📝 Notes & Knowledge Base (Paid Plan)
FlowChat's Notes module provides a powerful knowledge management system integrated directly with your AI conversations.
What is the Notes Module?
Notes are rich Markdown documents that let you:
- Capture and organize information from AI chats
- Create reusable knowledge resources
- Link notes to specific conversations
- Build a personal or team knowledge base
- Search across all your saved content
Creating Notes
From Scratch
- Navigate to Sidebar → Notes
- Click + New Note
- Add title and content in Markdown
- Save and organize
From Chat Conversations
- Find valuable information in any chat
- Click the save/clip button
- Select or create a note
- The excerpt is automatically added
Using Quick Capture
While chatting, quickly save insights:
- Select text in any message
- Choose "Save to Note"
- The content is captured instantly
Note Features
Rich Markdown Support
- Text formatting - Bold, italic, headings, lists
- Code blocks - Syntax highlighted snippets
- Tables - Organized data presentation
- Links - Internal and external linking
- Images - Attachments and embeds
Tagging System
- Add custom tags to notes
- Filter notes by tag
- Build topic collections
- Color-coded organization
Linking to Chats
- Connect notes to specific conversations
- Reference chat context in notes
- Navigate between related content
- Maintain conversation lineage
Attachments
- Upload files to notes
- Link to external resources
- Embed media content
- Code snippet storage
Full-Text Search
Search Capabilities
- Search across all notes
- Search within specific notes
- Cross-reference with chat history
- Filter by date, tag, or content type
Search Syntax
- Keywords - Find specific terms
- Phrases - Search for exact matches
- Tags - Filter by #tag
- Dates - Find content by creation time
Use Cases
| Use Case | How to Implement |
|---|---|
| Prompt Library | Create notes with successful prompts, tag by use case |
| Best Practices | Document effective AI usage patterns |
| Project Documentation | Link project chats to comprehensive notes |
| Research Collection | Gather AI-assisted research in organized notes |
| Team Knowledge Base | Share important insights across the team |
| Personal Wiki | Build your own knowledge repository |
Note Organization Strategies
By Topic
- AI-Assisted-Coding
- Writing-Improvements
- Research-Findings
- Learning-Notes
By Project
- Project-Alpha-Research
- Project-Beta-Specs
- Client-Requirements
By Type
- Prompt-Templates
- Model-Comparisons
- How-To-Guides
- Reference-Material
Integration with Conversations
Injecting Notes into Chats
Use notes as context:
- Start a new conversation
- Reference a note in your prompt
- The AI has access to that knowledge
- Responses are informed by your saved content
Building on Past Work
- Reference previous notes in new chats
- Iterate on ideas across multiple sessions
- Maintain continuity over time
- Build complex knowledge structures
Collaboration Features
Sharing Notes
- Share with specific team members
- Make notes available organization-wide
- Read-only sharing for reference material
- Collaborative editing for team documents
Version History
- Track changes over time
- Revert to previous versions
- See who made what changes
- Audit trail for important documents
Best Practices
- Capture immediately - Save valuable insights while chatting
- Tag consistently - Use a clear tagging system
- Link liberally - Connect related notes and chats
- Review regularly - Clean up and organize periodically
- Share knowledge - Make useful notes available to your team
Comparison: Notes vs Chat History
| Aspect | Chat History | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | Linear conversation | Organized document |
| Search | Full-text | Full-text + tags |
| Editing | Fixed | Fully editable |
| Sharing | Per conversation | Granular control |
| Purpose | Transient discussion | Persistent knowledge |
| Context | Single session | Multiple sessions |