# Discover ideas from topics and sources

> Review a small batch of discoveries with your external assistant and keep only the useful ones.

Canonical: https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ideas-discover

## Before you begin

A connected assistant with research tools and full OwnPost access.

## Steps

1. Open Ideas → Find ideas. Enter topics, select News, Blogs and articles, or Social posts, and optionally name publications or creators.

2. Preview or copy the discovery request and run it in your connected assistant. The request stays bound to the selected account.

3. Review candidates with source links, known dates, excerpts and suggested angles. Missing dates and popularity evidence stay unknown.

4. Choose which candidates to save. Your assistant saves only those sources into Ideas, where you can organize them, write from them and track reuse.

## Example request

Choose topics and sources in Find ideas, then run the request with your connected assistant. Review five candidates with source links, dates, excerpts and angles. Select the useful ones to save; unselected candidates stay out of Ideas.

```
Find five ideas about practical developer workflows from blogs and news. Show the source, date when known, a useful excerpt and an angle. Wait for my selection before saving.
```

## Check the result

Only chosen discoveries enter the Ideas library with their source context.

## Troubleshooting

Copying a request does not run research. Ask the external assistant to run it. Discovery is on demand; recurring and fully in-app discovery are later extensions.

## Keep going

[Save and edit ideas or source material](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ideas-save)

[Inspire or adapt posts from your ideas](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/ideas-request)

[Connect your assistant](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/connect-ai)

## Related

- [Previous: Turn an idea into a draft](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/idea-drafts)
- [Next: Blogs & articles](https://ownpost.fyi/docs/guides/blogs)