Thothful – Search Query Explorer

1 Define your topic

Phrase it as 4–6 words. Specific enough to be useful, short enough to branch.

Enter Research Topic First

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Why 4–6 words? Too broad ("cooking") gives scattered results; too long ("full AWS environment with Postgres for my first project") leads to near-duplicate phrases. Think of it as the title of a focused research session — specific enough to be actionable, but open enough for discovery. Good examples: "machine learning for medical imaging", "sustainable urban farming techniques", "React state management patterns".

3 Control breadth & volume

These settings have a big impact on the kind of phrases you get back.

Search breadth 0.5 (Balanced)

Focused Balanced Exploratory

Number of queries

per run (5–30)

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2 Refine the context

Edit, add, or remove items. These steer Thothful toward the kinds of searches you care about.

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I want to know

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The Science Behind Thothful

Thothful uses cutting-edge AI and data science to transform your research topic into a rich constellation of search queries. Here's the technology powering your exploration:

🔮 Neural Embeddings

Your topic and context terms are converted into high-dimensional vector representations using state-of-the-art transformer models. These embeddings capture deep semantic meaning—not just keywords, but concepts, relationships, and intent.

🌐 Semantic Space Navigation

We map your inputs into a semantic vector space where similar concepts cluster together. By analyzing the geometry of this space, we identify related territories worth exploring—finding connections a keyword search would miss.

🎯 Maximal Marginal Relevance

Our algorithms balance relevance with diversity using MMR (Maximal Marginal Relevance). Each generated query is both highly relevant to your topic AND meaningfully different from others—maximizing coverage while minimizing redundancy.

⚡ Real-Time Deduplication

Cosine similarity thresholds and fuzzy matching ensure you never get near-duplicate results. The system continuously compares new candidates against existing queries, keeping only those that add genuine value.

The result: a diverse, high-quality set of search queries that would take hours to brainstorm manually—generated in seconds.

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The Science Behind Thothful

🔮 Neural Embeddings

🌐 Semantic Space Navigation

🎯 Maximal Marginal Relevance

⚡ Real-Time Deduplication

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