Rapidly capture ideas around a central question, sort them into categories, star your best ones, run a focus timer, and export everything as Markdown or plain text — ready to hand off to your team or mind map.
Effective brainstorming has two distinct phases: divergent thinking (capturing every idea without judgement) followed by convergent thinking (sorting, evaluating, and prioritising). Most tools force you to organise while you think — killing the flow. This tool separates those phases deliberately: dump ideas fast into the pool, then drag them into buckets once the timer runs out.
The four category buckets are based on the Impact/Effort matrix, one of the most widely used prioritisation frameworks in product and business strategy.
The Four Category Buckets Explained
⚡ Quick Wins — high impact, low effort. Do these first. They build momentum and deliver value fast without big investment.
🗓 Long-term — high impact, higher effort. These are strategic bets worth planning for but not rushing into.
🔬 Needs Research — promising but uncertain. Validate assumptions, run experiments, or gather data before committing resources.
🗑 Discard — low value or not feasible right now. Parking ideas here is better than deleting them — context can change.
Frequently Asked Questions
Time constraints force your brain to generate ideas quickly rather than over-thinking each one. The Pomodoro technique (25-minute focused bursts) is well-researched, but even 5–10 minutes of constrained ideation typically produces more raw material than an hour of open-ended thinking. The timer also signals when to stop adding and start sorting.
The Markdown export is structured for immediate use in tools like Notion, Confluence, GitHub issues, or any Markdown-aware editor. The plain text export works everywhere else. A common workflow: export → paste into a team doc → use starred Quick Wins to create action items or tickets. You can also feed the export directly into the Mind Map Generator to visualise relationships.
Everything runs in your browser — nothing is stored on a server. If you close the tab, your session is lost. To preserve your work, use the Export button before leaving. For persistent brainstorming boards, export your data and re-import it next time, or copy it to a notes app.
Yes — share your screen during a meeting and have one person enter ideas as the team calls them out. Alternatively, each team member can run their own session independently, then export and merge the results into a shared doc. For real-time collaborative brainstorming with multiple cursors, dedicated tools like FigJam or Miro are better suited.