Why Kobel

Four answers to the most important IT questions.

Rolling out AI in a company raises the same questions every time: Who can see what? How does IT stay in control? And how do you connect your own software? Kobel answers every one of them.

No IT skills needed

Five colors instead of complex permission syntax. Every employee understands Kobel in 30 seconds.

100% local

No cloud, no upload, nothing shared with Kobel servers. Files stay on the employee’s machine.

IT stays in control

Team Policy: IT defines the rules once. Every installation picks them up automatically.

Any software, connected

Make your own CRM, ERP or industry software MCP-ready via the App-Proxy — without touching the software itself.


Simple for every employee

Not just IT people can use it.

AI rollouts often fail because the tooling is too complex. Kobel is built so everyone can use it from day one — from marketing to accounting.

Traffic lights, not syntax

Five colors via right-click. No regex, no path patterns, no config files. Every employee can set permissions — or IT does it centrally via Policy.

15 languages, fully translated

German, English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Arabic — no plug-ins, no gaps.

AI detected automatically

Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Ollama — installed AI tools are found and connected with a click. Nobody edits JSON files.

Kill switch in the system tray

One click on the tray icon and every AI instantly loses access to every file. No detours, no dialogs — even for employees who never configured anything.


Security & Privacy

You decide which data leaves the company.

Kobel is not another cloud that processes your files. It’s a local gateway that sits between the AI and your file system. Without your approval, the AI sees nothing.

  • 100% on-deviceNo file contents, no paths, no metadata go to Kobel servers.
  • Red = invisibleFolders marked red don’t exist as far as the AI is concerned — not listed, not searchable, not readable.
  • Teal = auto-backupEvery AI change is preceded by an automatic backup. Mistakes are reversible.
  • Audit log & CSV exportEvery read, write and delete with timestamp and AI identity. For compliance and internal review.
Permission levels
Red
Fully blocked
Yellow
Read only
Orange
Read, write only to a copy
Green
Read and write directly
Teal
Write with auto-backup

Privacy-friendly by design

Kobel doesn’t process file contents — permission checks run entirely locally, so no data-processing agreement is needed for Kobel itself. A clear benefit for client files, HR records or medical data. Important: as soon as you share content with an AI, that AI provider’s privacy terms apply, and a separate data-processing agreement with the AI provider may be required.


IT admin control

Team Policy — one place, all rules.

IT defines what’s allowed once. Every Kobel installation pulls the rules automatically — and can lock settings so employees cannot override them.

IT admin

Writes a policy file and hosts it on an internal server or network share.

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Policy URL

The URL is set once in Kobel — locally or rolled out via MDM.

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Every employee

Kobel loads the rules automatically. Locks take effect. Updates reach everyone instantly.

Lock settings

Specific folders can be pinned to Red. Employees cannot unlock them on their own.

HTTPS & UNC paths

Policy files can be hosted via HTTPS or classic network shares — fits any existing infrastructure.

7-day cache

If the internal server is briefly down, Kobel keeps working with the last-loaded policy. Nobody is blocked.

Team Policy is part of the Team license.


In-house software

Connect your software to AI.

Every company runs software it operates itself. Kobel connects it to AI via the App-Proxy — the software itself stays untouched. What’s required is an MCP connector, which is already available for common tools in the App Catalog. For bespoke industry software, the in-app guide shows developers how to write a small connector in hours.

App-Proxy

Connect your own industry software

CRM, ERP, inventory, CAD, internal databases — software is connected via a small MCP connector that speaks to the AI on its behalf. Kobel starts and manages it in the background.

  • The software itself stays unchanged
  • Connector exists or gets built
  • In-app guide for your developers
  • Live-toggle per app — no restart
App Catalog & Cloud

Standard tools, one click

Common applications come with ready-made configurations in the App Catalog. Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive plug in like local folders — same color system, same rules.

  • Verified & community apps
  • Cloud folders with all 5 colors
  • Secure OAuth sign-in

Use cases

How companies use Kobel.

Four examples across industries — different needs, same solution.

Agency & studio

Every client project in its own folder. The creative team can write (Teal, with backup), all other project folders are blocked. No accidental access to other clients’ data.

Law firm & consultancy

Client folders pinned to Red via Team Policy. Templates and research folders on Green. The AI helps writing — but never sees client files. Audit log as proof.

Trades & manufacturing

Your in-house industry software is connected via the App-Proxy. The AI drafts quotes straight from the ERP without employees switching between systems. Orders stay blocked.

Developer team

Cursor reads and writes code (Teal — every AI change gets a backup). ChatGPT runs alongside for correspondence and has no access to the repository. Finance and HR are blocked for both.


License for businesses

Team license — the package for companies.

The difference is simple: only the Team license includes the Policy feature that lets IT steer centrally. Everything else — scaling, MDM, locks — is part of the same license.

Recommended for companies

Team

from 29 € / month
Five tiers, matched to team size.
  • Team Policy — central rules for all employees
  • MDM deployment possible
  • Lockable settings
  • Scales to every employee in the company
  • Full functionality on every workstation
TierSeatsPrice
Team S10€29 / month
Team M50€79 / month
Team L150€149 / month
Team XL500€249 / month
Team 10001000€499 / month

All prices incl. VAT, billed monthly, cancel any time. In the Mac App Store, Apple price tiers apply, so the amounts differ slightly there (Team from €29.99 / month). The price shown in the respective store applies. More than 1000 seats on request.

Larger teams? For companies with special requirements we prepare an individual offer — including support options and volume licenses. Get in touch →
Single workstations without central management: Pro at €49 one-time or €3.90/month — see pricing.

Let’s find the right setup together.

Kobel is free to try. For teams and individual requirements we’re happy to advise personally.

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