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A Thought is the smallest unit of thinking in PeerNotes: an idea, observation, or reaction captured the moment it happens. Thoughts are quick by design — no title, no formatting decisions, no filing. You write down what’s on your mind and get back to what you were doing. Every insight starts as a fragment. Thoughts are how you record those fragments before they slip away — and PeerNotes organizes them into topics for you, so capturing stays effortless.

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Capture a thought

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Open the Thoughts feed

Select Thoughts in the sidebar. The capture box sits at the top of your feed, ready to type into — just click What’s on your mind?
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Write or dictate what you're thinking

A thought can be a single line or a few paragraphs. Don’t polish it — the point is to get the idea down while it’s fresh. Prefer to talk it out? Use the microphone button to dictate the thought.
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Attach a source (optional)

If your thought is a reaction to something you read or saw, attach the source. Type in the capture box or use the attach button to link an existing source or upload a new file. See Sources.
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Pick a topic (optional)

You can tag a thought with a topic as you capture it — or leave it alone and let the PeerNotes agent cluster it into the right topic automatically.
Capture first, organize never. The agent continuously groups your thoughts into Topics as you go, so you never have to stop and file anything.

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Your thoughts timeline

Thoughts appear in a timeline, grouped by the day you captured them, with the most recent at the top. From the timeline you can:
  • Filter by topic — open the Topics panel to see your thoughts clustered by theme, or filter the feed down to one or more topics.
  • Search — find any thought by its content.
  • View attached sources — click a source chip on a thought to open the original document or link in the viewer.
  • Edit or delete — every thought stays editable after capture.

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Thoughts are private by default

Every thought starts private — yours alone — which is what makes it a safe space for half-formed ideas, hot takes, and honest reactions. Teammates see a thought only if you turn on Share with workspace for it; then it appears in the Shared view of the Thoughts feed and the workspace can comment on it. Unshare it again at any time. If you want new thoughts shared automatically, set that in Preferences → Sharing.

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Turn thoughts into a note

When a few thoughts start pointing at the same idea, compile them into a note:
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Select the thoughts

In the Thoughts feed, select each thought you want to include. A floating bar appears at the bottom of the screen showing how many you’ve picked.
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Convert to Note

Select Convert to Note in the floating bar. PeerNotes opens a new note pre-populated with your selected thoughts — ready to structure, expand, and refine.

Next: Notes

Notes are where raw thoughts become structured ideas. Learn how to develop and collaborate on them.