SourceShelfPrivate AI workflow example

Your research. Your trip. Your choice of AI.

Plan your next trip with your own private AI travel assistant

Collect travel guides, hotel information, transportation details, and personal notes into SourceShelf. Then explore your research with AI while keeping your information private.

  • Local processing
  • Focused knowledge packs
  • Read-only AI access
Mount Fuji reflected in a calm lake, used in the Japan Adventure 2027 demo research
Japan Adventure 202710 selected sources · private pack
Tokyo skyline from the Japan Adventure 2027 demo
1-minute workflow YouTube

The research problem

Travel research is scattered everywhere

Planning a trip usually means collecting useful details from many places, then trying to remember which tab, download, or note contained the answer.

  • Blog articles
  • Hotel websites
  • PDFs
  • Restaurant recommendations
  • Personal notes
  • Itineraries
Fictional Japan Adventure 2027 travel research website
PDF · 5 pages Japan Adventure 2027 traveler budget notebook
PERSONAL NOTE Trip preferences
  • Culture first
  • Public transit
  • One meaningful ryokan stay
  • Keep the pace manageable

One focused workflow

Turn scattered research into an AI-ready knowledge pack

SourceShelf turns research gathering into a deliberate sequence: collect what matters, group it for the trip, then let a compatible AI app work from that selected context.

  1. SourceShelf Safari extension capturing a fictional Japan travel page as local Markdown

    Capture

    Save useful travel resources from Safari, documents, and notes.

  2. SourceShelf pack named Japan Adventure 2027 containing ordered travel sources

    Organize

    Bring related information together into a focused SourceShelf pack.

  3. SourceShelf Local AI Access showing a current read-only snapshot of the Japan Adventure 2027 pack

    Ask

    Use AI to explore your own research.

The demonstration pack

Example: Japan Adventure 2027

For this demonstration, SourceShelf was used to collect a fictional Japan trip research collection including travel guides, transportation information, food recommendations, and personal preferences.

  • Travel guidesTokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Hakone
  • Transportation researchRail routes and transfer options
  • Food recommendationsSeasonal dishes and restaurant notes
  • Budget notesA practical planning notebook
  • Personal preferencesPace, priorities, and travel style

Demonstration note: The names, prices, schedules, venues, and recommendations shown here are fictional.

SourceShelf Japan Adventure 2027 pack with ten ordered travel research sources
10 sourcesOne focused, reusable travel research pack

Product evidence

Ask questions using your own sources

These are actual responses from the demonstration—not fabricated interface mockups. The compatible AI app searched the selected SourceShelf pack and answered from its travel research.

Question 01

“Create a 10-day itinerary based on my preferences”

The answer combines the trip’s pace, cultural priorities, public-transit preference, budget, and saved destination research into one coherent route.

Actual demo response · SourceShelf pack connected read-only
AI answer creating a detailed 10-day Japan itinerary from the user's SourceShelf travel pack
Question 02

“Which Tokyo neighborhood should we stay in?”

The recommendation selects Ueno after weighing the saved neighborhood guide against the travelers’ preference for culture and a balanced pace.

Actual demo response · Sources consulted through the pack
AI answer recommending Ueno as the Tokyo neighborhood that best matches the travel preferences
Question 03

“Compare our travel options”

The answer compares Tokyo neighborhoods and Kyoto versus Okinawa using the saved goals, logistics, weather tradeoffs, and fictional budget.

Actual demo response · Research synthesized across sources
AI answer comparing Tokyo neighborhoods and Kyoto versus Okinawa from the travel research pack

Start with the sources you trust

Create your own private AI travel assistant

Bring the research you already collect into one private, portable workflow—then use the compatible AI app and model you choose.

Download SourceShelf
  1. 1Install SourceShelf
  2. 2Capture your research
  3. 3Add documents and notes
  4. 4Create your knowledge pack
  5. 5Explore your information with AI