ThoughtDAG
An editable context graph for LLM conversations
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HN · launched Aug 15, 2026 · 136 upvotes (top 5%) · 0 views
Niche: prompt engineering and management tools · 173 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -19% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes It is an interactive DAG visualization workspace for LLM context, which can be implemented using standard web technologies like React Flow or D3 and an LLM API wrapper.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: ThoughtDAG (visual node-based context selection), obsidian-canvas-context (Obsidian plugin), bushchat (browser-based similar tool), Neo4j with Cypher queries
Concerns raised: Lack of bidirectional integration with coding agents, Doesn't integrate into existing agent workflows, Happens in different space than where agents run, Manual Cypher query writing for context control, Bug with deleting highlights causing root node loss
Feature requests: Integration with Claude Code or Codex for broader adoption, Integration with Pi or other commonly-used tools, Automatic tree rebuilding when source nodes are modified, Better workflow integration for AI agents, Clearer delete/undo functionality for nodes and highlights
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1448 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #64 of 1449 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 289 days after the earliest competitor.
- LLM Thought Visualization · hn · 2026-07-06 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- taskcut · github · 2026-09-22 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- A tool to properly observe your LLM's context window · hn · 2025-10-30 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- claude-super-sidebar · github · 2026-10-20 · 155 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Tokensift, an open-sourced token-efficiency linter for LLM prompts · hn · 2026-08-29 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- animaflux · github · 2026-09-12 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- CTON: JSON-compatible, token-efficient text format for LLM prompts · hn · 2025-11-20 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- awesome-reasoning-generalization · github · 2026-09-10 · 143 upvotes · similarity 0.54
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