How to use Pindown
Use chat to create and update pins—typed blocks you can share and reshape. Formats like Pages and Pitch come later, built from pins.
Pindown starts with pins—small, typed blocks of information: a chart, table, checklist, brief, stat card, image, timeline, and more. You describe what you need; chat creates the right pin. You update it in place, share it alone, or combine pins later into bigger surfaces.
Talk to Pindown
Work through chat. Say what you want as an outcome—Pindown picks the pin type.
From /home — start fresh:
- "Create KPI stat cards for MRR, active workspaces, and churn."
- "Build a checklist for launch risks."
- "Summarize this week's status as a markdown brief."
From any pin or workspace view — chat knows your context:
- "Update the revenue number to …"
- "Add a row to the comparison table."
- "Turn these notes into stat cards."
You don't have to name pin types perfectly—describe what you need and Pindown creates the fitting pins. Browse every type in the June 2026 pin catalog.
Create pins
Ask for structured pieces, not a wall of chat text:
- "Three stat cards: MRR, active workspaces, logo churn."
- "A decision matrix for build vs buy."
- "A markdown brief with green/yellow/red status."
Each pin is its own object—update one without rewriting the rest.
Transform a pin
Already have a pin? Ask chat to reshape it—same data, tighter format.
"Turn these KPI notes into stat cards."
Before — markdown notes:
Standup notes — Q2 metrics
Pulled from this week's sync. Finance confirmed the numbers this morning.
- MRR is about $128K, up ~12.4% vs last month
- Active workspaces at 842, roughly +6% WoW
- Logo churn landed at 2.1%, down from 2.5% last month
Need to drop these into something scannable for the status page.
After — stat cards:
The original pin can stay in your workspace. Chat adds the new pin beside it—or replaces it if you ask.
Why pins beat copy-paste
Normal AI chat gives you text and then you're on your own. In Pindown the result is a real pin in your workspace—live, typed, shareable. Update it in chat or by hand. Share a single pin when that's all someone needs.
From pins to formats
Pins are the building blocks. When you want to arrange them for an audience, Pindown has formats—all built from pins you already have:
- Page — pins in a readable document
- Showcase — swipeable, slide-like highlights
- Pitch — detailed tabbed decks for live meetings
- Pinboard — a grid for review and monitoring
- Project — organise pins, formats, and chat in one workspace
- Canvas — spatial layout for brainstorming
Ask chat to create a format from your pins—or start from /home and let it build pins and the container together.
Read more
- Every pin type — June 2026 — full catalog with live examples
- Pin formats — what each pin type is for
- Pindown Quickstart — formats overview + video
- What is Pindown? — the bigger picture
- Thinking in pins — how to phrase what you want
- Why Pindown saves time — chat → asset, not copy-paste