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title: Ideation — Notes to Plans
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# Ideation — Notes to Plans

Turn unstructured notes, brain dumps, and scattered ideas into organized, actionable plans.

## How it works

Paste your raw notes into a conversation with Crow and ask it to organize them. Crow will:

1. **Parse** your notes into discrete items
2. **Cluster** related items by theme
3. **Cross-reference** with your existing projects and memories
4. **Resolve** contradictions or ambiguities by asking you
5. **Organize** the output however you prefer

## Getting started

Just paste your notes and say something like:

> "Here are my notes from today's meeting — organize these"

> "Brain dump: [your notes]. Help me sort these into a plan"

> "I have a bunch of ideas for the project. Here they are: [notes]"

Crow handles messy input — fragments, typos, mixed topics, even mixed languages.

## Output options

After organizing your notes, Crow can:

- **Distribute into projects** — attach notes to existing Crow research projects
- **Create new projects** — spin up projects for new themes it identified
- **Store in memory** — save key decisions or context for future sessions
- **Generate a plan** — produce a structured, phased implementation plan
- **Return a clean list** — just give you the organized clusters without storing anything

You can combine these — for example, distribute some notes into projects and generate a plan for the rest.

## Example

**Input:**
```
- need to fix the login bug
- maybe add dark mode?
- talk to Maria about the Q3 timeline
- dark mode should work on mobile too
- the API rate limit is too low for production
- Q3 deadline is July 15
- login bug might be related to the session token change from last week
```

**Output:**

Crow identifies three clusters:
1. **Login bug** (items 1, 7) — connected to prior session token work
2. **Dark mode** (items 2, 4) — new feature, needs mobile consideration
3. **Q3 planning** (items 3, 6) — deadline-sensitive, involves Maria

It then asks what you want to do: create tasks, store in a project, or generate a phased plan.

## Tips

- For large brain dumps (20+ items), Crow shows you the clusters first before asking what to do
- If you've organized notes before, Crow remembers your preferred style
- Notes about people are cross-referenced with your contacts
- Time-sensitive items are flagged prominently
