Who this is for
People managing chronic pain who need an accurate flare-up record to bring to a clinician and to spot their own triggers.
The moment this saves you
At the pain clinic they ask me to rate and describe months of flare-ups and I can't, it all blends into one long ache, so I undersell it and leave without the help I needed.
See it work
Messy spoken thought in. A clean, structured artifact out.
Flare-up logging. The lower back pain is bad today, I'd call it a 7. It started this morning when I bent down to pick up the laundry basket, felt that twinge and it's been radiating down my left leg since, that sciatica feeling. Sitting makes it worse, lying flat helps a bit. I took two ibuprofen around 11 and it's taken it down to maybe a 5. This is worse than my usual baseline which is like a 3.
Pain diary, June 5, 2026
- Location: Lower back, radiating down the left leg (sciatica-type)
- Severity: 7/10 (baseline is ~3/10)
- Onset / trigger: This morning, bending to lift the laundry basket
- Makes it worse: Sitting
- Makes it better: Lying flat
- Relief tried: Two ibuprofen ~11am, brought it to ~5/10
The workflow
Record a voice note
Hit the hotkey and talk, no formatting, no typing.
Tag it with this context
Contextli shapes your words into the structured output above.
Find it later
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Pull it into Claude or ChatGPT
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Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
The prompt behind this context
I'm going to describe a pain flare-up. Turn it into a dated pain-diary entry with labeled lines: a bold "Pain diary, [today's date]" heading, then Location (where, and any radiation), Severity (use my /10, and note baseline if I compare), Onset / trigger (when it started and what I was doing), Makes it worse, Makes it better, and Relief tried (what I took and the effect). Record only what I report, phrasing triggers as triggers, not confirmed causes. Do NOT diagnose or advise. Don't invent details. Output only the entry.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Use this context
One tap adds it to your clipboard. Open Contextli and paste to add it.
Next, open Contextli, Contexts, Import, paste.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
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