The wishlist
Modus Ordo is in an invited alpha test with a small group of friends. It isn’t open for accounts yet. Leave your email and we’ll write when it opens to more people. The rest of this page says what a test like this involves, so you can decide first.
What the test involves
This is how the alpha test works today. Before it opens to more people we’ll email you the details, and you choose then whether to go ahead. Nothing is recorded about you until you’ve agreed.
The test at a glance
- Who it’s for
- Friends aged 16 and over, invited one at a time
- The alpha
- Mon 19 Oct to Sun 1 Nov 2026
- Your account
- Made for you by invitation, with your first name and email
- Recorded
- Everything in your account, and every AI request and reply, in full
- Who can read it
- Kshitij, who runs Modus Ordo. Nobody else in the test
- The AI
- Provided: US$15 for each friend in the alpha. You never pay
- Where it goes
- Stored in Sydney. AI requests and replies go to Anthropic in the United States
- Kept until
- Deleted by 30 Jan 2027, 90 days after the alpha ends, or sooner if you ask
- More people
- No date yet
An account made for you
In the alpha, accounts are made by invitation and carry your first name and your email. We know who you are; that’s how the invitation reaches you. The next stage may be set up differently, and we’ll say how before it starts.
What’s recorded
To test and improve the AI, the alpha records what the AI is asked and what it answers, in full, and everything you put in your account, including your notes. Names and contact details aren’t taken out first: the records are what you wrote. Because they’re kept in full, please don’t type anything into the AI you wouldn’t want kept.
The AI is provided
In the alpha, Kshitij pays for the AI: US$15 for each friend for the whole test. You don’t need a key. How the AI is paid for later may change, and we’ll say before you choose.
Where it goes
Everything is stored in Sydney. AI requests and replies, and a daily read of them, go to Anthropic in the United States. When you join the alpha you tick a box that explains what that means under Australian privacy law: the Privacy Act won’t hold Modus Ordo responsible for what Anthropic does with it. You can say no, and then you can’t use the alpha. The full wording is on the privacy page.
When it ends
The alpha ends on Sunday 1 November 2026. We delete what it kept 90 days after that, by 30 January 2027, or sooner if you ask, and it’s out of our backups within 7 days of being deleted.
Your email, and how to come off the list
The wishlist
- Who’s asking
- Modus Ordo, run by Kshitij Mutyala
- What we keep
- Your email, your answer to “What would you use most?” if you gave one, and when you joined. The server also looks at your connection’s address for a few minutes, to stop automated sign-ups; it isn’t stored with the list.
- Why
- Only to tell you when Modus Ordo opens to more people, and to invite you. No newsletters and no ads.
- Who can see it
- Only the person who runs Modus Ordo. It’s never sold or shared.
- Where it’s kept
- A database in Sydney, Australia, hosted by Supabase. This site runs on Cloudflare, which keeps short-lived request logs. Our emails come from a Gmail address, so Google carries them, possibly outside Australia.
- How long
- Deleted automatically 12 months after you join, or sooner if you ask.
- If you’d rather not
- You don’t have to join. Without your email we can’t tell you when Modus Ordo opens to more people, and the preview still works with no account.
- Coming off the list
- Reply to any email we’ve sent you, and it’s done within 5 working days. Ask the same way to see what we hold or to correct it.
- A complaint
- Reply to any email we’ve sent you first. If you’re not happy with the answer, you can complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au.
Questions
When does Modus Ordo open to more people?
There’s no date yet. The alpha test with a small group of friends comes first, from Monday 19 October to Sunday 1 November 2026. Everyone on the wishlist hears from us when it opens to more people.
Does joining cost anything?
No. Joining the wishlist is free and doesn’t commit you to anything. In the alpha test the AI is provided by Kshitij. How it’s paid for later will be said before you choose.
Can I look around first?
Yes. The preview runs the app in your browser on a fictional student’s week. It needs no account and saves nothing.
I made an account before sign-in was switched off. What happens to it?
It’s still there, unchanged, but sign-in is by invitation only for now. Reply to any email we’ve sent you for a copy of it, or to have it deleted.