Free online tool
Text your scout photos. Get a board.
Text what you’re looking at. It lands on a canvas your whole team can open.
Soleil Scout is a text-message ingest bot for film crews. Send photos, links or notes from your phone. They land on an infinite Soleil Clusters canvas, grouped by what you said. No app to install and no signup — your board and account are created the first time you text.
The camera roll is where reference photos go to die
Two hundred photos in an afternoon, all landing in one undifferentiated roll. Say what a thing is while you are standing in front of it, and the board organizes itself.
- Photos group under what you called them, not the order you shot them
- A note lands beside the photos it refers to, not at the bottom of a list
- Links to listings or reference videos become real cards, not blue text
Nothing to install, on purpose
Nobody installs an app in a parking lot on one bar of signal. Scout lives in the messages app already open on their phone — the first photo is the onboarding.
It batches like a person would
Twelve photos means twelve messages seconds apart. Scout waits until you have finished, lays them out once, and sends a single confirmation.
Your photos, at full resolution, on a real canvas
What arrives is not a chat log. It is an infinite canvas you can rearrange, draw on and share with one link. The same board your director opens on a laptop.
- Real cards you can move, group, and connect with arrows
- Share the whole board with one link, no account needed to view
- Free to start — 50 cards, unlimited boards, collaborators and photo uploads
How Soleil Scout works
- Text the number — Send your first photo. A board and an account are created behind you — no form, no password.
- Say what it is — Add "Scene 4 diner" or "power drops look sketchy". Scout reads it and titles the group.
- Keep shooting — Send twelve more. They batch into one tidy grid instead of twelve replies and twelve piles.
- Tap the link — Land on your canvas, signed in, with exactly the photos you just sent already selected.
- File it later — Everything collects in your Scout Bin. Say "put these in Diner Recce" and Scout confirms what moves before it moves anything.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to install anything?
No. You text a number from the messages app already on your phone. No download, no account, no password. Your board exists from the first photo you send.
Does it work on Android?
Scout is invite-only right now — leave your number and it texts you when your line is ready. iPhone works over iMessage; Android follows as soon as SMS delivery is confirmed.
What happens to my photos?
They upload at full resolution to your own private board. Nobody else sees them unless you share it.
How does it know where to put things?
It reads what you wrote. Text "Scene 4 diner" with five photos and it titles the group. Everything collects in your Scout Bin until you file it — and Scout shows you exactly what will move first.
Is it free?
Yes, to start. The free tier covers 50 cards across unlimited boards, with unlimited photo uploads and collaborators included. Creator ($25/mo) lifts the cap and adds 100GB and any file type.
Can I use it with a board I already have?
Say "put these in <board name>" any time and Scout files into that board. Linking Scout to an account you already have is coming. For now, your first text creates a board of its own.