Frequently Asked Questions

Reflecting Pool is a free web app that helps you find the shape in shapeless data. Drop in JSON, text files, or any plain content, and Reflecting Pool uses semantic embeddings to surface relationships between pieces of your data that keyword search or manual review would miss.

Reflecting Pool accepts JSON files, plain text files, or any plain content you upload. You can mix file types in a single upload - there's no need to pre-sort or normalize your data into one format first.

Semantic embeddings represent the meaning of your content, not just the exact words in it. That's what lets Reflecting Pool surface relationships between pieces of data that don't share any keywords but are still related in meaning.

No. Reflecting Pool is a hosted web app - there's nothing to install. Go to pool.aquariumapps.io to start using it.

Reflecting Pool works through your browser at pool.aquariumapps.io. Follow the sign-up flow on the app itself to create an account and start uploading data.

Upload your JSON, text files, or other plain content through the app. Reflecting Pool processes what you upload and surfaces the relationships and clusters it finds within your data.

Reflecting Pool is free with no paid tiers at launch. Any usage limits are there only to keep the service running well for everyone, not to gate features behind a paid plan.

Your uploads are stored on Aquarium Apps' servers, not just in your browser. This is different from some of our other tools - Reflecting Pool needs to process and retain your data on the server side to find relationships across it.

Your uploaded content persists until you delete it or close your account. There's no automatic expiration.

Yes. You can delete uploaded content or close your account at any time, which removes the data you stored with Reflecting Pool.

Your uploaded content is stored on Aquarium Apps' servers for the purpose of processing and serving your results back to you. See the Terms of Service for how your data is handled.

Not yet. Data handling for Reflecting Pool is currently documented in the Terms of Service and the general Privacy Policies hub.

Confirm your file is JSON, plain text, or another plain-content format. If the upload still isn't processing, email support@aquariumapps.io with details about the file and what happened.

Double-check you're at pool.aquariumapps.io and that you're using the same sign-up method each time. If the problem continues, email support@aquariumapps.io.