Who this is for
People who run a second-brain / PKM system (Obsidian, Notion, Roam) and want insights captured as clean atomic notes, not stray fragments.
The moment this saves you
I have a real insight on a walk, tell myself I'll add it to my notes later, and later it's either gone or it's a one-line fragment with no context that I can't use.
See it work
Messy spoken thought in. A clean, structured artifact out.
Idea I want to capture. I've been thinking about how the best products aren't the ones with the most features, they're the ones that make a single decision for you so you don't have to. Like how a great default is worth more than ten settings. This connects to that Barry Schwartz paradox of choice thing. I want to remember this for the design philosophy note I'm building. Tag it product and design and decision-making maybe.
The best products make one decision for you
The best products aren't the ones with the most features, they're the ones that make a single decision for you so you don't have to. A great default is worth more than ten settings.
Connects to: Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice. Relevant to my design-philosophy note.
Tags: #product #design #decision-making
The workflow
Record a voice note
Hit the hotkey and talk, no formatting, no typing.
Tag it with this context
Contextli shapes your words into the structured output above.
Find it later
Everything's searchable and organised by context.
Pull it into Claude or ChatGPT
Bring your contexts straight into your AI tools with the Contextli MCP.
Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
The prompt behind this context
I'm going to speak a raw insight or idea I want to keep in my notes system. Turn it into a clean atomic note: a bold Title that captures the idea as a claim (not a vague topic), the idea itself rewritten as one or two tight paragraphs in my voice, a **Connects to:** line ONLY if I mention a related source, note, or concept, and a **Tags:** line of hashtags ONLY from tags I actually said. Keep my framing of the idea. Don't invent connections or tags I didn't mention, and don't pad it. Output only the note.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Use this context
One tap adds it to your clipboard. Open Contextli and paste to add it.
Next, open Contextli, Contexts, Import, paste.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
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