> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.notis.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Note Taking
> Dump ideas by voice notes and Notis turns them into formatted and organized notes in Notion. Challenge your thinking with devil's advocate mode.
## Quick start: speak these
> *Send a voice note with your ideas.*
> *Can you organize this into a coherent summary?*
> *Can you challenge this idea? Please play devil's advocate.*
> *Share a photo or a document and ask Notis to save it along with your notes*
Notis captures your stream of consciousness and turns it into structured, organized notes.
## Note taking workflow
### 1. Capture your thoughts
Send a voice note with your ideas — no structure needed:
> *I've been thinking about the future of AI in education... personalized learning paths... teachers as facilitators rather than lecturers...*
Notis transcribes and understands the context.
### 2. Organize into coherent notes
Ask Notis to structure your thoughts:
> *Can you organize this into a coherent summary?*
> *Turn this into a structured document.*
> *Save this to my notes database.*
Notis will:
* Extract key themes
* Create logical structure
* Save to your Notion database with a link
### 3. Challenge your thinking
Use devil's advocate mode for deeper analysis:
> *Can you challenge this idea? Please play devil's advocate.*
> *What are the counterarguments to this?*
> *Poke holes in my reasoning.*
Notis compiles a document that challenges your assumptions and presents alternative viewpoints.
### 4. Organize
Simply tell Notis how to organize your note:
> *Associate this with my work area.*
> *Associate this with new help center project.*
## Set up your Notes database in Notion
The Notis Second Brain already contains a [Notes database](/get-started/notion) set up for you.
You can easily make a Notes database or customize the one that comes with the template. Just make sure it has a title property and Notis will understand it should be used for note taking.
If you want Notis to save your original transcript, include a media property and add a description to the property like “*Add here the audio and txt transcript whenever available.*”
## Recommended Integrations
| Integration | What it enables | Examples |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------ |
| **Notes Database** | Store and organize your notes | Notion |
| **CRM** | Store your notes directly inside your CRM. | Hubspot, Pipedrive, Salesforce |
## Automations
### Weekly Notes Digest (Patterns + Top of Mind)
Use this automation to generate a short, highly digestible recap of everything you captured during the week. It highlights **recurring patterns**, brings important ideas back **top of mind**, and surfaces **open loops**.
1. In the Notis portal, open the **Automations** tab and create a new scheduled automation.
2. Set the schedule to: **Every Friday at 5:00 PM**.
3. Paste and adapt this instruction:
```
# Goal
Create a short, highly digestible end-of-week digest of all my notes from the last 7 days.
The digest must surface
- Patterns and recurring themes
- Key insights worth keeping top of mind
- Decisions and commitments
- Open loops (questions, follow-ups, revisit later)
Input scope
- Include all notes created or updated in the last 7 days.
- If possible, prioritize notes that look important (longer notes, notes with action items, decisions, or repeated topics).
# Output format (follow exactly)
### 1) TL;DR (60 seconds)
- 5 bullets max.
- Each bullet must be specific and easy to remember.
### 2) This week’s patterns
List 3–7 patterns. For each pattern, include:
- Pattern name (short, punchy)
- What I kept circling back to (1–2 sentences)
- Evidence: reference the specific notes behind it (titles + links)
### 3) Key insights worth keeping top of mind
- 5–10 bullets.
- Each bullet must include why it matters.
### 4) Decisions and commitments I made
- Decision or commitment
- Date (if known)
- Note reference (title + link)
### 5) Open loops
- Questions I left unanswered
- Follow-ups I promised
- Ideas I said I would revisit
Each item must include the related note link.
### 6) Next week’s focus (suggested)
- 3 concrete focus items
- Each with a short rationale tied back to this week’s notes.
# Tone
- Write like a clear, sharp personal operating report.
- No fluff. No generic advice.
- Prefer short bullets and short paragraphs.
# Delivery
- Save the digest into my Notes system as a new entry titled: Weekly Notes Digest — YYYY-MM-DD
- Also send me the TL;DR + “This week’s patterns” section in the chat output.
```
## Pro tips
* **Stream of consciousness**: Don't worry about structure — that's Notis's job.
* **Multiple voice notes**: Send several related notes, then ask Notis to combine them.
* **Devil's advocate**: Use this for important decisions to stress-test your thinking.
* **Add instructions**: Simply add all your instructions to Notis in the same voice note such as “*decompose this into tasks*”, “*draft a new technical specs requirements based on this*”, “*create a voice note summary I can share*”.