AI Chat

Have natural conversations with your knowledge base

Clear Tangle's AI chat uses RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) to answer your questions using information from your captures, pages, and tasks. Unlike generic AI, it knows your context and can reference specific items you've saved.

Quick Access

Open chat instantly with Cmd/Ctrl + /

How It Works

Ask Your Question

Type naturally—the AI understands context and nuance.

AI Retrieves Context

Relevant captures, pages, and tasks are automatically pulled from your knowledge base.

Get Smart Answers

Responses include source citations—click to see the original content.

@Mention System

Control exactly what context AI uses with @mentions. This gives you explicit control over your AI conversations—no hidden knowledge or guesswork.

@thought

Reference a specific capture by title or content

Example: @thought "meeting notes from Monday"

@page

Include a long-form page in the context

Example: @page "Product Roadmap Q1"

@project

Include all captures, tasks, and pages from a project

Example: @project:Marketing

@tag

Filter context by a specific tag

Example: @tag:urgent

@person

Reference people mentioned in your memories or captures

Example: @person:Sarah

Combining @mentions

You can use multiple @mentions in a single message to combine context sources. For example: "Based on @project:Work and @tag:priority, what should I focus on today?"

Voice Input

Click the microphone icon in the chat input or use keyboard shortcuts to speak your questions. Your speech is transcribed and sent to the AI just like typed messages.

Tip: Voice input is especially useful for quick questions when you don't want to type, or for capturing longer, more nuanced queries.

Response Actions

Every AI response comes with helpful actions you can take:

Copy

Copy the response to clipboard

Save as Page

Save the response as a permanent page

Regenerate

Get a different response

Source Citations

AI responses include a "Brain Sources" section showing which captures were used to generate the response. Click any source to:

View the full original content
Verify the information
Explore related captures
Add the source to your current context

This transparency ensures you always know what information the AI is using—no hidden context or hallucinated facts.

Conversation History

All conversations are automatically saved and organized:

Auto-titled based on content
Grouped by: Today, Yesterday, Last 7 Days, Older
Searchable by keyword
Shareable via deep links

Example Queries

What did I capture about the product roadmap last week?

Summarize all my notes tagged with "meeting"

Based on @project:Work, what tasks are overdue?

Help me prepare for my 1:1 using @tag:feedback

What patterns do you see in my recent captures?

Find connections between my research notes