Fast capture.
Structured recall.

Notion is powerful but heavy — you don't open it to capture a fleeting thought. The friction is real: finding the right page, the right database, the right template. By the time you're set up, the thought is half-gone.

Slack is fast but lossy. That competitive insight from the analyst briefing disappears in the scroll within hours. Apple Notes has no structure — you can find it if you remember to look, and you won't remember to look.

SoY Notes is structured enough to be findable, light enough to use in the moment, and connected to everything else you know. You write it once in Claude's chat. The system handles the rest.

You write notes the same way you write everything else in SoY — in Claude's chat. Add hashtags if you want manual categories. Skip them if you don't. The system finds the connections either way.

When you write a note mentioning a contact or project by name, SoY links it automatically. You didn't tag them. The system made the connection from the text.

A note about a competitor's pricing surfaces in the entity page for every contact you've discussed that competitor with. A note about an industry regulation appears in the context brief for every client in that industry. The connections aren't manual — they're derived.

This is the difference between a notes app and a knowledge layer. Notes live inside SoY, not alongside it.

Add #tags to create manual categories. No predefined structure, no required fields, no taxonomy you have to conform to. Whatever system makes sense to you is the right system.

Search by tag at any time. Combine tags to narrow results. The system learns which tags you use most and surfaces them when you start typing.

Some people use a tight taxonomy with 6 tags and use them consistently. Others tag loosely and rely on search. Both work. SoY doesn't impose a structure — it enhances whichever one you choose.

Pin a note to make it surface in relevant views. Pinned notes don't get buried — they float to the top of any context they belong in.

Pinning is the difference between a note you wrote and a note you use.

In most tools, a note is attached to something else. Attached to a contact. Attached to a project. Attached to a meeting. It lives inside another object and shares its context, nothing more.

In SoY, notes have their own connections. A note about an industry trend links to every client who operates in that industry. A note about a competitor links to every contact at a company competing with them. A note about a pricing insight links to every active deal where pricing has come up.

The connections aren't manual. They're derived from what you wrote — and they expand over time as you add more data to the system.

Written in thirty seconds. Connected to 3 contacts and 2 projects automatically.