Group your inquiry
Sub-questions, sources, and findings under a single line of thought.
RESEARCH SYSTEM
Research that holds context.
Topics, threads, findings, and lenses — synthesised with citations and Claude assistance. Fully owned in your mind, not someone else's database.
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TOPICS
pricing-models
competitive-landscape
user-onboarding
retention-signals
THREADS↳ tier-pricing
↳ usage-caps
FINDINGSF-014 · price ladder
F-014 — FINDING
Price ladder elasticity
Tier-3 conversion holds when the gap to Tier-2 stays under 2.4×. Three sources confirm; one contradicts on enterprise plans.
cite · 3thread · pricing
∞TOPICSbranch your inquiry as far as it goes
100+FINDINGScited evidence per project, easily
1SOURCE-OF-TRUTHevery finding ties back to a doc
0LOCK-INopen Markdown, your filesystem
01 · TOPICS, THREADS, FINDINGSThe shape
The shape
of inquiry.
Three primitives that mirror how investigation actually works.
Branching investigation
Every dead-end stays browsable, never lost.
Evidence that compounds
Each insight cites its source — Claude can't invent what isn't there.
02 · LENSESMultiple lenses
Multiple lenses
on the same evidence.
Switch between Threads for chronological lines of inquiry, Map to see how findings connect, Citations for the source pile, and Report to draft a synthesis. Same evidence, four ways to read it.
ThreadsMapCitationsReport
VS THE NOTION-LIKE WAY
Notes that compound, not collapse.
Why a research-aware filesystem beats a freeform note pile.
TODAY · NOTION-LIKE
Notes that forget
Findings drift away from their sources
No native concept of a topic or thread
AI hallucinates citations from page titles
Research lives next to ops — buried fast
WITH SYNAP · RESEARCH
Research that compounds
Every finding linked to its underlying source
Topics and threads are first-class objects
Claude can only cite what is actually in your mind
Research has its own surface — never buried
03 · CITATIONSEvery claim,
Every claim,
traceable.
Provenance is built in. Quote it, cite it, write with it.
Inline citations
as you draft.
Pull quotes, paragraphs, or page anchors into your finding. The citation stays bound to the text — even when the source updates.
Quote with provenance.
Every quote carries its file path, line range, and revision id. Receipts, always.
Claude reads, then cites.
Claude can only cite text it has actually read in your mind. No invented sources, ever.
Research worth
revisiting.
Free. macOS, Windows, Linux. Bring your own Claude or just keep your knowledge.
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