---
title: Ideas
description: Ideas are collaborative documents for brainstorming content.
url: https://storyblok.com/docs/manuals/ideas
---

# Ideas

An idea is an internal document where your team can brainstorm, edit, and comment in real time.

> [!WARNING]
> The Ideation Room is part of Storyblok Labs and is still in the beta stage. Enable it as shown in [Labs](/docs/manuals/labs).

Ideas live in the **Ideation Room**, which is part of [Storyblok Labs](/docs/manuals/labs). From **Labs** → **Ideation Room**, you can access existing ideas and create new ones.

[![Storyblok interface shows the Ideas section with a draft titled "New Exciting Content for My Project" marked as a favorite.](https://a.storyblok.com/f/212319/4320x2520/0677b0c9fb/ideas-dashboard.png/m/720x0/)](https://a.storyblok.com/f/212319/4320x2520/0677b0c9fb/ideas-dashboard.png)

The ideas list

## Edit

To create a new idea, click + **New Idea**. A blank idea will open in the Ideation Room.

A new idea in the Ideation Room

Replace **Untitled** with your title.

The main toolbar includes all formatting options and AI tools.

The forward slash key (`/`) reveals a menu with all available commands. To view quick commands, type a forward slash (`/`).

To view formatting options and AI tools, select some text.

[![A blank document with a dropdown menu showing text formatting commands, like headings, paragraph, and a prompt AI tool suggestion.](https://a.storyblok.com/f/212319/4320x2520/41142b2ebd/writing-menu.png/m/720x0/)](https://a.storyblok.com/f/212319/4320x2520/41142b2ebd/writing-menu.png)

The command menu

Click the **Overview** icon to open the side menu. Enter the name of the idea and a short description, set the status, assign an idea to a user, link stories, and add tags.

[![The sidebar options include fields for idea name, description, status, assignment, and tags.](https://a.storyblok.com/f/212319/4320x2520/4ca992570a/sidepanel.png/m/720x0/)](https://a.storyblok.com/f/212319/4320x2520/4ca992570a/sidepanel.png)

Overview in the Ideation Room

By default, ideas are private. To share an idea with colleagues or link an idea to a story, click **Share** and change the visibility to **Public**.

## Connect

Want to connect ideas for your brainstorm? In the **Links** pane, you can collect related stories and external links. When you connect a story to an idea, a backlink will appear in the **Idea** pane of the linked story, allowing writers to copy-paste text from the original idea into the linked story.

Connect Ideas with stories

To create a new idea from a story, click **New Idea** in the **Idea** pane, which will send you to the ideas list. Select an idea or create a new one, then open the **Links** pane in the idea and connect it to the original story.

## Comments

To add a new comment, select any text and click the new comment icon.

Selected text in the Ideation Room

The commented text will appear with a yellow highlight. Reveal the **Comments** pane by clicking any comment or the comments icon.

Hover over a comment in the comments pane to mark a comment as read, unread, resolved, or open. Resolved comments drop to the bottom of the comments pane.

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