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Medium Launches TK, a Note-Taking App With Built-In AI and Private Libraries

Medium is pitching TK as a way to move writing into invitation-only communities that records when AI assisted the work.

Overview

  • The app, launched Monday, is a free tool for Medium account holders and is available on the web, Android, and iOS with a native desktop app planned.
  • TK embeds an in-editor AI assistant summoned by typing TK or @TK to generate text, give editorial feedback, suggest headlines, and surface related notes.
  • Users can collect and share drafts inside invitation-only “Libraries,” which Medium describes as private blogging spaces for collaboration without public pageview metrics.
  • TK includes author-facing provenance tools that let writers disclose AI prompts and source material, and it can optionally connect to external agent memories via TK’s MCP server or a Claude integration.
  • Medium frames TK as a strategic shift from public, ad-driven distribution toward community-controlled content as search referrals and AI scraping reduced traffic after the platform moved to subscriptions in 2017.