Brainstorming with Hero Lens

What is Hero Lens?

Hero Lens is an AI brainstorming technique. You select a hero from your Hero Map, and Private Language generates 3 to 5 ideas for how that hero might approach your BIG need. The ideas draw on the hero's domain, qualities, and the relationship you described.

It's not asking "what would Feynman do?" as a thought experiment. It's using everything you wrote about that hero — their specific qualities, their domain, why they matter to your challenge — to generate ideas that are grounded in your own thinking.

How to use it

1. Go to your personal project and click the Brainstorm tab.
2. Select a hero from the dropdown. You'll see their name and domain.
3. Click "Generate Ideas from [Hero]'s Perspective."
4. Wait a few seconds. The AI generates 3 to 5 idea cards.
5. Read through the cards. Click "Save to Project" on any idea that sparks something for you.

Saved ideas appear in the Saved Ideas section below, grouped by hero.

What makes it different from ChatGPT

If you paste your BIG need into ChatGPT, you'll get generic suggestions. Hero Lens is different because it knows two things ChatGPT doesn't:

• Your specific heroes — their domains, qualities, and why they matter to you
• Your BIG need — the exact challenge you described during onboarding

The more detail you put into your Hero Map entries — especially the "Relationship to your BIG Need" field — the more specific and useful the generated ideas become.

Working across heroes

Run Hero Lens with different heroes and compare the results. You'll often notice patterns: certain heroes produce similar angles, which tells you something about your thinking. Other heroes generate ideas that surprise you — those surprises are often the most productive.

No heroes yet?

If you haven't built your Hero Map, a fallback mode lets you describe a person inline — their name, domain, and qualities. But the experience is significantly richer with a populated Hero Map, because the AI has more context to work with.

Build your Hero Map first if you haven't already.

A note on framing

Ideas are labeled "inspired by [Hero]", not "what [Hero] would say." This is AI-assisted perspective-taking, not a claim about what your hero actually thinks. The ideas are starting points — raw material for you to develop, combine, or discard.