Bevel

iOS app that pulls your Apple Health and wearable data into readable scores, trends and correlations.

KINDA · partial replacement
price $14.99/mosubscription / year $179.88estimated build time a weekendreplaced by 0 people

Bevel is not sitting on secret data: it reads the same HealthKit records your watch already wrote, then does math and draws charts. An agent can absolutely build you a local dashboard over an Apple Health export that computes rolling averages, sleep and HRV trends, and lag correlations between habits and recovery. The gap is delivery, not analysis: real HealthKit access means an actual iOS app, Xcode, a developer account and background sync, and manual export zips get stale fast. You also lose the part Bevel spends most of its effort on, which is turning noisy sensor data into something you glance at once a day and actually understand. Fine for a curious quantified-self person, annoying for anyone who wants a phone widget.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • Live background sync; you are re-exporting a zip by hand
  • A phone app, widgets and notifications
  • Their opinionated composite scores and plain-English daily readouts
  • Non-Apple device integrations and whatever normalisation they do across sources
  • Charts that a designer looked at

Why people still pay

Because the value of health metrics collapses if you have to go fetch them. Bevel's job is to be already updated when you open your phone, with a number you trust and a sentence that explains it. A local notebook that needs a manual export every two weeks answers different questions: interesting once, abandoned by month two. People pay for the part that keeps running when their curiosity does not.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • A Python virtual environment, writable input/output directories and sufficient disk for both originals and outputs. Bind the service to localhost. A user-exported Apple Health zip; streaming XML and zip-bomb limits are required. No HealthKit entitlement or live health access is needed.
  • Implementation components: Python, FastAPI and server-rendered HTML with HTMX for a local interface. SQLite for manifests and job state, with an explicit worker process and immutable source files.
  • Scope boundary: Live HealthKit access, medical guidance and validated recovery scoring are excluded.
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Python, FastAPI and server-rendered HTML with HTMX for a local interface.
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SQLite for manifests and job state, with an explicit worker process and immutable source files.
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Domain model: Apple Health import batches, source devices, units, sleep intervals, daily summaries and user-defined habits
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

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Phase 1

Scope and fixtures. Implement this bounded workflow: Import a user-owned Apple Health export zip with streaming XML parsing, inspect unit mappings and view sleep/activity trends. Show baseline comparisons and exploratory correlations with sample counts, without issuing recovery diagnoses. Record prerequisites, select representative user-owned fixtures and document the unsupported features: Live HealthKit access, medical guidance and validated recovery scoring are excluded.

2

Phase 2

Durable model. Model Apple Health import batches, source devices, units, sleep intervals, daily summaries and user-defined habits Add migrations or a versioned document format, explicit validation, stable IDs and a visible import-error report. Preserve this rule: Measurements from different devices and overlapping sleep sources are not added blindly; proprietary recovery scores are not recreated as clinical facts.

3

Phase 3

Complete the first useful path. Implement the workflow's input, review and output interface, with clear controls and explicit empty/error states. Save a job manifest with input hash, parameters and state. Write to temporary outputs, then atomically finalize only successful results; resume unfinished jobs without replacing originals.

4

Phase 4

Permissions and integration failure. Bound file sizes and processing time, reject path traversal, and use argument arrays for subprocesses. Treat imported text as data and redact confidential source content from logs. Request integration credentials and permissions only for the enabled feature; show a disconnected state instead of mock results.

5

Phase 5

Portable handoff. Export sources, manifests and outputs with checksums. Keep failed-job diagnostics and allow retry into a new output path; restore the database and file directory together. Include setup, operating limits, fixture walkthrough and shutdown/restart instructions in the README.

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Phase 6

Acceptance scenarios. Import the same zip twice without doubling activity; missing sleep nights remain gaps and changing a unit conversion updates only derived summaries. Repeat the workflow after restart and with a denied permission or unavailable dependency; show recoverable failure rather than a success placeholder.

the pro prompt
download AGENTS.md
WORKING SLICE
Import a user-owned Apple Health export zip with streaming XML parsing, inspect unit mappings and view sleep/activity trends. Show baseline comparisons and exploratory correlations with sample counts, without issuing recovery diagnoses.

Build this scoped Bevel-inspired workflow with a documented data model and visible failure states.

Architecture
- Python, FastAPI and server-rendered HTML with HTMX for a local interface.
- SQLite for manifests and job state, with an explicit worker process and immutable source files.

Prerequisites and limits
A Python virtual environment, writable input/output directories and sufficient disk for both originals and outputs. Bind the service to localhost. A user-exported Apple Health zip; streaming XML and zip-bomb limits are required. No HealthKit entitlement or live health access is needed.
Outside this release: Live HealthKit access, medical guidance and validated recovery scoring are excluded.

Data model and correctness
Apple Health import batches, source devices, units, sleep intervals, daily summaries and user-defined habits
Invariant: Measurements from different devices and overlapping sleep sources are not added blindly; proprietary recovery scores are not recreated as clinical facts.
Save a job manifest with input hash, parameters and state. Write to temporary outputs, then atomically finalize only successful results; resume unfinished jobs without replacing originals.

Security and privacy
Bound file sizes and processing time, reject path traversal, and use argument arrays for subprocesses. Treat imported text as data and redact confidential source content from logs.

Recovery and export
Export sources, manifests and outputs with checksums. Keep failed-job diagnostics and allow retry into a new output path; restore the database and file directory together.

Implementation order
1. Phase 1 — Scope and fixtures. Implement this bounded workflow: Import a user-owned Apple Health export zip with streaming XML parsing, inspect unit mappings and view sleep/activity trends. Show baseline comparisons and exploratory correlations with sample counts, without issuing recovery diagnoses. Record prerequisites, select representative user-owned fixtures and document the unsupported features: Live HealthKit access, medical guidance and validated recovery scoring are excluded.
2. Phase 2 — Durable model. Model Apple Health import batches, source devices, units, sleep intervals, daily summaries and user-defined habits Add migrations or a versioned document format, explicit validation, stable IDs and a visible import-error report. Preserve this rule: Measurements from different devices and overlapping sleep sources are not added blindly; proprietary recovery scores are not recreated as clinical facts.
3. Phase 3 — Complete the first useful path. Implement the workflow's input, review and output interface, with clear controls and explicit empty/error states. Save a job manifest with input hash, parameters and state. Write to temporary outputs, then atomically finalize only successful results; resume unfinished jobs without replacing originals.
4. Phase 4 — Permissions and integration failure. Bound file sizes and processing time, reject path traversal, and use argument arrays for subprocesses. Treat imported text as data and redact confidential source content from logs. Request integration credentials and permissions only for the enabled feature; show a disconnected state instead of mock results.
5. Phase 5 — Portable handoff. Export sources, manifests and outputs with checksums. Keep failed-job diagnostics and allow retry into a new output path; restore the database and file directory together. Include setup, operating limits, fixture walkthrough and shutdown/restart instructions in the README.
6. Phase 6 — Acceptance scenarios. Import the same zip twice without doubling activity; missing sleep nights remain gaps and changing a unit conversion updates only derived summaries. Repeat the workflow after restart and with a denied permission or unavailable dependency; show recoverable failure rather than a success placeholder.

Acceptance
Import the same zip twice without doubling activity; missing sleep nights remain gaps and changing a unit conversion updates only derived summaries.
Use real source data or clearly labeled fixtures. Explain unsupported input and provider failures; do not fabricate analytics, delivery receipts, accuracy claims or security guarantees.

Optional agent guidance
Optional external skill: [modern-python](https://github.com/trailofbits/skills/blob/main/plugins/modern-python/skills/modern-python/SKILL.md) — Set up Python projects with pyproject.toml, dependency management, linting, typing and automated checks. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission.
Optional external skill: [sharp-edges](https://github.com/trailofbits/skills/blob/main/plugins/sharp-edges/skills/sharp-edges/SKILL.md) — Review security-sensitive APIs and configuration for dangerous defaults and easy-to-misuse interfaces. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission.
Optional external skill: [web-design-guidelines](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/web-design-guidelines/SKILL.md) — Review web interfaces for accessibility, keyboard focus, forms, navigation and interaction quality. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission.
Project rule — data model: Apple Health import batches, source devices, units, sleep intervals, daily summaries and user-defined habits
Project rule — preserve this invariant: Measurements from different devices and overlapping sleep sources are not added blindly; proprietary recovery scores are not recreated as clinical facts.
Project rule — acceptance evidence: Import the same zip twice without doubling activity; missing sleep nights remain gaps and changing a unit conversion updates only derived summaries.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy or download AGENTS.md

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Questions about Bevel

Can you build your own Bevel with AI?

Partly. Bevel is not sitting on secret data: it reads the same HealthKit records your watch already wrote, then does math and draws charts. An agent can absolutely build you a local dashboard over an Apple Health export that computes rolling averages, sleep and HRV trends, and lag correlations between habits and recovery. The gap is delivery, not analysis: real HealthKit access means an actual iOS app, Xcode, a developer account and background sync, and manual export zips get stale fast. You also lose the part Bevel spends most of its effort on, which is turning noisy sensor data into something you glance at once a day and actually understand. Fine for a curious quantified-self person, annoying for anyone who wants a phone widget.

What does the Bevel build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Import a user-owned Apple Health export zip with streaming XML parsing, inspect unit mappings and view sleep/activity trends. Show baseline comparisons and exploratory correlations with sample counts, without issuing recovery diagnoses. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: Live background sync; you are re-exporting a zip by hand; A phone app, widgets and notifications; Their opinionated composite scores and plain-English daily readouts. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Bevel prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Bevel project take?

The catalogue estimate is a weekend for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Bevel?

Live background sync; you are re-exporting a zip by hand; A phone app, widgets and notifications; Their opinionated composite scores and plain-English daily readouts; Non-Apple device integrations and whatever normalisation they do across sources; Charts that a designer looked at. Because the value of health metrics collapses if you have to go fetch them. Bevel's job is to be already updated when you open your phone, with a number you trust and a sentence that explains it. A local notebook that needs a manual export every two weeks answers different questions: interesting once, abandoned by month two. People pay for the part that keeps running when their curiosity does not.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded Bevel Pro plan is $14.99/mo (monthly per user), checked 2026-08-18. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building Bevel?

No alternative is listed in this entry yet. That is a gap in this catalogue, not proof that no suitable product exists. Compare the paid product and the proposed scope before committing to a build.

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