First tool Working alpha
GatherLoop.
Study tools can change.
Your pool comes with you.
While planning ShotNest’s Dose Reference study, I kept coming back to cost and ownership. I wanted our participant pool to stay independent of whichever platform we paid to run the study.
Working alpha · Demo data
Studies and people, together.
Application review
I kept screening answers beside the applicant list, so a researcher can review and decide without losing their place.
People across studies
I brought study history and project-specific contact permission into one directory, so a reusable pool keeps its context.
Original workspace concept
The early exploration established contextual review, bright characters, and blue actions. The working build carries those decisions forward.
The story so far
A reusable pool.
A real study next.
Starting point
I wanted to change study tools without losing access to our participant contacts, permissions, and history.
Working alpha
I’ve built study setup, application review, and a reusable People directory, then rehearsed the workflow with fictional records.
Next: a real study
I’ll use GatherLoop for Dose Reference to see what holds up and what needs improving, then try it with an unrelated study.
Scope and decisions
How I’m shaping the tool.
Room for different studies
I group studies under projects, each with its own identity and future-contact permission. ShotNest is the first use case; the pool can support other research too.
Separate decisions and permissions
Passing screening doesn’t select someone or send an invitation. Study agreement, future contact, and public recording use stay separate. Recordings remain in external study tools.
Keep the pool independent
Participant records live in GatherLoop, separate from the tool running a study. Export and backup/restore let researchers keep and move their pool.
October 2026 · Working alpha · MIT licensed. GatherLoop is a working name; the current homepage still uses Gather. Real-study validation, API, and MCP are ahead.
