Studying usually means juggling a dozen tabs, scattered notes, and half-remembered links.
You find something useful in a research paper, another insight in a YouTube lecture, a good quote in a PDF - and somehow, it all ends up lost or forgotten. Buried in Google Drive, or worse, nowhere at all. Sounds familiar?
That's where Cluing helps.
The Student Loop
A simple workflow that takes you from scattered sources to a finished essay — without losing anything along the way.
Save → Understand → Test yourself → Find gaps → Write
Save highlights from any source as you read, with your own notes attached
Understand by asking AI Chat to explain, summarize, or break down what you've saved
Test yourself by asking AI to generate a quiz based on your own material
Find gaps by asking what's missing or underrepresented in your research
Write directly in Canvas, with your Topics as context
Each step builds on the last. And because everything stays connected to its original source, nothing gets lost between them.
Save What Matters, When It Matters
With Cluing, you can save key ideas from any source - academic articles, PDFs, YouTube videos, forums - with just one click.
Each highlight (we call it a snippet) stays linked to the original source and comes with your own notes, comments, tags, or reminders.
You can save key insights from any source:
Textbooks (PDF or web)
Lecture videos (YouTube)
Online articles and blogs
Discussion forums like Reddit, X, or LinkedIn
Every snippet you save includes:
What you found - the exact sentence or quote you saved
Why it matters - your comment, question, or thought right next to it
Where it came from - every snippet is linked to the original source
A structure that actually fits the way you study
Cluing lets you organize everything into layers of structure:
Snippets - The highlights you save from any source
Hashtags - Tag snippets by subject or theme (e.g. #cellstructure, #frenchrevolution)
Topics - Group snippets that belong to the same concept (e.g. “Photosynthesis,” “World War II sources”)
Clusters - Bigger buckets for your study goals (e.g. “Biology Final Prep,” “History Essay Research,” “Group Project – Climate Change”)
So instead of bouncing between folders and files, you’ve got everything in one place - connected, searchable, and easy to review.
Upload Your Course Materials
Got lecture slides, assigned readings, or research papers as PDFs? Upload them directly into AI Chat and start asking questions, without reading the whole thing first.
"What is the central argument of this paper?"
"Summarize the methodology and findings"
"What are the limitations the authors acknowledge?"
Save the most relevant AI-extracted points back as Snippets into your Topic - sitting right next to everything else you've collected, properly sourced.
Study with AI Chat That Knows What You've Been Reading
Once your Topic has enough snippets, open AI Chat and mention it.
This is where context does the real work. AI Chat doesn't give you generic textbook summaries. It works with your notes, your highlights, and the comments you've added as you saved. The richer your snippets, the sharper the answers.
Use it to actually study, not just search:
Test yourself:
"Generate a 10-question quiz based on everything in @BiologyFinalPrep"
"Ask me five difficult questions about the material in @HistoryEssay and tell me if my answers are correct"
Find gaps:
"Based on what I've saved in @MicroeconomicsNotes, what topics am I missing or haven't covered enough?"
"Are there any contradictions between the sources in @TheoryOfFirm?"
Make connections:
"What do you see connecting @TheoryOfFirm and @MarketStructures?"
"What are the main counterarguments to the thesis I'm developing in @HistoryEssay?"
The quiz prompts are especially useful before an exam. Instead of rereading everything, you let AI test you on your own material and surface exactly where the gaps are.
Write Essays and Papers in Canvas
When it's time to write, open Canvas from AI Chat. With your Topics in context, ask AI to help structure your thinking:
"Draft an outline for a 2000-word essay on market failures, using my @MicroeconomicsNotes"
"Write an introduction based on the argument I've built in @HistoryEssay"
"Suggest a structure for my literature review based on the papers I've saved"
Canvas opens with a draft ready to edit - rewrite in your own voice, restructure sections, add citations - without switching between apps.
Learning is social - so is Cluing
Forget sending emails overloaded with links and "check this when you can" messages.
Share your work with anyone using a Clu.ing link. Classmates or tutors can reply directly in context, without juggling tabs.
@mention collaborators in a comment and they'll get notified via email or Slack
You stay in full control of what you share - View, Comment, or Edit access for each person.
Ready whenever you need it
When it's time to write an essay, prepare a study guide, or work on a group project, export your research in whatever format fits:
Export entire Topics - including all comments - as an exact duplicate, even into a different workspace.
Copy all snippets and paste straight into Google Docs, Word, Notion, or any editor.
Download as CSV to open in Google Sheets or Excel.
Save as PDF or print - perfect for offline review or sharing.
Drag and drop snippets directly into Gmail, Notion, or Google Docs without extra formatting.
No more chaos. Just clarity.
Most students collect plenty of information. What's missing is a system that connects it, tests it, and turns it into something they can actually use. That's the loop Cluing closes - from the first insight to the finished essay, with nothing lost along the way.
Students, researchers, and academics can get 30% off Cluing plans. Reach out to us at [email protected] and we'll help you apply the discount.