posture and research procedure, then distributes that configuration. The landman does not reassemble it.

Can I install it on more than one computer?

Seats are counted per device: one seat is one licensed computer. Some earlier contracts retain their original device allowance. Tell us if you need to move an activation to a different machine.

What happens when my licence expires?

TitleDesk switches to restricted operation. Existing work remains readable and exportable, and project files stay on disk; creating or changing work requires an active licence.

My activation link expired, or never arrived.

Paid-purchase activation links are single-use and last ten minutes. Evaluation invitations remain redeemable until the deadline stated in the invitation. Email comes from licenses@theharnesslab.com — check spam first, then email sales@theharnesslab.com from the address you purchased or requested with.

Is the source code available? We have procurement requirements.

TitleDesk is commercial software; the public repository carries releases and documentation only. Companies with requirements around source escrow or independent security review should contact spencer@theharnesslab.com directly — those arrangements are made, not refused.

Why does macOS warn when I first open TitleDesk?

From v0.2.2 it should not. The macOS images are signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, and the notarization ticket is stapled to the disk image, so the app opens normally the first time and does so even if the Mac is offline. The Windows v0.2.18 installer is not yet code-signed; a signed copy follows. If Windows shows Windows protected your PC, choose More info, then Run anyway. Every download has a published SHA-256 checksum on the download page.

People, not a ticket queue

Talk to Spencer at The Harness Lab.

TitleDesk is built by the person who answers the phone. Pilots, 40-seat contracts, procurement questions and the 15-day build-out all go through the same line.

Spencer Teague

The Harness Lab · Founder

spencer@theharnesslab.com 325-763-8701

Sales, pilots and contracts: sales@theharnesslab.com.
Activation and install: the same inbox, or reply to the licence email from licenses@theharnesslab.com.
On-call support during a 15-day engagement: 9–5, Monday to Friday.

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Latest updates · October 17, 2026

The newest version is available. Here is what we fixed.

Get v0.2.18 for Windows, or v0.2.17 for Mac and Linux. Existing customers can choose I already have a code and download with their current activation code.

Windows v0.2.18 — assignment details you fill in yourself

Run starts when the boxes are complete. Run reads Assignment details first and starts, or names the one fact still missing. No more pressing Read assignment after every edit.
Tract numbers. One tract per line, with its acres and source deed: Tract 1: 40 acres, DR 244/240. Typed tracts replace the tracts read from the pasted text.
Lessor / Grantor / Grantee. One box for every party to search, one name per line.
Typed the way you type. A lower-case county, abstracts as A954 or 954, 1141, and acres as 80 ac. are read; gross acres you type win.
Fixes from live assignments. TexasFile searches no longer stop on Chrome's error page or a one-record shortfall, highlighted volume/page results are read, and a source deed missing from the index is viewed on CourthouseDirect.
Agent terminal. Special Requests can run Claude Code or Codex inside TitleDesk to keep a blocked assignment moving.

v0.2.17 — one release for Windows, Mac and Linux

Saved sign-ins on Windows. The owner-only unattended credential is read from Windows Credential Manager; Windows copies previously reported it unavailable.
Mac and Linux catch up. TexasFile research and page-priced PDFs, the CourthouseDirect subscription viewer, ordinary-Chrome sign-in for those two providers, and the Codex and Claude connection fixes now ship on every platform.
CountyRecords sign-in unchanged. Sign in inside TitleDesk's own CountyRecords window as before; its login form supports it. Open email or Google pages in your own Chrome, not in that window.
Previous fixes included. Everything in v0.2.14 through v0.2.16 remains included.

Windows v0.2.16 — TexasFile sign-in

Sign in with ordinary Chrome. Sign into TexasFile normally, complete any verification the site requests, then close that Chrome window. TitleDesk verifies the saved session and connects automatically.
Clear account matching. Username and email matching ignores letter case. If a different account is signed in, TitleDesk shows the actual account and the login you entered.
Keep purchases separate. Connecting does not approve purchases. Free-index research, exact page quotes, assignment budgets and the page-pricing switch retain their existing controls.
Previous fixes included. The Windows Codex configuration and Claude connection fixes from v0.2.15 remain included.

Windows v0.2.15 — AI connections and TexasFile

Codex configuration compatibility. Fixed Windows connection failures caused by newer desktop Codex settings, while preserving your existing configuration.
A real connection check. The Codex provider test now starts a review session before reporting success.
Claude Code detection and sign-in. Fixed discovery of native and npm Windows installations, including installations made while TitleDesk is open, and improved signed-out and usage-limit reporting.
Setup connection checks. Serialized overlapping TexasFile checks and discarded stale replies so an earlier result cannot overwrite the current connection state.
TexasFile free-index research. Added name, abstract and recording-reference searches with pagination, coverage details and available page counts.
Page-priced documents. Added exact TexasFile PDF quotes and the page-pricing switch, with assignment-budget checks and reuse of previously purchased copies.
Windows runtime and packaging. Patched known dependency advisories and verified the signed installer, installed OCR and all 35 AI tools on native Windows.
Platform-specific upgrades. Windows receives its latest update while Mac and Linux retain their corresponding verified downloads.

v0.2.13 — research, evidence and report fixes

Interrupted assignments. Saved the original assignment inputs, research state, examined documents and decisions so a closed run can be continued.
Saved records and duplicate retrieval. Restored previously examined copies before ownership analysis and reused supplied documents and landman runsheet records.
Purchase accounting. Kept one approval tied to its run, preserved reconciled charges, and held uncertain purchase attempts for reconciliation instead of automatic retries.
Research limits and progress. Added working-time limits, continue-or-stop questions, visible document-reading progress and durable research checkpoints.
Blue and red guidance cards. Kept the AI recovery dialog from covering the landman's evidence request and made follow-up questions track the records still needed.
Multi-page scans and dense documents. Improved TIFF/PDF page handling, split dense readings and checked attached exhibits when material clauses appear there.
Document reading. Corrected readings of sole-devisee language, probate administration, mineral reservations, utility easements and numbers that describe surveys or certificates rather than ownership shares.
Chain and tract matching. Improved abstract coverage, recording-reference and page-range matching, and excluded other-land records and company surname matches from the chain.
Ownership replay. Corrected tenancy, trustee and representative conveyances, inherited-interest treatment, name ambiguity and expired term interests; retained supported derivations when a later answer failed evidence checks.
Net mineral acres. Fixed workbook recalculation after fee exceptions and kept excluded acreage tied to the ownership analysis.
CourthouseDirect viewing. Added durable subscription views, complete page capture, view counters, filing-date handling and account-bound saved sign-in references.
Imports and the AI workspace. Prevented duplicate production months and repeated lease-import rows, and let the assistant read back its recorded proposals.
Delivery and installation. Improved supplied-source citation resolution, package integrity checks and signed platform downloads with published checksums.

In local verification for a subsequent update: large Codex evidence requests now avoid the app-server text-input limit without dropping source text. This fix is not included in the installers linked above yet.

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