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Auto-tagging by source
Things arriving from an integration can be tagged with where they came from.
Why you'd care
Once you have three or four capture routes running, Today becomes a mix of your own writing and everything the integrations pushed in. Auto-tagging separates them without you doing anything.
It is the setting that makes running several integrations pleasant rather than noisy.
The 60-second version
Turn on Settings Integrations Automatically tag things from integrations. Things arriving from Siri, email, text, Slack, the browser and the rest carry a tag naming the source.
Going further
It pairs with dynamic lists. A list filtered to the email tag is an inbox of forwarded material that maintains itself. See dynamic lists.
It makes a weekly clean-up trivial. Filter by source tag, select all, move or delete in one pass. See select many things at once.
Reminders are the other half of it. Integrations also set a reminder when what they send mentions a date or time. That is handy for "call mom tomorrow at 5" by Siri and less so for a forwarded newsletter that mentions Friday. Settings Integrations Create reminders from integrations turns that off for every integration, or tap an app underneath to leave just that one out. The date stays in the text either way.
A default list is the alternative. Rather than tagging, you can send all integration captures to one list. Tagging is better if you use several routes, since it distinguishes between them. See where new things go.
Settings that change this
- Settings Integrations Automatically tag things from integrations tags captures by source.
- Settings Integrations Create reminders from integrations chooses which integrations can set reminders.
Tips
- Turn it on before setting up your second integration, not after. Retroactive tagging is not a thing.
- Review by tag once a week. It takes two minutes and stops integrations silently filling your days.