IntentText (.it) is an open format for structured documents — readable by humans, queryable by code, trustworthy by design.
Human-readable source on the left. Rendered output on the right. Same file.
title: Service Agreement
summary: Consulting services Q2 2026
meta: | client: Acme Corp | ref: CONTRACT-2026-042
track: | version: 1.0 | by: Ahmed
section: Scope
text: Consulting services April–June 2026
text: Value: USD 24,000 | weight: bold
deadline: Payment due | date: 2026-04-30 | consequence: Late fee applies
section: Parties
contact: Ahmed Al-Rashid | role: CEO | email: ahmed@acme.com | org: Acme Corp
contact: James Miller | role: COO | email: j.miller@client.co | org: Client Co.
approve: Reviewed by legal | by: Sarah Chen | role: Legal Counsel
sign: Ahmed Al-Rashid | role: CEO | at: 2026-03-06T14:32:00Z
freeze: | status: locked
Consulting services Q2 2026
Consulting services April–June 2026
Value: USD 24,000
Contracts, policies, reports — all in queryable .it files. Find every deadline across 500 documents. Track who approved what. Seal contracts with cryptographic trust.
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Write in plain text. Get professional output. 8 built-in themes — corporate, editorial, legal, minimal. Figures with auto-numbering. Citations. PDF export in one command.
For writersFind every deadline: across hundreds of documents. Extract contacts, metrics, approvals — programmatically.
Built-in approve, sign, freeze, and amend keywords. Documents carry their own chain of custody.
Plain text files. No database, no cloud, no vendor. Parse with a single function. Works offline.
One .it file renders to HTML, PDF, JSON. The format is open. No lock-in, ever.
Everything you need to create, validate, and distribute structured documents.
Documents carry their own chain of custody. No external system required.
Named approvals and cryptographic signatures live in the document itself. Not in metadata. Not in a separate system.
One command: intenttext seal. The document is frozen. Any tampering breaks the hash. Verify anytime.
Frozen documents can be formally amended. The original seal is preserved. The amendment carries its own approval chain.
Open format. No lock-in. The .it file is yours.