Anyone using AI as a second brain for content creation?
Hey everyone, I’ve been playing around with different ways to keep my ideas, research, and drafts in check, but it still feels like I’m drowning in research. :P
I’ve tried traditional note-taking apps, but they’re not flexible. And mind maps? They start out fine but turn into a mess as it gets complex with more data.
Recently, I’ve been playing with some AI tools that actually help me organize my thoughts, dig up connections I didn’t see, and even polish up drafts based on stuff I upload from different sources. It’s like having a second brain that’s actually thinking alongside me.
A few tools I have found on Product Hunt to serve for this use case: Findr, Scrintal and Notebooks.
So, I’m curious: how are you all using AI to make your content workflow smooth? Share in the comments what is working for you! :)
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The problem isn’t collecting more ideas—it’s knowing which ones are actually worth your energy.
AI tools can surface connections, sure. But without clarity on why you're creating, you just end up with organized chaos. I’ve started focusing less on capturing everything and more on tracking which inputs actually lead to better thinking over time. That’s been the unlock. As a tool I prefer simple but solid Notion. Structure — first, everything else will be simpler afterwards.
As a marketer and a content writer, my team and I definitely don't like to use too many tools to manage our content strategy or marketing tasks, we already need to work with too many tools on a day-to-day basis. We want to invest in tools that not only make sense in terms of pricing for the team (cause you know, it will come out of the marketing team's budget) but also help us access many LLMs in one place, assist with post creation, visual creation, track and keep a history of all the contents created over time, allows easy content edits, generate ideas for ad copies and landing page headlines, SEO, ...
and for that, we're using Nily.ai.
I try to put all my ideas as tasks in @ClickUp and then use that to prioritize what to do next.
I think AI will make our digital selves more organized eventually, and we will all have something like Jarvis from Iron Man. That's what Apple attempted to do with it's Apple Intelligence but it's not there yet, and all the other Ai tools lack full access to your data.
All that to say, I'm kind of waiting for something better in terms of using AI for a 2nd brain, but I do use LLMs a lot for copywriting and thinking through ideas.
minimalist phone: creating folders
For brainstorming yes. Or when I am short on time. IMO, sometimes it needs correction but maybe some outputs are not perfect because I do not ask right questions :)
Maybe a fit for @ContentRadar ?
I have published 45 articles in last 45 days, following Vibe writing method.
I use todoist to record random thoughts when on road, voice typing -> Grok to organize into outline and first draft -> Final human edit.
I find most tools clunky, and I prioritize enriching my mind over obsessing over saving information to second brain.
These days, I used Chatgpt, deepseek, Kimi, etc for idea and content creation. At least they give me lots of back-up ideas that I can choose or refine, saving 90% of time.