monju

Hi Product Hunt community, Have you ever felt stuck in the planning phase of your project? Or maybe you've struggled to organize your ideas for hours with no progress? My name is Daisuke. I am a production engineer working in the automobile industry. Let me introduce “Multi-AI Brainstorming monju”. monju helps inspire you with AI-driven brainstorming that provides idea lists, mind maps, affinity diagrams, and evaluations of mind maps, all within just one minute. ✅ Background Brainstorming is a powerful tool for ideation where multiple people discuss and find potential solutions. Although Western countries have environments conducive to free discussion, there are challenges when implementing brainstorming in Japan, such as: - Despite the rule not to criticize comments, people still hesitate to speak up due to superiors or the mood of the room with colleagues. - It is difficult to find time due to the busyness of daily work, and gathering many people at the same time is also challenging. - Labor shortages make it difficult to secure personnel. While experimenting with large language models like GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and Grok, I found that these models respond differently to the same prompt. I wondered if these LLMs might represent team members. For these reasons, automating the entire brainstorming process might be helpful. This is the start of monju development. ✅ Possible users Anyone who wants to start project at P or C phase of PDCA cycle. Applications are not limited. Mention examples later. ✅ Features - The 3 dedicated AI models (GPT, Claude, and Gemini) list ideas in 10 seconds, as your virtual team member. - Another AI model summarizes those ideas into a mind map and affinity diagram 30 seconds after theme input. - The mind map is evaluated in “Overall,” “Good Points,” and “Areas for Improvement”. - All these processes are completed within 1 minute. - You can copy idea lists and evaluations to the clipboard with one click. - You can save the mind map and affinity diagram as a PNG image with one click. - monju is a web app accessible from PC, tablet, and smartphone. - Available in 39 languages. ✅ How to use monju? 1. Go to the page https://monju.ai 2. You only need to input a theme or topic. Define any topic, from daily life issues to business and social challenges. 3. You can also set the “number of ideas” and “degree of freedom” with the corresponding sliders. These are options to adjust output. 4. Click start, then confirm your input. 5. Click yes to proceed, then wait for generation on the result screen. ✅ Theme examples monju supports various situations such as business, entrepreneurship, career, human resource development, technology, marketing, regional or social issues, individual concerns, lifestyle improvements, creative activities, events or promotion, and policy planning. - Business: New business using collected marine plastics. - Entrepreneurship: What causes startups to fail? - Career: How can I raise my computer skills in the shortest time? - Human resource: How can I motivate employees and improve their skills? - System development: Functions required to provide an AI-assist accounting app. - Marketing: Advertising catchphrase for a new lotion that leaves your skin feeling soft. - Sales: Topics to discuss when opening new doors to customers in new areas. - Regional issue: How can we attract inbound tourists to my town? - Social issue: Good monitoring service for elderly people living alone. - SNS: YouTube anime analysis video genre. - Creative activity: Headlines of a novel set in the era of Kamakura period battles. - Event: Ideas for a stand at a Japan festival held in London. See the results in the Medium article with the mind map. https://medium.com/@daicom0204/1... ✅ Benefits for users - You can complete a single brainstorming session in 15 minutes, including discussion after idea generation, while a meeting-based session often takes over an hour. You can make faster PDCA cycles for your project with monju. - You can try brainstorming even alone, anytime and anywhere on your mobile device. - You can review the saved results of idea evaluation and mind map images later, then try another session with a focus on areas for improvement. ✅ Pricing Currently free. Please try it with a free feeling! ⚠️ Caution - Be careful when inputting confidential information that might be used for training by external LLMs. - Currently, the app does not support session-keeping functions due to a first launch. Please download the results manually until the next app update. Once you finish a session, the result will be deleted based on the privacy policy. - Although the app can be used from smartphones, it’s recommended to use a larger screen. A large resolution is better for mind map review. ✅ Name of monju The name "monju" derives from the Japanese proverb “三人寄れば文殊の知恵” (San nin yoreba monju no chie). It is often translated into English as “Two heads are better than one”. However, a more literal translation would be “When three people gather, they have the wisdom of Manjushri”. So, monju is the Japanese word for Manjushri, a bodhisattva who represents transcendent wisdom in Buddhism. This is a suitable name for the app. ✅ About mascot Since the app name derives from Buddhism, it is often difficult to reach younger people to explain the app concept. I believe using a mascot might be a good adaptation of modern culture. The web app features an anime-style illustration of a young woman with blonde hair and elaborate golden ornaments on her head and attire. Her name is mon-chan, illustrating a bodhisattva in Japanese anime style. There’s some effect using the mascot while the app is processing, which doesn’t affect actual app performance. I hope to boost your credibility with monju! Thanks, and I look forward to hearing any feedback from you. Daisuke

Monju is a fantastic tool for quick, AI-driven brainstorming! In just a minute, it generates ideas, organizes them into mind maps, and even evaluates them—perfect for anyone looking to kickstart a project or overcome creative blocks. It’s especially useful for solo sessions, but even teams can benefit from the efficient output! @habatakurikei