ponderlyThe field guide to your own mind.

Connect your AI

Two minutes. Works with Claude and ChatGPT.

Keep track of everything you think about.

As you explore ideas with ChatGPT or Claude, Ponderly maps them into a forest you can walk back through.

HOW IT WORKS

  1. i. Connect your AI

    Two minutes, one time. It works with the AI you already use.

  2. ii. Explore ideas

    Chase a tangent. Dig deeper into a book. While you talk, your AI is quietly putting what you worked out into your forest. You never take a note.

  3. iii. Tend your forest

    Pick up any thread later. Go deeper, sketch it out, move branches around.

  4. iv. Follow your friends

    Walk a friend's forest. Yours gets a page too: public, private, or invite only.

Keeping track of your thinking should not be a chore.

  • Never homework.

    You already did the thinking. No filing, no tagging, no folder you never open again.

  • Thinking is not a solo sport.

    The forest is yours. The conversation around it does not have to be.

  • Not another app to live in.

    It works inside the AI you already talk to. There is nothing new to open.

START HERE

Plant your first idea.

Doesn't ChatGPT already remember?

Sort of. It remembers you. It does not remember what you were thinking about.

A profile of you

Your preferences and the details you have mentioned, so the next answer fits you better.

A map of what you explored

The subjects you chased and how they connect, built while you talk. Open one and see what you worked out.

One improves the answer.
The other is the thinking itself.

INSIDE ONE IDEA

What one idea holds.

A card titled "The dichotomy of control", under the breadcrumb "The stoics, honestly", with a paragraph of body text below it.
Named and written in your own words, by the AI you were talking to.
A hand-drawn diagram: boxes labeled "orders svc" and "billing svc" both arrow into one point, then out to three boxes labeled accounts, invoices and ledger, with a red note reading "who wins at 3am?" and the underlined conclusion "last write wins is not a policy".
When words run out, it draws. Sketches live in the card and open full screen.
A references list with two entries: an ARTICLE-tagged link to Conway's 1968 paper, and a DOC-tagged link to a piece on Conway's law.
The paper, the book, the link that fed the thought, kept with it.

FAQ

Good to know.

What is Ponderly, exactly?
Ponderly is a web app that keeps a map of the ideas you explore with an AI assistant. You connect Claude or ChatGPT once, and as you talk your assistant records the subjects you cover into your Ponderly account, where you can browse them, edit them, and choose what to share. Signing in with Google identifies your account and nothing else: Ponderly does not read your Gmail, Drive, or contacts.
Does it slow the conversation down?
No. Your assistant writes to Ponderly in the background while it answers you. You will not see it happen.
Can I change what it saves?
Anything, any time. Rename it, move it, join two ideas together, prune one away. The assistant places; you decide.
What if I stop using it?
Your forest stays exactly as you left it. Nothing here is deleted behind your back.
Which AI does it work with?
Claude and ChatGPT, by text or voice. Two minutes to connect, once.