One Windows workspace for research, AI chat, notes, automation, and notebook analysis — with cloud AI when you want it, and local AI when you need privacy.
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Most people juggle 6–8 tools: a browser, a chat app, a notes app, a file manager, a prompt doc, an automation tool, and Jupyter.
Cygnal puts them side-by-side in one calm Windows workspace, so you can:
- Browse across up to 4 browser lanes without losing tabs
- Think & write with chat + one-click text improvement + reusable prompts
- Organize notes, files, and knowledge folders in one place
- Execute repeatable work with agents and batch workflows
- Analyze data in notebooks with guided AI help
You don't need to learn 100 features. Start with one lane + one chat. Add automation when you're ready.
Useful when: comparing sources, drafting from research, keeping chat + docs visible together.
- Up to 4 live browser lanes with single / dual / triple / quad layouts
- Flexible split views — research left, writing right
- Lane-to-lane relay — move readable content between lanes in one click
- One-click readable capture (Grab) into Notes
- Full history + download manager built into the workspace
- Session layouts — save and restore your window arrangement
- Smart hibernation — idle lanes sleep to keep Windows fast
- Navigation shortcuts + recovery if a page stalls
- You get: less tab chaos, faster compare-and-copy, no lost context.
Useful when: drafting, summarizing, brainstorming, translating, explaining.
- Cygnal Chat with history, file attachments, and image understanding
- Direct Chat + Ollama chat for fully local conversations
- Temporary chat for throwaway questions (nothing saved)
- Chat sessions you can rename, reopen, and continue
- Rich answers: tables, code blocks, math equations, diagrams (Mermaid), artifact previews (HTML/CSS/JS)
- Copy broker, preview box, and export options for moving answers into notes/docs
- Offload long chats to keep the app snappy
- You get: a writing partner that remembers context and hands you clean output.
Useful when: building a knowledge base, writing reports, saving what works.
- Rich Markdown notes with tables, checklists, and equations
- Markdown editor with live preview + full-screen focus
- Notes organized by project → folder → note
- Export notes to Markdown / HTML / Word / PDF for sharing
- Note asset compression + image resize / crop / optimize built in
- Prompt Library with 100s of starter prompts + proven methodologies:
- Prompt engineering (generator, few-shot, role/persona, constraints)
- Strategy (SWOT), Marketing (AIDA), Productivity (Pomodoro), Storytelling (HALO)
- Prompt variables + text expansion — type short, expand to full instruction
Useful when: repeating the same research, formatting, or data task over and over.
- Reusable agents for common tasks
- Batch workflows across lanes and files
- Run repeatable jobs while you keep working
- You get: your time back from repetitive work.
Useful when: exploring data, building charts, running stats.
- Notebooks with guided AI assistance
- Charts and tables rendered inline
- You get: analysis without fighting tooling.
Useful when: keeping research, notes, and assets in one place.
- Project → folder → note hierarchy
- Knowledge folders with semantic search
- You get: everything findable in seconds.
Researchers who compare many sources; writers who draft from research; analysts who want guided notebooks; power users who want one calm workspace instead of six apps.
- Install from Releases → open B1 lane + Chat side by side.
- Grab a page into Notes.
- Refine it with Chat.
- Save your prompt for next time.
Installers are published through GitHub Releases on this repository when ready. This repo itself is not an installation package and contains no application source code.
Use Issues for reproducible bugs + feature requests. Include Cygnal version + Windows version + steps to reproduce.
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