LocalScribe Blog

A one-day Jev study on 24,750 synthetic MentalBench cases explores classification accuracy, cost, and possibilities for psychology.

Psychology needs to study current AI capabilities while developing a conditional research and policy agenda for human-level and superhuman AI.

I spend a lot of time thinking about Zvi’s three-pill framework.

An approach to homework that prioritizes time spent engaging with material, documents the AI-assisted process, and tests understanding through live discussion.

A timestamped personal AI forecast connecting coding, AI research, takeoff, psychology, therapy, AGI, ASI, deployment, and catastrophic risk from 2027 through 2034.

A data-driven look at psychology and mental-health AI benchmarks, where models looked strong, where they broke, and why current frontier systems may already be ahead of the literature.

A practical guide to finding small, buildable software ideas in clinical work, supervision, teaching, business tasks, and repeated searches.

A jagged view of where superhuman qualities may first appear in AI therapy, from availability and modality range to simulation, prediction, and treatment planning.

A practical guide to the data path, storage decisions, and privacy responsibilities clinicians should understand before building or sharing small AI-made tools.

Vibe coding for clinicians, plain language, knowing the task, using the on-screen preview, and what a single browser file can do, with five example builds and a single-file HTML walkthrough.

How clinicians can use ChatGPT Image 2 to create handouts, coping cards, posters, worksheets, and psychoeducation visuals that fit the person and the clinical moment.

A practical privacy checklist for clinicians using general AI tools without sharing identifiable client information.

A practical step-by-step guide for clinicians building focused browser-based tools with AI and one self-contained HTML file.

Why AI therapist competence is likely to develop unevenly and redistribute parts of the therapist role.

Why public hostility toward AI may feel visceral, including mismatch, disgust, danger avoidance, mortality salience, and design consistency.

Why smaller, more local, and more agentic AI systems may fit mental health care better than generic cloud chatbots.

Learn how clinicians can use LocalScribe for psychological testing reports, psychoeducational evaluations, neuropsychological reports, and follow-up documents.

Learn how to use LocalScribe’s Terminology and Test Measures reference libraries to improve drafting, shorthand recognition, and structured clinical writing.

Learn practical ways to use LocalScribe custom templates for handouts, letters, supervision prep, and other structured clinical writing.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with SimplePractice for progress notes, intake documentation, treatment plans, and cleaner charting workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with TherapyNotes for progress notes, intake documentation, treatment plans, and cleaner charting workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with Jane for progress notes, intake documentation, treatment plans, and cleaner charting workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with TheraNest for progress notes, intake documentation, treatment plans, and cleaner charting workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with Sessions Health for progress notes, intake documentation, treatment plans, and cleaner charting workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with Valant for progress notes, intake documentation, treatment plans, and cleaner charting workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with ICANotes for progress notes, intake documentation, treatment plans, and cleaner charting workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with WebPT for evaluations, daily notes, plans of care, and rehab documentation workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with Prompt for evaluations, daily notes, plans of care, and rehab documentation workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with Raintree for evaluations, daily notes, plans of care, and rehab documentation workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with SPRY for evaluations, daily notes, plans of care, and rehab documentation workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with Ambiki for evaluations, IEP documentation, progress reporting, and school-based workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with Frontline Special Education for evaluations, IEP documentation, progress reporting, and school-based workflows.

Learn how to use LocalScribe with eSPED for evaluations, IEP documentation, progress reporting, and school-based workflows.

A practical primer for clinicians on AI-assisted coding, what they can build, and how to think about privacy, publishing, and competence.

Why AI documentation in clinical practice is fundamentally a competence question grounded in ethical responsibility, informed use, and clinician accountability.

Why the hidden system and helper prompts behind AI documentation tools matter for clinical writing, safety, and grounded output.

Why local versus cloud AI changes the privacy and HIPAA conversation for clinicians using AI tools.

How clinicians can use AI for documentation while preserving authorship, clinical judgment, and ethical responsibility.

A founder story on building LocalScribe as a local-first clinical AI documentation tool with minimal coding experience.

Lessons learned building LocalScribe with vibe coding, including failures, guardrails, and practical workflow improvements.