Saving & exporting research

Saving as you research

As you search complaints, read pain points, or browse opportunities, save the ones worth keeping. Saving builds a personal shortlist you can return to instead of re-running the same searches.

Exporting your research

1. 1

   Open the view you want to export

   Go to the complaints, pain points, or SaaS opportunities view containing the data you want.

2. 2

   Select or filter

   Narrow to the items you care about, or select the ones you have saved, so the export contains only what is useful.

3. 3

   Choose a format

   Export in the format that fits your next step - a spreadsheet for analysis, or a structured file to feed into your own tools.

4. 4

   Use it downstream

   Bring the export into your planning, a build journey, or an AI workflow.

Choosing export vs MCP

Both routes move BigIdeasDB data into your own workflow; they suit different jobs. A file export is a snapshot - the right choice for a spreadsheet analysis, a shareable deliverable, or a one-time hand-off. The MCP server is a live connection - the right choice when you want your AI client to pull fresh data on demand as you research and write.

• Export a file when you need a fixed snapshot for analysis or a deliverable.
• Use the MCP when you want your AI client to query live data as you work.
• Both keep the data attributed to real source rows, so nothing you carry out is fabricated.

Privacy

Privacy applies end to end. Your saved shortlists, your Reddit pipelines, your exports, and your BuildGuide and BuildHub work are all scoped to your account. What you choose to research is never surfaced to other users or used to populate anyone else's view.