Brainstorm
A spatial canvas where notes classify, connect, and synthesize themselves while you think out loud.
Brainstorm is the place to dump messy, half-formed thinking. You write notes; AI quietly classifies them, surfaces connections between them, and — when enough material has piled up — proposes syntheses that pull threads together. You don't have to organize anything yourself.
It's not a notes app and it's not a whiteboard. It sits in between: the layout is spatial enough to give you a sense of shape, but the cards are first-class objects with structure (type, annotations, connections) so the AI can reason over them.
Open it from Brainstorm in the sidebar, or open /brainstorm directly.
What you can do
- Drop notes fast — type freely; each Enter creates a card that gets classified into a note type
- See connections appear — related notes link up automatically; hover dims the unrelated ones
- Force a type — start a note with
/idea,/decision,/blocker, etc. when you want to skip auto-classification - Get syntheses — once you've added a few notes across different types, a candidate "thesis" card appears; solidify it to keep, dismiss to discard
- Switch views — Tile, Kanban, or Graph
- Use voice — tap the mic in the composer to brain-dump out loud
- Cmd+K — jump between views, force a synthesis, reset filters
How it works
You add notes. Behind the scenes, each note runs through a classification + enrichment pass that:
- Picks a type for the note (idea, claim, decision, blocker, question, quote, reflection, etc.)
- Writes a one-line annotation in italic serif that captures the gist
- Looks for connections to existing notes in the canvas
If you write enough material across enough types, the canvas occasionally pitches a synthesis — a candidate "thesis" note that links back to the source notes that fed it. You decide whether to keep it.
The whole loop is asynchronous and quiet. There's no chat, no "send to AI" button — you just write, and structure shows up.
Quick start
Open Brainstorm
Click Brainstorm in the sidebar. The library lists every brainstorm you can see. Click New brainstorm and give it a title.
Drop a few notes
Type whatever's in your head and hit Enter. Each note becomes a card. Within a second or two it gets a type and a one-line annotation.
Mix the types
Try a few different angles — a question, a decision you've made, a blocker that's bugging you. The richer the mix, the more useful the synthesis.
Wait for synthesis
Once you've got 5+ enriched notes spanning a couple of types, a candidate thesis card may appear above the canvas. Solidify to keep it; Dismiss to throw it away. You can also force one anytime via Cmd+K.
Iterate
Keep dropping notes. The canvas reorganizes around new connections; old syntheses stay where they are.