Hold State automatically brings your outputs, prompts, references, documents, notes, and decisions into one connected record. Work across AI platforms, creative software, and client conversations, then compare, organize, review, present, and continue without losing the thinking behind the work.
Your creative assistant starts with the full story.
It understands the context inside your projects and portfolio, including what you made, what inspired it, what you tried, and what you chose. Use it to plan, review, iterate, write prompts, and move the work forward.
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Hit download. That’s the whole workflow.
“Wait, what was the prompt for this one?” The desktop app lives in your menu bar and watches your project folders. Copy your prompt, make your image or video in any tool, AI or not, and download it. It’s saved to the right project with the prompt and tool attached; an After Effects render attributes just like a Runway shot. Zero keystrokes, nothing to remember.
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Every save suggests the next move.
Click the save notification and your creative assistant offers real next directions, grounded in the card you just made and everything else in the project. Pick one, it’s on your clipboard, paste and generate. The loop feeds itself.
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An assistant that knows your work.
Name your own creative assistant. It knows your projects, sessions, cards, and references, so it can gameplan the work with you: shape the idea, write the script and shot list, sharpen the prompts, diagnose what isn’t working, and save it all into project memory it builds on next session. A partner with context.
Everything your creative process needs in one place.
Projects & SessionsWork lands in projects and sessions as you save it. Nothing to file by hand.
State CardsSave the prompt, output, tool, references, notes, and decisions behind each result.
References BoardStart with a clear visual direction before the work begins.
MoodboardSee your work as a visual grid. Mark Hold, Maybe, or Pass.
Compare & SynthesizeCompare work side by side and turn the best parts into the next prompt.
SandboxLay out cards freely and rough in edits before you commit to a direction.
Prompt SuggestionsGenerate next-step prompts without losing what is already working.
Prompt LibrarySave and reuse your best prompts across projects.
Creative AssistantName your own assistant. It knows your work and helps you plan what's next.
AI Session SummarySummarize what was tried, what worked, and where the direction landed.
Guidelines CheckCheck work against client, brand, or project guidelines.
Present ModeWalk collaborators through exploration, selects, and final direction.
Studio
Client ReviewShare clean review links and collect feedback without exposing the messy backend.
Session RecordExport a complete record of the creative process.
Light & DarkRun the whole workspace light or dark. Pick what suits the work and it stays that way.
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Founder pricing, locked for life.
Beta members keep these prices as long as they're subscribed. 14-day full trial, no card required.
Individual
$15/mo
Unlimited projects and sessions
Desktop app auto-capture
Your own creative assistant
Session Records and client review links
Studio · Per seat
$19/seat/mo
Everything in Individual
2 seats minimum, $12/seat after your first 5
2 seats $38 · 5 seats $95 · 10 seats $155
Shared studio projects
Seat management and invites
Team review workflows
Hold State is invite-only right now.
We're letting people in wave by wave. Tell us about your work and we'll send an invite code when your wave opens.