facilide | ideation labRun innovation clinics that end in action — not a pile of sticky notes.
Facilide is built for the person running the room. Capture notes and whiteboard photos live as the conversation happens, then let AI distill, pressure-test, and organize everything into clean notes your team owns — saved automatically to your private GitHub.
From kickoff to stakeholder-ready summary
Nine guided stages keep your session on track — and make sure nothing gets lost between the whiteboard and the follow-up email.
Record what participants say without filtering it too early. Type raw notes or upload whiteboard photos; photo text is transcribed and saved with the original session material.
You're in the driver's seat
No participant logins, no apps for the room to install. Everyone stays in the conversation while you capture it all from one screen.
Your notes, your ownership
Every session saves as plain, portable files in a private GitHub space your team controls. No database, no lock-in, no export step — your ideas are yours from the moment they're captured.
Clean, consistent notes, every time
Every idea lands in the same tidy structure, so your archive stays organized and searchable long after the session ends. Works beautifully with Obsidian and other plain-text tools.
An AI that keeps pace with the room
Quick help in the moment. Deep thinking between blocks.
In the moment
- Announces each stage transition, so the room always knows where you are
- Watches the clock and nudges you when a block runs long
- Turns whiteboard photos into text the moment you snap them
- Flags anything that needs fixing, in plain language, before it's saved
Between blocks
- Distill — merges duplicate mentions into single, clear idea notes
- Provoke — plays devil's advocate: challenges your biggest assumptions and stress-tests your strongest ideas
- Synthesize — clusters ideas into strategic themes and recommendations
- You approve everything — review each suggestion before it becomes part of the record
Use it your way
In your browser
Ideal for facilitators. Nothing to install.
- Sign in with GitHub and connect in a couple of clicks
- Snap whiteboard photos straight from your phone
- Notes save to your private GitHub automatically
On your own machine
Ideal for developers and Obsidian power users.
- Runs locally alongside VS Code and Claude Code
- Full access to your local files and terminal
- Phone capture works over your local network