Your second brain, wired

Notes that link themselves.

Understory links every capture to what you already know, so resurfacing an idea takes seconds.

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Built for how memory actually works.

Associations first, hierarchies later. Each feature strengthens the web between your notes.

Backlinks build themselves

Mention a note anywhere and every reference updates in place. No manual cross-referencing.

Attention as a budget

Linked mentions

  • Deep work rituals
  • Reading queue 2026
  • Team offsite prep
A desk covered in open notebooks and index cards

Your library, searchable

Capture in half a second

A global quick-capture window files thoughts under today’s note before the idea cools.

Local-first, yours forever

Plain files on your disk. Sync is optional, export is instant, lock-in is zero.

One keystroke away

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“I stopped filing notes and started finding them. The graph surfaced connections across papers I had read years apart.”
Maren Vogel|Research lead, Meridian Labs

A loop you close daily.

Capture
Clip quotes, jot voice memos, forward emails. Everything lands in one inbox note dated today.
Connect
While writing, type two brackets and link to any past note. Understory suggests related ones inline.
Compose
Pull linked notes into essays and briefs. Your first draft assembles itself from what you already wrote.

Give every future idea a place to land.

Free for your personal vault. Import from Notion, Obsidian or Evernote in minutes.

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