Shepherd Docs is a writing app for pastors, built for studying Scripture. It turns years of scattered sermon notes, study notes, and theological reflections into one connected library, organized around the passages they are about, so past work comes back the moment it is needed.^1
The center of the app is the Scripture Index. Shepherd automatically detects the verses you mention as you write and files each document by book and chapter of the Bible, with no folders to build or maintain.^1 While you write on a passage, you can see every other note in your library that references the same book and chapter, and a clean, clutter-free editor keeps the focus on writing and study.^1 Typing a Scripture reference opens the passage in a popup, with the BSB, WEB, KJV, and ASV translations currently included and more planned.^1 You can import your existing documents (.txt, .md, and .docx), search across everything you have written, keep daily notes, organize with tags, and export your notes in Markdown at any time, with no lock-in.^1
Shepherd is built by Luke Netti, who operates it as Luke Netti LLC and answers support email himself.^1 His stated reason is personal: pastors have spent thousands of hours thinking and writing, and a decade in ministry should show a library of notes they can actually leverage.^1 The app runs in the browser, with no separate mobile or desktop app.^3 Your documents are yours: Shepherd does not sell them, does not use them for ads, and does not use them to train AI models. The app does not write your notes with AI at all; if AI is ever added, it would only help you find things in notes you already wrote, and the privacy policy would change first.^2
Shepherd is subscription-based, with one plan that includes everything, and every new account starts with a free trial that does not require a credit card.^1
Notable- Scripture Index automatically organizes documents by Bible book and chapter, with no folder system to maintain.^1
- Related notes surface alongside your writing whenever another document references the same passage.^1
- Import .txt, .md, and .docx files, and export everything in Markdown whenever you want.^1
- No AI writing and no training on your documents, stated plainly in both the privacy policy and the terms.^2
- Built and supported by its creator, Luke Netti (Luke Netti LLC).^2
