MindForum

A shared AI workspace for small-group brainstorming. Create a room, share the link, upload documents, and chat together with an AI collaborator that only speaks when mentioned with @ai.

2–6 Participants per Room
@ai Mention to Invoke
SSE Live Streaming

How It Works

Built around a simple idea: the AI is a teammate, not a moderator

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Link-Gated Rooms

  • Create a room in one click
  • Share the link with collaborators
  • Join with name + email—no verification
  • The link itself is the access control
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Silent-by-Default AI

  • Humans talk to each other first
  • AI only responds when mentioned with @ai
  • Has access to recent chat history
  • Pulls in any selected document context
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Document Context

  • Upload PDF, DOCX, TXT, or MD
  • Parsed server-side on upload
  • Extracted text cached in memory
  • Check a file to feed it to the AI
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One-Click Brief

  • Turn a conversation into a structured brief
  • Themes, outline, risks, next steps
  • Collaborator list auto-generated
  • Posted back to the thread for everyone

Why Group AI Brainstorming Is Hard

Most AI chat is one-on-one. MindForum rethinks the pattern for teams.

Human First, AI Second

When the AI speaks on every message, it dominates the conversation and people stop talking to each other. The @ai mention pattern puts humans back at the center—the AI only joins when it’s actually wanted.

Shared Context

Everyone in the room sees the same AI responses and the same uploaded documents. No one has to copy-paste or re-summarize for teammates—the conversation and its context are collective.

From Chat to Artifact

Good brainstorms produce something. MindForum’s project brief turns a messy conversation into a structured document that the group can take forward, without anyone having to be the scribe.

Stack

Small, fast, and deployable to a single VPS

Next.js 15 React 19 TypeScript Server-Sent Events OpenAI API In-Memory Store