Thinkly user guide
Learn Thinkly in one pass.
This guide explains the core Thinkly workflow from a user perspective: clips, pages, AutoClip, briefings, publishing, and OpenClaw capture.
Start here
Create your account with Google, then open the dashboard and keep one simple goal in mind: capture useful context, organize it, and turn it into work you can ship.
A good first setup is one page for a recurring job you already do, like weekly posts, GTM updates, or sales research.
- Sign in and open the app dashboard.
- Create one Page for a recurring workstream.
- Start saving clips into Thinkly from the web, the extension, or OpenClaw.
Capture clips
Clips are the raw building blocks inside Thinkly. A clip can come from highlighted text, a URL, a file import, or an OpenClaw conversation save.
Once saved, clips can be tagged, added to pages, used by AutoClip, or turned into drafts and briefings.
- Use Quick Capture or the extension to save text and links.
- Use tags to keep similar clips grouped together.
- Open any clip to edit tags, add it to a page, or review its source.
Build pages from clips
Pages are where Thinkly becomes useful work instead of storage. Add clips to a page when they support the same topic, memo, or project.
Once a page is strong enough, you can use Page actions to generate outputs, share it publicly, or keep adding new clips over time.
- Use Pages for one real workstream, not a vague topic.
- Keep page titles specific, like “AI sales outreach research” or “Founder weekly posts”.
- Use Publish Page when you want a public read-only link.
Use AutoClip
AutoClip watches a page or tag and keeps collecting new clips from the web for you. It works best when you start from a clear page title and a few strong sources.
Use Save and Pass actively. That feedback changes which sources Thinkly prioritizes next time.
- Create an AutoClip from a page or a tag.
- Review seed topics and sources before you start.
- Add manual RSS feeds if you already know the sites you trust.
- Use Run now to fetch candidates immediately.
Use Daily Briefings
Briefings are for monitored topics you want summarized into a readable update. Thinkly can run them daily or weekly and show them in the Briefings area.
Inside the briefing detail view, you can save the result as a page, publish a public link, or export the content.
- Create a briefing from a page or a tag.
- Review the sources and time zone before saving.
- Use Research now when you want an immediate run.
- Use Save as Page when a briefing should become a working document.
Using OpenClaw with Thinkly
Thinkly does not replace your OpenClaw workflow. It gives you a place to keep the useful parts of those conversations, organize them into pages, and reuse them later.
Use OpenClaw for the active conversation, then send the valuable answers, links, and files into Thinkly so they do not disappear into chat history.
- Open Thinkly → Settings → API keys and generate one key.
- Configure the OpenClaw Thinkly plugin with your Thinkly API URL and API token.
- Use /clip to save the latest exchange.
- Use /clip "text" to save a specific text snippet.
- Use /ingest, then /ingest save, to bulk import text, files, or URLs.
If something feels wrong
Most “nothing happened” issues come from stale browser tabs, empty source setups, or vague page titles. A hard refresh and a more specific page name solve many early problems.
If a workflow uses Save, Publish, or Run now, watch for toasts and status changes. Those confirm whether Thinkly actually completed the action.
- If AutoClip returns 0 candidates, improve the page title or add stronger sources.
- If Publish or Save feels dead, hard refresh the page and try again.
- If you need help, contact operation@pluglab.ai.