Getting Started with GainBrain
Everything you need to make the most of your GainBrain account — from creating your first feed to unlocking Pro features.
Your First Feed
A feed is simply a topic you want to stay informed about. GainBrain monitors hundreds of news sources, filters out the noise, and delivers a clean summary to your inbox on your chosen schedule.
Go to your Dashboard
Click Dashboard in the nav bar, then click New Feed.
Name your feed & write a prompt
Give it a name like "AI News" and a prompt like "Latest developments in artificial intelligence, large language models, and AI startups." Be specific — the AI reads your prompt literally.
Pick a schedule
Daily (every morning), Weekly (Monday mornings), or Custom (pick your own days and times).
Test it
Use the Test button on your dashboard to preview a summary instantly — no waiting for the schedule. If the results don't look right, tweak your prompt and test again.
Writing a great prompt
Good examples
- "News about Tesla, EV market share, and battery technology"
- "Clinical trial results and FDA approvals in oncology"
- "US Federal Reserve policy, interest rates, and inflation data"
- "Security vulnerabilities and zero-day exploits in enterprise software"
Too vague
- "Tech news" — too broad, use specific topics
- "Business" — could mean anything
- "Interesting stuff" — no signal for the AI
Schedule Types
Daily
Delivered every morning at 8 AM in your timezone. GainBrain scans the last 24 hours of news and distills the most relevant articles into your summary.
Free & ProWeekly
Delivered every Monday morning at 8 AM. Scans the past 7 days, ideal for topics that don't need daily attention.
Pro onlyCustom
Pick exactly which days of the week and what time to receive your summary. Perfect for matching your reading habits.
Pro onlyManual
No automated emails. Use the Test button on your dashboard whenever you want an on-demand summary.
Free & ProResearch Feeds Pro
Instead of news articles, research feeds surface academic papers from Semantic Scholar — the largest scientific literature database. Ideal for researchers, doctors, scientists, and anyone who wants to track the cutting edge of a field.
How to create a research feed
- Click New Feed on your dashboard
- Set the Content type to Research
- Write a prompt describing your research area: "Recent papers on GLP-1 receptor agonists and metabolic disease"
- Choose a schedule — weekly is popular for academic papers
Tip: Research feeds use Semantic Scholar's relevance scoring rather than the same AI filtering pipeline as news feeds. Papers are pre-ranked by relevance, so the prompt can be more keyword-focused than a news prompt.
Podcast Audio Pro
Enable the podcast feature on any news feed and GainBrain will generate an audio version of each summary — perfect for listening during a commute or workout. Each episode is automatically added to a private RSS feed you can subscribe to in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any podcast app.
Enabling podcasts
- Open any news feed from your dashboard
- Click Edit and toggle Enable Podcast on
- Save the feed — the next summary will include an audio version
- Click the microphone icon on your dashboard to get your private RSS link
How it works: The AI rewrites your summary as a natural-sounding podcast script, then generates audio using OpenAI's TTS (text-to-speech) engine. Each episode is hosted on a private RSS feed — only you have the link.
AI Preferences & Article Feedback Pro
GainBrain learns what you like. Two feedback mechanisms improve your summaries over time:
Per-article feedback
Every summary email includes thumbs-up / thumbs-down buttons under each article. Clicking them trains GainBrain on exactly which types of articles you find valuable. No login required — just click.
Natural language feedback
Visit AI Preferences in the nav bar to tell GainBrain things like "I prefer long-form analysis over breaking news" or "Ignore articles about sports." This preference context is injected into every future summary.
Cross-feed learning: Your preferences apply to all your feeds, not just one. If you tell GainBrain you prefer data-driven analysis, every summary gets smarter.
Agents Pro
Agents are autonomous monitors. Instead of delivering scheduled summaries, an agent watches for a specific condition and alerts you only when it's met — like a trip wire for the news.
Example agent prompts
- "Alert me when Apple announces a new product"
- "Notify me if the Federal Reserve raises interest rates"
- "Alert me when AAPL stock drops more than 5% in a day"
- "Tell me when there's a major data breach affecting a US bank"
- "Notify me when a competitor launches a new feature"
How agents work
GainBrain checks your condition every 6 hours using live web search and social media search
Stock/crypto price agents check every 15 minutes using live market data
When the condition is met, you receive a detailed briefing email with evidence and sources
You set the resolve condition — one-time alert, alert N times, or monitor indefinitely
Creating an agent: Click Agents in the nav bar → New Agent → type your condition in plain English. GainBrain will auto-generate a title and a precise condition description for you to confirm.
Magic Feed
Magic Feed is a prompt-free news feed that builds itself from your interests. Connect your YouTube or X (Twitter) account and GainBrain extracts your interests automatically — then generates a personalized news feed with no setup required.
Getting started with Magic Feed
- Go to your Profile and connect a YouTube or X account
- GainBrain extracts topics from your subscriptions and following list
- Create a new feed and select Magic Feed — no prompt needed
- Your summary updates dynamically as your interests evolve
No connected account? You can also set your interests manually under Profile → Your Interests and use Magic Feed from there. Available to all users.
Pro vs Free
Tips & Tricks
Use multiple feeds for different time horizons
Run a daily feed for fast-moving topics (crypto, markets) and a weekly feed for slower-changing areas (regulation, policy). Each feed scans independently.
Combine news + research on the same topic
Create one news feed and one research feed for the same topic to get both the headlines and the peer-reviewed science side-by-side in your inbox.
Use the article feedback buttons
The more thumbs-up / thumbs-down feedback you give in email summaries, the better GainBrain gets at surfacing what you actually want to read. Even a few clicks per email makes a big difference.
Test before your first scheduled email
Always hit the Test button after creating a feed. If the articles aren't quite right, iterate on your prompt before the first scheduled email fires.