# AI with DevonThink - Is anyone Integrating it Into Your DT workflows?

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**Created:** [February 3, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ai-with-devonthink-is-anyone-integrating-it-into-your-dt-workflows/78540 "2024-02-03T09:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![docrameous](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@docrameous](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/docrameous)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ai-with-devonthink-is-anyone-integrating-it-into-your-dt-workflows/78540/1 "2024-02-03T09:44:16Z")

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OK, I know AI is a fad. However, reading blogs, listening to some podcasts and experimenting, it is finding a place in my workflows.

Currently, I am mostly using ChatGPT and Perplexity.

In my MarkDown writing platform Obsidian, I am using a plugin called Connections. I am finding it extremely useful and a good launching pad.

For example, I asked it today ‘Based on my Notes from this last week, what were my main focal points?’ Now obviously this is only as good as my notes are, but it confirmed some of my self evaluation of the week. It also highlighted a couple of potential blind spots or biases. Then I asked it, based on my notes, what should be my top three priorities for next week? Also, based on my notes, where are some additional resources for researching social impact enterprise strategies. Etc. You get the idea.

So my question is, is anyone bringing this kind of work in an integrated way with DevonThink? Personally, I see this as another great tool. Where Google is good for finding links, I think AI can help us query and find information in a more focused way.

It is not the utopia to thinking… but I think like a GPS is great as a navigating and drivers aid, it will clearly be an outstanding research tool. Kind of like ‘Ask Jeeves’ of years ago coming of age.

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**Author:** ![chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/chrillek/32/29340_2.png) [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ai-with-devonthink-is-anyone-integrating-it-into-your-dt-workflows/78540/2 "2024-02-03T10:37:44Z")

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There has been a lengthy thread on this topic some time ago here. Did you see that?

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**Author:** ![docrameous](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@docrameous](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/docrameous)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ai-with-devonthink-is-anyone-integrating-it-into-your-dt-workflows/78540/3 "2024-02-03T10:46:30Z")

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No, I searched for it… digging again now.

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**Author:** ![chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/chrillek/32/29340_2.png) [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ai-with-devonthink-is-anyone-integrating-it-into-your-dt-workflows/78540/4 "2024-02-03T11:17:10Z")

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Perhaps searching for GPT works better

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**Author:** ![docrameous](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@docrameous](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/docrameous)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/ai-with-devonthink-is-anyone-integrating-it-into-your-dt-workflows/78540/5 "2024-02-03T12:18:32Z")

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Ok, I found it.

> [@A Proposal for the Integration of DEVONthink and ChatGPT API](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/a-proposal-for-the-integration-of-devonthink-and-chatgpt-api/74907):
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> With the release of [ChatGPT API](https://openai.com/blog/introducing-chatgpt-and-whisper-apis), plenty of work can be assisted with AI, including file management in DEVONthink, of course. I have come up with a GPT-based workflow for academic research. Currently, ChatGPT has the excellent language capabilities, including natural language understanding and writing. However, what it lacks is the ability to observe and infer. So it would be great if I, as a researcher, can feed ChatGPT with a lot of specific materials which are saved in DEVONthink database, an…

Sorry to open another thread.

I suggest that in the toolbox it has some very interesting use cases. Will it think for me? No. Will it highlight things I had not considered or provoke new lines of enquiry? So far I have found this to be the case. Could it help me find additional source materials to consider. Yes, particularly Perplexity.

Some of this is not new. What Arc Browser just announced reminds me a lot of DevonAgent. In many ways Devontechnologies has always been ahead of its time.