Why Claude Works Well as a Brainstorming Partner

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-04-18 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

The creator says Claude is currently the best app for brainstorming and lists the features behind that view. In his opinion, ChatGPT and Gemini are not close.

Key points

• Claude makes good use of memory across conversations.
• It asks clarifying questions before going ahead.
• It explains concepts thoroughly.
• It can visualize concepts when you ask it to.
• It uses Skills when it needs to.
• The creator ranks it above ChatGPT and Gemini for brainstorming.

Resources mentioned

• Claude Opus 5.5 · tool · claude.ai · paid · open in a browser to verify · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Anthropic's AI assistant, used throughout the guide to tailor resumes, add live roles to the tracker, match connections to target companies and find hiring managers.
  Also in: Generating a Repo Promo Video with a Claude Skill on Sonnet 5.5 vs Opus 5.5 (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Comparing Coding Models on the Same Task in Devin iOS (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Customizing Your Coding Setup with Pi Coding Agent Extensions (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), AI Engineer Roadmap Overview: From ML Foundations to RAG, Agents & Ops (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes) and 53 more
• ChatGPT · tool · chatgpt.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  OpenAI's AI assistant (web, desktop and mobile apps), used for chat, coding, writing and image generation.
  Also in: Sign in with ChatGPT: Setting Usage Limits for Each App (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Dots Demo: A Voice AI Agent Handling Travel Booking and Feedback Triage (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), ChatGPT Can Commit Code Directly to Your GitHub Repo (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), OpenAI Dots: Agents Inside ChatGPT That Debug, Fix, and Open PRs (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 23 more
• Gemini · tool · gemini.google.com · free
  Google's multimodal AI model family. In this prototype it interprets voice, pointer position and on-screen content, and writes code to act on what the user wants.
  Also in: Multimodal AI Pointer: Combining Voice, Mouse Pointing and Vision with Gemini (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Workshop AI: Building Apps with Cloud and Local Agents (GLM 5, Qwen 3.5) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Building a Nano Banana 2 Image-Gen App with Memex Managed AI Connectors (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)

Try this

• Ask Claude to visualize concepts while you brainstorm.