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For people who save more than they can remember.

Founders, consultants, researchers, product people, and writers live in Slack, Gmail, Zoom, and a dozen note apps, and lose decisions in between. Here's how Clear Tangle keeps the thread for each of them.

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What changes

Less to carry. More done.

Example scenarios for the people Clear Tangle is built for.

  • Founder

    Fewer forgotten follow-ups.

    Every promise from every call becomes a task with a date.

    Before“Did I ever send that deck?”

    AfterReminder: send the deck to the investor, Tue 9:00 AM

  • Writer

    Ideas that don’t vanish.

    Voice notes and screenshots land with the right project.

    BeforeIdea lost in the camera roll

    AfterSaved to Fall essay series

  • Product manager

    Answers you can check.

    “What did we decide?” gets an answer with the meeting it came from.

    BeforeScrolling Slack for the decision

    AfterAnswer with 2 sources

For founders

Fewer forgotten follow-ups.

Every call ends with promises: a deck, an intro, a number by Friday. Clear Tangle turns them into tasks with dates, linked to the conversation they came from.

  1. 01 CaptureConnect Zoom, Fireflies, or Otter, or leave a voice note on your way out of the meeting.
  2. 02 OrganizeCommitments become tasks with a date, linked to the person and the project.
  3. 03 ActPlan your day around what you promised, and see where each task came from.
Features:TasksVoice workflowsIntegrations
Tasks from your calls
Investor call with SamZoom · Sep 12
  • Send the updated deck to SamTue, Sep 15 · 9:00 AM
  • Intro Sam to Alex at NorthwindWed, Sep 16
  • Share the Q3 hiring planFri, Sep 18

Each task links back to the moment in the call it came from.

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For consultants

Every client, with its own memory.

Notes, email threads, and Slack messages land with the right client project, so you walk into every meeting knowing what was agreed and what’s still open.

  1. 01 CaptureConnect Gmail and Slack, and add call notes as they happen.
  2. 02 OrganizeEach item lands in the right client project, with CRM context from HubSpot or Salesforce alongside.
  3. 03 UnderstandAsk what a client agreed to and get the answer with the email or meeting it came from.
Features:ProjectsChatMindCRM integration
Project · Updated 2h agoNorthwind: phase two

Approved on the Sep 12 call: phase two at $18,000, starting Oct 1. Weekly check-ins on Thursdays at 9:30 AM.

Project14 memories
Sources
Kickoff · Zoom · Sep 12Re: SOW v3 · GmailDeal · HubSpot

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For researchers

Find it by meaning, with the source.

Interviews, papers, and stray observations pile up fast. Search for what you meant, not the exact words you used, and see how ideas connect across projects.

  1. 01 CaptureSave notes, links, and voice memos from the web, desktop, or iPhone.
  2. 02 OrganizeCaptures are tagged and linked to related people, topics, and projects.
  3. 03 UnderstandSearch by meaning, follow connections in the knowledge graph, and check each answer against its sources.
Features:SearchKnowledge GraphMemory Vault
Search
what did people say about evening routines?
Matched by meaning
  • Interview: participant 7“I check email in bed, then can’t switch off.”Note · Sep 3
  • Field notes, week 2Most participants charge their phones next to the bed.Voice note · Sep 8
  • Literature review: sleep and recallEvening screen time comes up again and again.Page · Sep 10

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For product people

Know what was decided, and why.

Decisions get made in meetings, threads, and docs, then scatter. Ask “What did we decide?” and get the answer with the meeting it came from.

  1. 01 CaptureBring in Slack channels, meeting transcripts, and your own notes.
  2. 02 UnderstandAsk ChatMind in plain English. Every answer shows its sources.
  3. 03 ActTurn the decision into tasks. Agents can help, but they act only with your approval.
Features:ChatMindSlack AIAgent Studio
ChatMind
What did we decide about the onboarding checklist?

We're cutting it to three steps and moving the sample project to day one. Alex owns the change, due Sep 26.1,2

Sources (2)
  1. 1 Design review · Zoom · Sep 12
  2. 2 #onboarding · Slack

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For writers

Ideas that don’t vanish.

Good lines show up on a walk or in the shower. Say them, snap them, or type them, and they land with the right project, ready when you sit down to write.

  1. 01 CaptureRecord a voice note on iPhone, or use the global shortcut on desktop from any app.
  2. 02 OrganizeEach idea is transcribed, tagged, and filed with the right project.
  3. 03 UnderstandWhen you start a draft, ask for everything you’ve saved on the topic, with sources.
Features:CaptureVoice workflowsInbox
Voice note · 0:42
“Idea for the fall essay: open with the train story, not the statistics.”
Saved as a memory in Fall essay series and tagged Draft ideas.
VoiceDraft ideas

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