Rel8r works inside Telegram on your phone. The heavy thinking happens on your own computer. Nothing leaves your machine, except the Telegram message itself.
Step 1
Send the signal
You see something that activates you: a delayed reply, a short answer, a mixed signal, a read receipt with no reply. You screenshot it or paste the message into Telegram from any app: dating apps, iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram, wherever the spiral starts.
The Telegram bot is only the intake surface. It does not analyze, store, or judge. It receives the image and passes it to your own computer.
Step 2
Your computer downloads and redacts
The Rel8r runtime on your desktop downloads the screenshot from Telegram. It strips EXIF metadata, GPS coordinates, device identifiers, and anything that could identify you or your contact. The redacted image is the only thing that gets analyzed.
This happens locally. JobCoffin never sees the screenshot, the message, or the coaching response.
Step 3
Signal analysis runs locally
The runtime reads attachment-shaped behavioral signals, not vibes, not astrology. It measures initiation asymmetry, text-volume ratio, linguistic style matching, response latency relative to your baseline, and inter-message pacing.
It names the arousal band: LOW, MODERATE, HIGH, or OVERLOADED. If you are HIGH or OVERLOADED, the interface collapses to a single calm Anchor Window. You do not get more options when you are already flooded.
Step 4
Coach Hype separates evidence from story
Coach Hype, the persona in your ear, validates the underlying need, then separates what the signal actually says from what your nervous system is adding. "We have a delay, not a verdict."
The voice adapts to your attachment style. Anxious: soothe first, then one clean consistency check. Avoidant: regulate first, then a secure bid. Fearful-avoidant: find center, question the story, pause the action. Secure: reinforce the pattern, light teaching.
Step 5
You get two secure moves, never orders
Rel8r offers exactly two low-demand options. A Regulatory Pause: "I notice my phone is triggering high arousal. I wonder if stepping away for ten minutes makes space." A Low-Demand Script: "I noticed your day was busy. I wonder if we sync tomorrow instead."
No commands, no clinical labels, no "you are anxious." Just observations and options. You always choose the move.
Step 6
The pattern logs into your vault
Every session writes a Master Your 8 artifact into your local Obsidian-compatible vault: the signal, the arousal band, the secure move you chose, and the lesson. Markdown and JSON files you can open, move, or delete.
Over time, the patterns start to live in you, not just in the software. That is earned security.