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  1. Sharepoint - file or hyperlink drag and drop

    We use Microsoft's SharePoint for our business file platform. Very frequently, I'd like to drag a file - or hyperlink - directly into a Thought Note (or as a related Thought).

    See attached video...despite looking hopeful (TB 15.0.586 and previous versions) by recognizing a drag/drop is in progress, nothing gets processed in TB.

    Currently, I either copy the hyperlink and manually paste the hyperlink or download the file to C: and then move it into TB (I usually want the file not the hyperlink, but sometimes I compromise with the hyperlink because it's faster). My expectation is either the file…

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  2. Add a CalDav sync function, for non google people.Being a non-google

    Being a non-Google company, it would be really useful to have a CalDav function for syncing events to the timeline.

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  3. FR - Inline Unlinked Mentions with Colour Settings

    I am new to this group/ app so hopefully I am submitting this correctly. So far I am loving the ability for this app to customize so many things. To that end....

    When we are viewing an Unlinked Mention in the Content/ Note area the Unlinked Mention shows up with a dotted underline. I would like to be able to make this pop up more so that it will grab my attention a little more. Would love to have a setting that would let us change the colour on the Inline Unlinked Mentions dotted underline. Similar to how we can…

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  4. brainbox

    Make the dropdown sizeable (default takes up too much visual space for me...), and what happened to the "drag & Drop" capabilitiy?

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  5. Open Attachments with "Open with..."

    I would like to have the possibility to open attachments with a choice of program, not just the standard program. For example, I want to be able to open pdf-files with Foxit Reader for standard viewing, with pdf24 for editing, with pdf-Arranger, with Drawboard to make annotations.
    At the moment, one hast to open the folder containing the attachment and open the attachment with "Open with..." from there.
    (TheBrain 15, Windows)

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  6. “EXPAND/COLLAPSE Current Thought” command SHORTCUT=> NO-EXIST in TB15

    IS AN EXTREMELY NECESSARY SHORTCUT (that it did exist in TB14)

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  7. callout

    Is there a way of undoing or turning off a callout feature applied in a Brain?

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  8. Dynamic LLM Switching

    It would be very cool to be able to switch between:
    Cerebro TheBrain LLM utility
    API via (multiple) user LLM accounts
    Local API for offline LLM use

    The switching should be:
    Online Cerebro running out of periodic token quota
    Cerebro triggered by saved script or real time instruction
    Cerebro triggered by conditional triggers or automatic on user defined triggers
    Button toggled by sidebar / topbar button, sequence entries user defined

    Reference:
    https://forums.thebrain.com/post/cerebro-request-dynamic-api-and-local-endpoint-switching-13805381
    https://forums.thebrain.com/post/cerebro-and-llm-switching-modality-13861392

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  9. Add the Ability to Pin the Note Preview

    Currently we have the ability to preview the notes by mousing over the note icon on thoughts.
    This request is to add the ability to pin or make permanent on drag.
    Example usage, I want to compare two or three notes:
    I mouseover the note I want first, drag and the note preview becomes a window that has to be closed (normal window buttons appear on the top right). I do this to other notes and compare them.

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  10. Community-driven Translate

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  11. BrainBox turned into a Seed Box storage for PKM

    I suggest to have a Seed Box for all data that are important to catalog but does not have a proper place just yet.

    My Use Case: my marketing work requires me to collect a lot of information (pdf, sheets, docs, slides, video) that might not have clear connection or use just yet... like a list of important online tools, or recent events etc.

    Currently I am using aitable which has intake form that I can fill up and then send it to my main aitable Seed Box database.

    The Benefit of this approach is:
    - I can collect a…

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  12. Save To Do Filters.

    A way to save the To Do's filters such as saving themes, ai scripts etc.
    ie: by type and/or tag. Project Type, Priority Tag, Person Tag etc. Problem to have to re-select all types/tags every time you need to focus on pending tasks of follow ups on a project.

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  13. Allow Custom AI Scripts in the Context Menu

    I would like to suggest adding support for user-defined AI scripts that can be integrated into the context menu.

    The idea is simple: allow users to create their own AI actions (using prompts or scripts) and assign them to the right-click menu for selected text. This would make TheBrain's AI much more flexible and adaptable to different workflows.

    This would be especially valuable in TheBrain's built-in web browser. For example, after selecting text on a web page, users could run custom actions such as:

    • Summarize the selected text.
    • Extract key concepts.
    • Generate tags or keywords.
    • Rewrite the text in…
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  14. Global Zoom Word Cloud Graph - like in Zettelkasten

    Please make it possible to zoom out the Plex, so all Thoughts are visible like "dots" and when I hover over a dot, the thought zooms bigger including the connected Thoughts.
    Ideally with the Type and Tags -> like a simple "mouse over effect" that would be great.
    Maybe this doesn’t add that much to the use of The Brain, but it would have a visual impact on users of The Brain.
    At the moment I solve this with copying the selected thoughts als outline and let Claude Code build a Zoom Cloud Graph.
    See the image as an example…

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  15. Local AI option PER brain

    I use TheBrain for work and at home on the same laptop. We are allowed to also use our business laptop for private aspects.

    In this scenario I want to be able to use e.g. ChatGPT for my private brain, however for my work brain I have to truly make sure, I will only use local AI endpoints.

    Thus, for me it would be a real advantage to define the local AI use on a "per Brain" level. Ideally I would have a switch per Brain like [Cloud AI] / [Local AI] / [No AI]

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  16. The screen is filled with thought text name (large, no control over size) no way to access my note-bug?

    Hi, iOS (26.4.2) on iPhone (13 Pro) issue (though is see it also on the macOS desktop app).
    I can’t access the note. The screen is showing mainly the thought name and the bottom menu items cover the tip of the note. No way the decrease thought name text size. Not sure if a bug or per design.

    To replicate go to Instagram, select

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIhiAPXR6QO/?igsh=bG4xM3ZwZ21ybXg4

    and share to BrainBox. Then import from BrainBox to a thought. The import process creates this thought name and note with the link to Instagram-All good and desired.
    Nevertheless, it is totally nonfunctional. Due to…

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  17. Better documentation for Reports in TheBrain 15 - need better examples for the new Report UI

    The way of creating Reports has radically changed. Need more examples or assistance with how to create complex Reports. Currently not reflected in tutorials or documentation.

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  18. I can get the name title of youtube website with last version of TheBrain, but when I update to the most new one ,this function go disapper

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  19. Display Tag Names Above Thoughts in Plex

    Display tags above thoughts in the plex for cleaner visibility and improved reading ease.
    -- Apply both in desktop and in web client

    Discussion & Demo Video
    -- https://forums.thebrain.com/post/feature-request-display-tag-names-above-active-thought-13845814

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  20. BrainBox full text capture local-only (not via WebBrain)

    I use the BrainBox Safari and Chrome extensions a lot on macOS. In TheBrain 15 BrainBox is working better than ever. But, I rarely use WebBrain. To get a full-text capture (not just the URL) I have to (1) create a new thought on the desktop Brain, (2) wait for a sync, (3) wait for WebBrain to sync, (4) capture the page with the BrainBox extension, (5) from the BrainBox dialog in the broswer select the full text capture option, (6) select the thought I want the capture to be a child of (and hope that the indexing is finished),…

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