BIRI™ Research Assistant is intended to make environmental research more useful than a general web search. It draws attention to sources and their reliability context rather than simply returning a fluent answer.
The desktop application is built with Electron. Its model is bring your own AI key: the user chooses and pays for a supported inference provider rather than having BIRI™ bundle every query into a subscription. BIRI™ is not intended to process users’ research queries or carry their model inference charges. Provider terms and the application’s actual data flow should still be checked before confidential information is submitted.
Consider a researcher comparing claims about mangrove restoration. A search result may include a government monitoring report, a project developer’s marketing page and an influencer’s criticism. The assistant can help organise the references, but the user must read the underlying evidence. A BIRI™ source rating does not certify the project’s claimed carbon benefits.
The practical distinction is between the reference service and the consulting business. BIRI™ is a member service. Planetary.Blue shares practical material with members and can provide paid consulting support where they need help.
The current app and any optional integrations should be described from their published release information. This article makes no claim that a Claude connector is available to download.
