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Saving an inspiration adds the actual media — an image or a video clip, along with its source link, title, and metadata — to your Memo library. Every inspiration shows up instantly in your dashboard and stays there, ready to be tagged, organized, discussed, or sent into Studio. The philosophy: save first, organize later. Friction at save time means a smaller library. Capture liberally, sort in batches. Memo tries to capture the original media at the best resolution the page offers. Saved clips can play in your grid; embeds and preview-only saves are identified separately.

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From the web (browser extension)

  1. Install the Memo browser extension
  2. Sign in once
  3. On any webpage, click the Memo button in your browser toolbar
  4. Memo grabs the image — along with the title, source URL, and creator info when available
  5. The inspiration appears immediately in your dashboard
Right-click an image to save that specific image instead of the page’s default. The extension auto-detects the source platform — Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube — and tags it with a small badge on the card. If your connection drops mid-save, the extension keeps the interrupted save for background retries, and the toolbar badge shows how many are still waiting. Source availability and access restrictions can still prevent a save from completing. Rejected saves show an error instead of claiming success.

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Saving a whole post

When the extension can read an Instagram or X post’s full media list, its pictures and clips appear in source order. Keep everything selected to save the post as one inspiration. Selecting a clip in the in-page panel previews its motion when the source permits playback. You can remove individual items before saving. Open the saved card to move between slides using the thumbnails, Previous/Next controls, or arrow keys. Home and End jump to the first and last slide. On touch screens, swipe a picture. Only the selected clip plays; clips start muted and respect reduced-motion preferences. Download and Send to Studio use the selected slide. Comments and collection membership belong to the whole post. Carousel animations loop without a video-player toolbar, even when you hover or click the picture. If reduced motion is enabled or autoplay is blocked, Play animation lets you start it. Keyboard users can focus Pause animation to stop it. The slide thumbnails stay available beneath the media. Cards in your library stay clean, with no labels on top. When a post did not fully arrive, the opened post tells you what is missing:
  • “2 of 4 saved” means some items are missing or only have a still preview.
  • “Preview only” means Memo has a still from a video, not the video file.
  • “Full post not verified” means the source did not expose a complete media list.
Interrupted grouped saves resume with the same post identity and uploaded files. Missing media retries up to five attempts while Chrome can run the extension; closing the browser postpones work until it starts again. Access restrictions, unavailable posts, or expired source addresses can prevent recovery. Open the original and save again when automatic recovery cannot finish. Existing still-only saves are not automatically converted into videos. Each media item counts toward the library limit, including a known missing slot reserved for retry. A post that does not fit is rejected as a whole; the extension does not silently split it into unrelated cards.

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Saving motion

For an enumerated post, clips appear alongside its pictures in the media strip. Other video captures show an Include clip toggle (on by default, with the clip’s length). Memo downloads the actual video file, stores it, and the card plays it in your grid. Instagram and X captures use the exact post’s structured media when available, including mixed image/video carousels. Pinterest video pins use their existing video resolver. Access and source changes can still prevent a file from being saved. Small stored clips play while visible; larger clips can play on hover or by pressing Play. Reduced motion disables automatic playback. YouTube and Vimeo are saved as links, not copied. Their terms do not allow copying the video file, so Memo keeps the video’s thumbnail and its address. The panel says “Saved 1 video link”, the card shows the thumbnail, and opening it plays the video inside Memo from its own site. The toolbar button on a YouTube page saves the same thing. A video saved this way cannot drive a video model, because Memo holds no file: for that, upload a file you have the right to use in the Video tool. On TikTok, the creator decides. When a creator allows downloads of their videos, Memo saves the file TikTok offers for download, and the clip plays in your grid like any other. When they have switched downloads off, Memo saves a link instead: the card shows the video’s cover, and opening it plays the video inside Memo from TikTok’s own player, as for YouTube. Some platforms stream video in a way that can’t be downloaded. When that happens, Memo saves the frame you were looking at instead and tells you honestly — “clip saved as a frame” — so you always know whether you have the motion or a still.

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Through your connected agent

There is deliberately no add button inside the app — your library fills from where you actually browse and work: the extension, and your AI agent. An agent connected through the Memo connector can save any URL for you — just paste a link into your conversation and ask it to file the inspiration:
  • A post or article — the agent saves it with its preview image, title, and description
  • An X post link — the post’s video (or full-size photo) is captured natively; the post text is the initial title while analysis runs
  • A Pinterest pin link — a video pin’s clip is captured natively; image pins are fetched at their original resolution
  • A direct image or video file — downloaded and stored in your library (videos up to 50MB, playable right in the grid)
  • A YouTube, Vimeo or TikTok link — saved with its thumbnail; the video plays inside the detail view
  • Files from your conversation — agents can upload images and video files (MP4 or MOV, up to 50MB) they’re working with and file them into collections
A saved video that holds its file can then drive a video model: see Start from a video. A YouTube or Vimeo link, or a TikTok saved as a link, cannot, because Memo plays it from the original site and holds no file. Captured files are stored in Memo. Official embeds still depend on the source remaining available. Connected-agent URL imports and automated watches do not yet enumerate full social carousels; the whole-post capture described above is an extension feature.

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What happens after you save

The card appears instantly. In the background, Memo:
  • Reads the image and gives it a short, descriptive asset name: usually 3–6 words, capped at 48 characters. Names identify the visible subject and a useful detail, such as EVEN app in hand or Blue typographic concert poster. The longer explanation belongs in the summary, so names stay useful in Studio, reference mentions and AI context.
  • For images, replaces the extension’s imported caption after analysis succeeds. A name you edit yourself is preserved, including if analysis is still running. The original imported caption is retained as source metadata.
  • Detects the social platform if applicable and shows a badge
  • Records who saved it and when
  • Stores the source URL so you can always get back to the original
You’ll see a brief shimmer placeholder for a second or two while enrichment runs, then the real content fills in. If enrichment fails, the original scraped title stays.

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The detail modal

Click any card to open a full-screen view — image on the left, detail panel on the right.

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Title and description

The top of the panel shows the enriched title and description. Both are click-to-edit for editors and admins — click, type, press Enter or click outside to save. Press Escape to cancel.

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Details tab

  • Source — a clickable card back to the original. Where the platform makes it public, Memo shows the account that posted it: name and @handle for X, TikTok, YouTube, and Vimeo, with the real profile picture for X. Everywhere else it shows the platform’s logo (or the site’s favicon).
  • Added by — contributor avatar, with a “Claim” button if the inspiration was saved without a creator
Tags are no longer part of this panel — AI enrichment makes every save searchable by content automatically, and collections are the way to group the ones you want to keep together.

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Comments tab

Switch here to talk about the reference with your workspace: what to keep, what to change, what to try. The thread travels into Studio and to your connected agent. Full story in Comments.

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Action buttons

Below the panel:
  • Open source link — new tab to the original
  • Send to Studio — creates a new Studio project pre-loaded with this inspiration
  • Save as Style Reference — creates a brand asset from the inspiration, auto-triggers analysis if missing, saves extracted colors to your Brand Kit
  • Delete — removes the inspiration (editors and admins only)
The top bar has a Download button that actually downloads the file — Memo handles the cross-origin blob fetch so you get the file, not a new browser tab.

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Deduplication

Memo deduplicates by source URL. Saving the same page twice updates the existing record instead of creating a duplicate.

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Tips

  • Install the extension on day one. The value compounds as your library grows.
  • Don’t organize as you save. Tags and collections can be added in batch later.
  • Save your own work too. The system treats uploads and web saves identically.

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Troubleshooting

The extension button is greyed out. You’re probably signed out. Click the extension icon and sign back in. My inspiration shows a broken image. The source page may have removed the image, or it’s behind authentication. Try saving again from a fresh page load. I don’t see what I just saved. Refresh the dashboard. If it still doesn’t appear, check your filters — a tag or contributor filter may be hiding it, or the search box may be narrowing the view.