Clevaly · 2025–2026

Clevaly

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EdTech
AI
Mobile
Next.js

Clevaly web dashboard with schedule, deadlines and recent study sets — clevaly.com

2025–2026

A school workspace that keeps classes, deadlines, notes and study sets in one place, with Cleva, an assistant that has already read your syllabus. Live in public beta on iPhone, web and Chrome.

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about.txt

role: Founder & Full-Stack
for: Clevaly
stack: EdTech, AI, Mobile, Next.js
when: 2025–2026

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How Clevaly was built01 / 09

versionv0Aug 2025

TinkFlash

The first commit: an AI flashcard and study tool, a FastAPI backend with a Next.js front end. It worked, but it was one more flashcard app, and the material still had to be uploaded by hand.

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The brief

Schoolwork is scattered across LMS portals, PDFs, notes apps, flashcard decks and a chatbot that has never seen the syllabus. Students re-explain the course every time they ask for help. Clevaly organises the day around classes, keeps study material attached to those classes, and gives the assistant that context.

facts.txt

Problem: Schoolwork scattered across disconnected tools
Audience: High-school, college and university students
Surfaces: iPhone, web and Chrome extension
Status: Public beta, Sep 2026
Role: Founder and full-stack
Timeline: Aug 2025 to now

How I approached it

01
Start from the school day
Home is a schedule, deadlines and what needs attention, not a deck list. Study sets live inside classes, so the assistant never starts from zero.
02
Import instead of asking for uploads
Moodle, Canvas and Brightspace connect directly, and a Chrome extension covers the browser. The less a student has to move files, the sooner Clevaly is useful.
03
Let Cleva read before she talks
Syllabi become topics, grading and deadlines. Each class shows what Cleva found, what is missing and one next step, so the assistant answers from the course.
04
One account everywhere
Mobile is local-first and syncs in batches. The web app is a full workspace, not a companion. A student can start on a phone between classes and continue on a laptop.
05
Show the real product
The marketing screens are the live app at a readable size. One clear screen per idea, with no pile of tiny mockups.

On the web

On your phone

How it is different

Flashcard apps such as Quizlet, Knowt and Anki start from a deck: you bring the material to them, and they help you drill it. A general chatbot starts from a blank chat that has never seen your course. Both leave the student to do the organising.

Clevaly starts from the student's classes and works outwards:

It connects to the school's LMS and reads the syllabus, so the course is already there.
Study sets, notes and files live inside each class, next to its schedule and deadlines.
Cleva answers from that course context and reaches out at useful moments, instead of waiting for a prompt.
Flashcards, learn, test and match are all still here. They are one part of a school system, not the whole product.

What it runs on

Next.jsWeb app and public marketing site
Expo / React NativeiPhone app with a local SQLite store
NestJSAPI for the apps
Postgres + PrismaAccounts, classes, study sets, migrated on every deploy
Redis + background workerImports, indexing and scheduled jobs
Agent serviceCleva and the check-in planner
PDF serviceReading syllabi and course files
Better AuthSign-in across web, mobile and the extension
Chrome extensionBringing course material in from the browser
RailwayHosting for the web, API, worker and services

What got in the way

the problem
Real LMS data is messy: topics named only "Week 3", a re-imported timetable creating duplicate classes, Canvas stock text in class descriptions.
fix.md
Weeks now say what they cover, using the section summary or the lectures inside it. Classes match by course code or by name, and placeholder text is skipped.
the problem
A class looked like it had a syllabus just because an import filled in topics, and "Cleva found 5 syllabi" showed up on every page load.
fix.md
Only a syllabus Cleva actually read from a document counts. Partial ones say what is missing, and what Cleva has already announced is remembered.
the problem
Syncing a lot of study material on a phone meant hundreds of JavaScript-to-native database calls, and Android performance suffered.
fix.md
Writes to the local database are batched, with timing logged, so the sync stays out of the way of the UI.
the problem
A phone cannot install a browser extension, and nagging students about one would be wrong.
fix.md
The extension announces itself on Clevaly pages so the app knows it is installed. A student with empty classes gets one "open this on your computer" email, once, and never if they muted updates.
the problem
Check-in notifications can easily turn into spam.
fix.md
A planner agent decides whether to reach out, when and about what. Deadline emails go out at most weekly, and only after Cleva has already read one of the student's classes.

What came out of it

1,968commitsAug 2025 to Oct 2026
8apps and servicesweb, mobile, API, worker, agents, PDF, extension, CDN
3LMS integrationsMoodle, Canvas, Brightspace
3surfaces liveiPhone, web, Chrome extension

Clevaly is live in public beta on iPhone, the web and the Chrome Web Store, with Moodle, Canvas and Brightspace imports and a course-aware assistant. These numbers come from the build history. There are no user figures yet.

What I learned

Importing beats uploading. The first minute decides whether a study tool gets used, and every file a student has to move costs some of that minute.
Let the AI read before it speaks. An assistant that already knows the course feels very different from one you have to brief.
Be honest in the interface about what the system did not find. Marking a syllabus as partial earned more trust than a confident wrong answer.
Treat mobile as local-first from the start. Batched, offline-friendly sync fixed problems that no amount of UI polish could.

Clevaly: your school day, in one place

Live in public beta on iPhone, the web and the Chrome Web Store. The successor to TinkFlash.

Try Clevaly

Public beta. Sign up on the web or get the iPhone app. A Chrome extension is on the Chrome Web Store too.

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Clevaly on iPhone: home, classes and quick create

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Overview

Clevaly

TinkFlash

Rewrite on a monorepo

Classes, not decks

The iPhone app

Messy LMS data

Cleva reads first

Brightspace and Chrome

Public beta

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