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Legacy Vault helps you collect your life story, family memories, final wishes, personal letters, videos, photos, recipes, documents, and digital-life instructions in one private profile. It exists so your family is not left guessing, searching, or wishing they had asked you more while they still could.
Why It Matters
Your memories, voice, wishes, account notes, and family instructions are easy to lose. This keeps them organized for the people you choose.
What You Save
Write answers, upload photos, add videos, record messages, attach links, save contacts, and leave final-arrangement instructions.
Who Receives It
Add the people you trust, assign access levels, and decide who receives personal letters, videos, sensitive details, or only your story.
1. Build your vaultAnswer guided questions by section: childhood, family, work, beliefs, recipes, photos, videos, letters, finances, digital life, and final wishes.
2. Seal it privatelyYour saved profile is tied to your login. You can keep editing until you are ready to seal it for delivery.
3. Release by death triggerThe death-record monitor checks for a confirmed match. After confirmation and a hold period, the right people receive the right sections.
Inside The Vault
Upload photos and videos from each chapter of life.Media Memories
What should they know about your finances?Locked Sensitive Section
Who should receive your personal letters?People & Access Tiers
How should the vault open when a death record is confirmed?Death Trigger
Save Your Vault
Sign in to save your vault profile securely.
Private Profile
Passwords are handled by Supabase Auth. Vault data is saved to the signed-in user's private profile row.
Legacy Vault
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Legacy Vault
The full story of who you are.
Answer the questions. Write the letters. Pass down your sayings and recipes. When a public death record confirms your passing, the right people receive exactly what you left — no check-ins, no ongoing work.
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Security
Access Control
Every section of your vault is assigned an access tier. Recipients are granted a tier — they can only see what you've allowed for their level. Sensitive sections require a separate PIN delivered in a second, separate email.
✦ Tier assignments are fixed by section type. You control who gets each tier — not what each tier can see.
Section Access Tiers
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Life Story — Origins, Childhood, Growing Up, Adulthood, Character
Your full biography, memories, and personality
🔵 Tier 1 — Story
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Legacy — Sayings, Wisdom, Traditions, Recipes
What you pass down to the next generation
🔵 Tier 1 — Story
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Personal Letters & Video Messages
Delivered directly to each named recipient only
🔵 Tier 1 — Story
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Medical History
Conditions, hereditary issues, healthcare wishes
🟡 Tier 2 — Trusted
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Final Arrangements
Burial wishes, service preferences, who to notify
🟡 Tier 2 — Trusted
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Finances — Accounts, Insurance, Assets, Debts
Requires Tier 3 PIN. Delivered in a separate encrypted email.
🔴 Tier 3 — Executor
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Digital Life — Passwords, Accounts, Crypto
Requires Tier 3 PIN. Delivered in a separate encrypted email.
🔴 Tier 3 — Executor
Access Tier Definitions
What each tier can and cannot see when the vault opens.
🔵 Tier 1 — Story
Life story, origins, memories, sayings, wisdom, traditions, recipes, personal letter. Cannot see medical history, finances, final arrangements, or digital accounts.
🟡 Tier 2 — Trusted
Everything in Tier 1, plus medical history and final arrangements. Cannot see financial accounts or digital passwords.
🔴 Tier 3 — Executor
Everything in Tier 1 + 2, plus finances and digital accounts — delivered via a second separate email with a unique PIN only they receive. Even knowing a Tier 3 person's email won't let someone else in without the PIN.
Delivery
My People
Add everyone who will receive your vault. Assign each person an access tier — this controls what they can see when the vault opens.
EXECUTOR PIN8 digits · Only this person receives it
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What I Pass Down
Sayings & Mottos
The phrases they'll hear in their heads long after you're gone.
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What I Pass Down
Traditions & Ways
How your family did things. Rituals, routines, the "right way." Things that would be lost if you don't write them here.
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What I Pass Down
Recipes & How-Tos
The things they'll try to recreate and never quite get right — unless you write it here.
For Them
Letters to Loved Ones
A personal letter for each person. What they can access beyond the letter is controlled by their access tier.
✦ Add people in "My People" first. The vault sections they receive are determined by their Tier — not toggled per-letter.
For Them
Video Messages
Your voice. Your face. Nothing replaces it.
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Click to upload video
MP4 · MOV · WEBM
YOUR MESSAGE
Video URL
Paste a link to your video
YouTube (unlisted), Google Drive, Vimeo, Dropbox, or any direct video URL.
Record in your browser
Uses your camera and mic. Stays local until you save.
● REC 0:00
Send This Video To
Set It & Forget It
Death Record Trigger
No check-ins. No weekly emails. Configure this once. A background service queries public death record APIs automatically. When your record appears — vault opens.
✦ The SSA Death Master File is updated weekly. State vital records typically reach it within days of death registration via Electronic Death Registration (EDR) systems. Most funeral homes trigger this automatically.
API Monitoring Status
SSA Death Master File (via DMF API)
Queried daily at 3:00 AM · Last checked: Awaiting configuration · No record found
MONITORING
State Vital Records — Secondary Check
Cross-references state-level registries as fallback · Requires state match
STANDBY
Your Identity
Used only for death record queries. Stored encrypted. Never shared.
What Happens When Triggered
The exact sequence of events when your death record is confirmed.
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DMF API confirms death record match
Name + DOB + last 4 SSN match returned. 24-hour hold before sending.
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Secondary state vital records check (if available)
Confirms against state registry to reduce false positives.
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Tier 1 & Tier 2 emails sent to all recipients
Each person receives their personal letter + their tier's vault sections + a unique access link.
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Tier 3 executor receives a second separate email
Contains finances + digital life + their unique 8-digit PIN. Sent 1 hour after primary emails — separate subject line.
🔴 Tier 3 content (finances, digital accounts) is never included in the primary email — not even if someone intercepts it. It always travels separately with the PIN as the only key.
Backend Deployment (P1)
This vault runs as a service on your server. Deploy it once and it runs forever.
# P1 deployment — runs forever via cron
cron: 0 3 * * * python3 /opt/vault/dmf_monitor.py
# dmf_monitor.py flow:
1. Query DMF API (name + dob + ssn4)
2. On match → 24hr hold → secondary verify
3. Send Tier 1/2 emails via SendGrid
4. Send Tier 3 executor email (+1hr delay)
5. Log event → Telegram alert to you
# Vault link expires after 90 days
# All sensitive data AES-256 encrypted at rest
Ready
Preview & Seal
Review what each person will receive. When a death record match is confirmed, these go out automatically.
Email Preview
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🔒 Unique access code + secure link appended on delivery · Link expires 90 days