# Michal Strnadel

> Michal Strnadel — design leader, co-founder of DSGHT.ai and chairman of Asociace UX. Connecting design, AI and strategy so companies decide better, sooner.

Based in Prague. I co-founded [DSGHT.ai](https://www.dsght.ai), lead design at [Slevomat](https://www.slevomat.cz), and as chairman run [Asociace UX](https://www.asociaceux.cz), the Czech UX association, shaping the direction of design in Czechia.

With [DSGHT.ai](https://www.dsght.ai) I'm turning foresight from one-off reports into a living system that helps companies stay ahead. Design should be a strategic force, not a supporting function.

Based in Prague, Czechia. This site is bilingual — English under https://michalstrnadel.com/en, Czech under https://michalstrnadel.com/cs. The clean business overview is at https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business.

## Current ventures

- [DSGHT.ai](https://www.dsght.ai): Co-Founder — Living Foresight Platform. Monitors sources, updates scenarios, and recommends strategic actions.
- [AgentBar](https://michalstrnadel.com/agentbar): Creator — Building a Mac app: every AI coding agent at a glance, approvals in one click, and rules you write that answer for you. Open source.
- [Tendling](https://tendling.app): Creator — A focus companion for the Mac. A cat, a dog or a cat-dog keeps you company while you work, nudges you back when you drift, and plays sounds to work to.
- [Slevomat](https://www.slevomat.cz): Design Lead — Leading design and the design team. Building an environment where designers do their best work and raising quality across web and mobile.
- [Asociace UX](https://www.asociaceux.cz): Chairman of the Board — Shaping the direction of design in Czechia. Community, education, and design's voice in business.
- [WebTop100](https://www.webtop100.cz): Jury & Category Guarantor — Jury member and guarantor of the Product Design category — evaluating digital products from mobile apps and SaaS to B2B tools and e-commerce.
- [Design Consultant](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-strnadel/): Self-employed — I help companies and individuals solve complex challenges at the intersection of product, organizational, and strategic design.

## Products

- [AgentBar](https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/agentbar): A macOS menu bar app and Dynamic Island for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot and more. See every session, approve in one click. Free and open source.

## Case studies (AI engineering, first-hand builds)

- [AgentBar](https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/agentbar): One menu bar item — or a Dynamic Island — for all your AI coding agents. Live status, remote Allow/Deny, questions and plan reviews answered in place, built on nothing but files. (Open source (MIT) · v1.56.0)
- [scorekeeper](https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/scorekeeper): No bluffing. No barging. A normative overlay that keeps score of what a long-running LLM agent is entitled to claim — and entitled to do. (Open source (Apache-2.0) · v0.4.0 on PyPI)
- [source-to-skill](https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/source-to-skill): One command turns a lecture, a podcast, a paper, a book, an article or a repository into a skill your coding agent loads on demand — and every answer links back to where it came from, down to the half-minute in a recording. (Open source (MIT) · v0.6.0 · Claude Code plugin)
- [flowcode](https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/flowcode): The voice of Claude Code — a native macOS app that reads replies aloud and takes dictation, fully on-device. (Open source (MIT) · public beta v0.4.0)
- [octoloader](https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/octoloader): A pixel-art octopus that swims while you wait. A zero-dependency loading indicator for React and plain HTML that follows a loading pattern instead of just spinning. (Open source (MIT) · published on npm · v0.1.1)
- [Lili & Evrin](https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/lili-evrin): Two autonomous digital octopuses that live on a webpage and learn by reinforcement — a 10-year experiment in emergent behavior. (Open source (MIT) · live in production)

## Podcasts

- [WebTop100 — How to Build the Best Digital Product](https://www.focus-age.cz/m-journal/podcast/webtop100-podcast--s-michalem-strnadelem-o-tom--jak-postavit-nejlepsi-digitalni-produkt__s444x17932.html)
- [2FRESH — Delegating Thinking to AI, Sales Necessity & the Future of Design](https://2fresh.design/blog/michal-strnadel-p%C5%99edseda-asociace-ux-design-lead-ve-slevomatu-%E2%80%93-o-delegov%C3%A1n%C3%AD-p%C5%99em%C3%BD%C5%A1len%C3%AD-na-ai-nutnosti-salesu-a-budoucnosti-designu)
- [Product Discovery — On Asociace UX, Designer Development & Slevomat](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4txPC2joQ5xFudQBhnrluT)
- [Product Discovery — Design, AI & the Future of Product Roles](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lW71uEAwv5lVjz2QemOdm)

## Writing (foresight series)

- [Between Hype and Reality: Four AI Futures Based on What We Actually Know](https://www.dsght.ai/insights/four-futures-of-ai-en)
- [Time to Innovation: Why Your Competitors Innovate Faster](https://www.dsght.ai/insights/time-to-innovation)
- [The Obsolescence Trap: Why Long-Term Plans Kill Innovation](https://www.dsght.ai/insights/the-obsolescence-trap)
- [One Plan Is Not Enough](https://www.dsght.ai/insights/one-plan-is-not-enough)

## Contact

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-strnadel/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/michalstrnadel)
- [X](https://x.com/michal_strnadel)
- [DSGHT.ai](https://www.dsght.ai)
- [Asociace UX](https://www.asociaceux.cz)
- [Book a meeting](https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/booking)

## Machine-readable

- https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/index.md
- https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/agentbar/index.md
- https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/agentbar/index.md
- https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/scorekeeper/index.md
- https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/source-to-skill/index.md
- https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/flowcode/index.md
- https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/octoloader/index.md
- https://michalstrnadel.com/en/business/case-studies/lili-evrin/index.md