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Save text, links, files, and AI answers

Use Quick Save, web capture, and AI conversation ingest without losing the original source.

Last updated: 2026-04-137 min read

Save text, links, files, and AI answers

What this page is for

This guide covers the input side of Thinkly. Use it when material is still scattered across:

  • browser tabs
  • PDFs or local files
  • ChatGPT or Claude threads
  • copied notes
  • raw links you do not want to lose

Input channels

Web capture

Use Thinkly capture flows when you want to save exact text, a URL, or both. This is the fastest way to preserve source context.

Quick Save

Use Quick Save when you do not want to leave the current page. The goal is low-friction capture while the idea is still fresh.

File and text ingest

Use file or text ingest when the material already exists outside the browser flow. This is useful for meeting notes, reports, exported chat logs, and copied research text.

AI conversation ingest

Thinkly is especially strong when you treat AI answers as source material instead of final output. Save the part that matters before it disappears into a long thread.

Step by step

  1. Save the exact text or answer you want to keep.
  2. Keep the source if it exists. Raw text without source is harder to reuse later.
  3. Add lightweight tags only if they genuinely improve retrieval.
  4. Move the best saved items into the page they support.

UI reference

Source preservation

Whenever possible, keep the original source attached. Later pages, graph links, and Topic Wiki summaries all get stronger when the source survives.

Tagging

Tag only when it creates a reusable grouping. Over-tagging slows you down and rarely improves the next step.

File imports

Use imported files when a document matters as evidence, not just as storage. Thinkly should help you turn file content into reusable clips and page sections.

Common mistakes

  • Saving too many raw links without extracting the useful part.
  • Dropping AI answers in without any source or label.
  • Treating capture as the final step instead of the first step.

What to do next

Open the clips workspace guide next and review what you saved before it piles up.