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  1. I was excited by the Cerebro in TheBrain 15. Finally, a feature that matches what so many competitors have.

    However, this is not an AI engine. It's a simple integration between TheBrain API and an LLM. It is so frustrating not to be able to search for example 'thoughts about sport'.

    The problem is, I need to know what I am looking for before I start looking for it. Otherwise I can't pass literal information to TheBrain API. This is poor and counterintuitive.

    I asked Cerebro about this and it said, perhaps I can literally search through a list of…

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  2. Currently in the web version and mobile version, the report conditions show as text which can be adjusted.
    It would be nice in all versions (mobile, web and desktop) if you could set a placeholder for the date and perform calculations.
    For example:
    created:"06/10/2025 - 06/11/2025"
    Could become
    created:"({now} -7) - {now}"

    This would allow me to save the report and then when I pull up the saved report it will always give me the thoughts created in the last 7 days.

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  3. I cannot figure out how to expand and collapse generations in 15.0.95. Has this functionality not migrated to later versions of TheBrain 15? This is a major gap if so.

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  4. When brainstorming using the Outline view, the order of the thoughts should be able to be done graphically on the screen using the mouse. This is needed to enable prioritizing ideas. Also thoughts should be able to be elevated or demoted using the mouse.

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  5. Expand BrainBox to be a universal inbox and allow multiple ways for stuff to arrive.

    One being Email!

    Either general Inbox or 1 inbox/Brain.

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  6. The Plex in the ios app is blank; however, other functionality, BrainBox additions and display, attached notes display, content searches, and synchronization appear to function as expected.

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  7. On 15.0.95.0 running on macOS Sierra desktop plex and notes zoom are missing. No pinch/expand; no Command + "+/-", no dropdown menu picks. If there is a way to control the size of text (other than overriding the screen resolution, which is generally unacceptable), please make it obvious.

    Thanks.

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  8. With V15, hero images can now come from thought attachments, but not with JFIF extension.
    Add JFIF file for hero image.

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  9. Saves switches between mouse and keyboard and back again when registering the scope of a properties change.

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  10. Reintroduction of the old 8 version features

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  11. While having the URL of a Thought is fantastic and works well, I would like to see an option to create a URL pointing to data (or a file) in other places, such as Notes. My use case is as follows: I have a QRCode label on my circuit breakers that points to a Thought. I scan the label on my phone, which takes me to that Thought. From there, I navigate to the Notes section and am able to pull up my spreadsheet with circuit information for that panel. Not a HUGE issue, but it would provide ease of…

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  12. with increasing functionality the number of options in settings tend to increase. With more settings searching for a specific setting becomes more tedious.
    Many programs now have search functions for their settings so I can find a specific setting quickly. It would be great if you added that to The Brain.

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  13. Being able to customize the "comma" delimiter would help provide clarity and identify purpose.

    Thought > Child or Child > Thought

    with other symbols like / @ $ or whatever.

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  14. working with AI in the note section: when I customize a prompt I get an output however my prompt is invisible. For later actions I would like to remember how I formulated my prompt. So it would be of great help if the output would start with repeating my prompt.

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  15. I cannot find the setting to hide the parent thought in context-sensitive child thought names in TheBrain 15. I very much like that economical view and hope it can be added soon if it has not already been added.

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  16. I already made a comment on another post but I thought it would maybe be also worth as a own post.

    It seems to me that TheBrain project seems to focus on utility and beeing an organize your tasks and thoughts project, because it can not really compete with normal AI as a knowledgebase and it shouldn't. But I think there could be an awesome way for the future to share your thoughts with others:

    I was interested in making my own AI and it is quite a hard task if you have some unconventional view on something, but in…

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  17. When I export .PDF or .HTML the little todo square list items - do not show up for print - missing both in .PDF and .HTML-

    but I wondered why not CTRL (CMD) + P just the selected text directly from the content - the only work arround seems to screen capture and then print - but my "system 1" wants to save seconds in a busy moment before a meeting

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  18. Hi all, really excited about the new release. My request involves having a folder on the filesystem that is watched and any markdown files inside this folder are automatically added as children of the folder thought in TheBrain. Ideally, this would also support a kind of bi-directional sync or live view of the markdown files so no matter which tool they are worked on (e.g. TheBrain, markdown editors, etc) the thoughts in TheBrain contain (or can point to and display) the latest version of the file.

    I know this has been mentioned a few times in forums but doesn't seem…

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  19. maybe I'm missing how to do this ... but I need to be able to see and sort by the created and modified on dates of files within a note

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  20. 看到這麼多人對TheBrain的AI功能提出建議真是有趣!我特別喜歡那個關於整合Mermaid圖表的點子,如果能直接在筆記裡畫流程圖就太方便了。最近正好在找https://mermaidviewer.com/ ,要是TheBrain能內建這個功能,我就不用在不同工具間切換了。希望開發團隊能考慮這個建議,這對視覺化思考的人來說會是很大的幫助!

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