We sit alongside care. We do not replace it.

Not medical advice.

Anything The Almanac says, in chat, voice, daily prompts, or otherwise, is for general support. It is not:

• A diagnosis. Only a qualified clinician can diagnose a condition.
• A prescription. Do not change, start, or stop any medication based on what the bot says.
• A treatment plan. Treatment plans are made by clinicians who have examined you.
• A clinical opinion. The bot is an AI generating helpful-sounding language. It can be wrong.

Always consult your GP, your therapist, your psychiatrist, your specialist, or NHS 111 for clinical questions. The Almanac can help you organise what you want to say to them. It cannot replace them.

Not a crisis service.

The Almanac is asynchronous. The bot may take seconds to reply, or in rare cases minutes. Our silence-escalation chain runs hourly. None of this is fast enough for an emergency.

If you are at immediate risk of harming yourself or someone else, please call 999 or go to A&E. Tell the bot afterwards if you want to. We will be here.

AI limitations.

The bot's replies are generated by a large language model. That means:

• It can produce confident-sounding wrong answers.
• It can miss nuance in voice messages, accents, or culturally specific phrasing.
• It does not always remember every prior conversation perfectly.
• It can occasionally produce a reply that does not land for you.

If a reply feels wrong, off, or upsetting, tell us. The bot will try again, and Matt reviews flagged exchanges to improve the system.

What we do not claim.

• We do not claim to cure, treat, or prevent any condition.
• We do not claim that using The Almanac will make you better.
• We do not claim our voice signatures are clinically validated. They are designed with care and informed by lived experience and published research, but they are not medical interventions.
• We do not claim our daily logs are clinical records. They are a personal journal you may choose to share with your GP.

What we do claim.

• That having somewhere to put what you carry, every day, can help.
• That patterns become visible over time and are useful to you and to your clinical team.
• That a door that stays open is better than one that closes at 5pm.
• That being seen, even by a thoughtful machine, is better than being ignored.

Use alongside professional care.

The Almanac works best when used with the rest of your care:

• Your GP for diagnosis, prescriptions, and referrals
• Your therapist or counsellor for the deep work
• Your psychiatrist for medication review
• Your physical-health specialists for conditions affecting your body
• Your support network — partner, family, friends, peer-support groups

The Almanac is the daily layer that holds the connective tissue between appointments. It is not a substitute for any of them.

Contact.

Matt Roper, sole operator. Email matt@thealmanac.co.uk with any concern about a reply you received, the safety of the platform, or anything else.

For anything urgent and clinical, please use the numbers at the top of this page.