AI Sparks
AI-powered annotations that illuminate your study of sacred texts — on journal entries, verses and sūtras, and glossary terms. The AI guides. You do the writing.
AI Sparks is a family of annotation features that appear across HYP Yoga in three distinct contexts, each with its own behavior and annotation types. They work by reading the text in front of you — your own journal writing, a classical verse, or a glossary definition — and returning color-coded highlights with reflective notes, questions, and cross-references. Think of them as a study partner who reads alongside you and quietly points things out.
Journal AI Sparks Aspirant
When viewing one of your journal entries, click “Add AI Sparks” to have the AI annotate your own writing. The system reads your entry, fetches up to 20 of your other recent reflections for cross-reference context, and returns structured annotations — each highlighting a specific phrase in your text with a color-coded note.
Clicking any highlighted phrase opens a card with the annotation, a type badge, and a “Journal this” link to continue reflecting. A closing question renders as a gold card below your entry with its own journal link — an invitation to go deeper.
Annotations are saveable and auto-restore when you revisit the entry. They’re included when you export entries as PDF (with inline color-coded highlights and a notes section with legend) or as markdown (as a typed list under the entry body). Follow-up conversation is supported — each exchange builds on the last rather than starting fresh.
Text AI Sparks Teacher
On HYP verse pages and Yoga Sūtra pages, click the AI Sparks ⚡️ button from the Sparkbar to “Add AI Sparks” to illuminate the Text. Click “Link AI Sparks” to connect insights from AI Sparks in Journal to the Text. AI Sparks draw from 22 source traditions across 7 groups to surface intertextual connections.
22 Source Traditions
Seven groups spanning the world’s contemplative heritage. Select as many or as few as you like — your choices shape the connections the AI surfaces.
Annotations appear as color-coded underlines on the verse or sūtra translation text. Clicking a highlighted phrase opens a popover with the annotation — and for Intertextual Connections, links to the referenced source texts. A color-coded legend appears above the text, and a gear icon lets you reconfigure your tradition selections at any time.
Term AI Sparks Teacher
Glossary term pages replace the generic four-type text sparks with two specialized features, both grounded in a curated index of 2,294 real passages from 23 yoga texts. Every annotation is rooted in actual scholarship from Iyengar, Muktibodhananda, Vivekananda, Svātmārāma, and others — not generated from thin air.
Clicking a highlight reveals the quoted phrase, an explanatory note, and source tags identifying which scholars are referenced. Both features draw from the same curated passage index, ensuring citations point to real published commentary.
Supporting Study Features
Three additional features work alongside AI Sparks to support a practitioner’s study rhythm. Journal with TapasAI and Daily Verse Reflection are available at Aspirant; Link AI Sparks requires Teacher.
📓 Journal with TapasAI Aspirant
TapasAI reads your journal entries and generates personalized reflection prompts paired with each verse, sūtra, or glossary term you’re studying. The prompts render as clickable cards — tap one and it carries you to the compose page with the prompt already seeded, ready for your reflection.
🔗 Link AI Sparks Teacher
Queries your saved Journal AI Sparks annotations and finds thematic threads connecting them to the verse, sūtra, or glossary term you’re currently studying. Returns color-coded connections, a synthesis weaving them together, and a new reflection prompt. The panel appears in a purple theme, bridging your personal practice with the classical texts.
Daily Verse Reflection Aspirant
A gold card on the journal page presenting a verse or sūtra you haven’t journaled about yet, paired with a contemplation seed. The selection rotates daily using a deterministic method — every practitioner sees their own unique text each day, and it never repeats a verse you’ve already reflected on.
Where to Find AI Sparks
Study actions on verse, sūtra, and glossary term pages center on the Sparkbar — a unified toolbar with a flame icon (Sparkmarks), lightning bolt (AI Sparks), journal pencil (Journal this), and three companion buttons (SwamiGPT, DharmaGPT, TapasAI).
The Flame button opens a panel where you can add Sparkmarks (emoji bookmarks) and create Voice Sparks (audio reflections). The Lightning button reveals AI Sparks: “Add AI Sparks” to annotate the text with insights, and “Link AI Sparks” to connect saved journal annotations to the current text. TapasAI is also accessible directly from the toolbar.
On journal entry pages, the Sparkbar appears at the top with a streamlined layout. The Lightning button opens a panel with “Add AI Sparks” and “Link AI Sparks” options for annotating and contextualizing your reflections.
Tier Requirements
AI Sparks features span two tiers. Aspirant members unlock Journal AI Sparks, Journal with TapasAI, and Daily Verse Reflection — features centered on your personal practice. Teacher members unlock the full depth: Text AI Sparks, Term AI Sparks, and Link AI Sparks — features that illuminate the classical texts themselves.
| Feature | Minimum Tier |
|---|---|
| Journal with TapasAI | Aspirant — $5/mo |
| Daily Verse Reflection | Aspirant — $5/mo |
| Journal AI Sparks | Aspirant — $5/mo |
| Text AI Sparks (verses & sūtras) | Teacher — $10/mo |
| Term AI Sparks (topical guide & tension) | Teacher — $10/mo |
| Link AI Sparks | Teacher — $10/mo |
AI Sparks features use Anthropic’s Claude for processing. A consent notice is shown the first time you use any AI feature, explaining that your text is sent to a third-party provider. See the privacy policy for details.