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Gather what you need.
Capture notes and questions. Ask AI to research a topic and bring useful information into your outline.
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Forage brings your notes, research, and ideas into one connected outline. Use AI to quickly find and process information as you build your own understanding.
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A garden of ideas
What I want my thinking space to feel like — slow to clutter, quick to connect.
• What makes a good thinking space?
• Room to collect unfinished thoughts
• Connections that stay easy to follow
Links should read like footpaths, not wires.
• Tools that help when I ask #reading #agents
• Reading notes from last spring
• Next steps
□ Collect references for the brand
□ Draft the onboarding outline
• /research spaced repetition for a weekly review
↗ AGENT · RESEARCH
Three ideas to explore in this branch — spaced repetition, a weekly review ritual, and linking notes by question.
02 / LINKED REFERENCES
Weekly review
…pull open questions from A garden of ideas into Friday.
Reading list
Notes on Ahrens tie back to A garden of ideas.
A garden of ideas
• Collect unfinished thoughts
• Follow a new connection
• Find a little room to grow
↗ AGENT · RESEARCH
Three ideas to explore in this branch — spaced repetition, a weekly review ritual, and linking notes by question.
Gather information.
Build understanding.
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Work through the ideas.
Break concepts into smaller pieces, connect related notes, and put what you’re learning into your own words.
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Find your next idea.
Use AI to summarize, compare, and explore possibilities. Keep questioning, refining, and developing ideas of your own.
02 / Support for your thinking
Explore with AI.
Think it through.
Run an AI skill right in your outline. Research a question, summarize what you’ve gathered, or look at a concept from another angle. Add the Image Generation extension to turn an idea into a visual.
Notes / A garden of ideas
What could a weekly review look like?
• /research
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/research
Investigate a topic and structure findings as notes · Enter or Tab
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/brainstorm
Generate ideas and options for the current note
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/ask
Ask the agent a question about this branch
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/image
Generate an image under the current note
↗ AGENT · RESEARCH
Three ideas to explore in this branch — spaced repetition, a weekly review ritual, and linking notes by question.
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/research
Investigate a topic and structure findings as notes · Enter or Tab
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/brainstorm
Generate ideas and options for the current note
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/ask
Ask the agent a question about this branch
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/image
Generate an image under the current note
Forage uses your branch and the notes you link as context. The results stay in your outline, ready to question, connect, and rewrite.
03 / Commands you can make your own
Your workflow.
Your commands.
Turn the way you like to work into a slash command. Name it, write the instructions, and choose an agent with the tools it needs. Set the tone, the steps, and the kind of answer you want.
/research
Go deep on a question.
Find reliable sources, compare perspectives, and turn the useful parts into linked notes.
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
Cite your sources. Separate facts from open questions.
/dogfood
Put an idea to the test.
Review your product notes from a user’s point of view. Surface friction, gaps, and things to try.
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
Start with the first-use journey. Rank the rough edges.
/roast-me
Invite a sharper opinion.
Challenge the ideas in this branch with a candid critique that helps you make them stronger.
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
Be funny, be specific, and end with three ways to improve.
Start with a built-in skill or create your own. Save your instructions once, then use your command wherever you need it in your outline.
04 / Extensions — room to grow
Built to be
extended.
Forage is extensible at its core. Add tools, connect services, and give your commands entirely new capabilities. Bring in specialist AI or build the workflow you’re missing.
Jev
System OneCompare ideas, classify notes, score options, and filter by meaning—with Jev through the System One extension.
- Compare
- Weigh options in your outline.
- Score
- Apply criteria you define.
- Organize
- Classify and filter by meaning.
Choose System One when creating a skill, then set the question and criteria. The results become part of your outline.
Image Generation
OpenAIGive an idea a visual form. Generate images right in your outline, alongside the notes and questions that inspired them.
- Explore
- Try a visual direction for an idea.
- Illustrate
- Create an image from your own brief.
- Keep
- Save the result with your notes.
Enable the extension, connect your Codex login or an OpenAI API key, and create a command such as /image to use it in your outline.
Use an existing extension or build your own with the Forage extension API.
A quiet space.
An open mind.
Rooted on your device.
Your outline lives locally. Read, write, and organize your notes without a connection.
AI on your terms.
Bring your own supported AI account or API key. Choose the agents and tools you want to use.
An outline you can shape.
Nest thoughts, link related concepts, and return to the questions that matter. Your second brain grows as your understanding does.
Gather · Understand · Ideate
Make what you learn
your own.
Gather the information. Work through the concepts. Find your next idea in Forage.
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