--- title: Inbox & Quick Capture description: Capture thoughts quickly, then snooze, complete, or turn them into notes --- Inbox is a separate queue for ideas that need attention later. Each capture is a Markdown file under `.octarine/inbox/`, so it remains part of your local-first workspace. ## Quick Capture Tap the scribble button to the right of the bottom navigation bar. Quick Capture opens above the keyboard with a title field and compact editor. The title is optional and uses a date-based placeholder. The body is required. Along the bottom you can: - Take a photo or choose one from the photo library. - Dictate when Dictation is enabled. - Set **Urgent**, **High**, **Medium**, **Low**, or no priority. New captures default to Low. - Apply one tag from the Capture Tags configured under **Settings → Inbox**. Tap the checkmark to save. The confirmation toast includes **Open** when you want to jump straight to Inbox. Tap **Inbox** in the sheet header to visit the queue without saving a new capture. Closing Quick Capture keeps an unfinished draft. The next time you open it, your title, body, priority, and tag return. Tap **Draft ×** when you intentionally want to discard it. ## Active, Snoozed, and Done Inbox has three modes, each with its own count: | Mode | What it contains | | --- | --- | | **Active** | Captures ready to be triaged | | **Snoozed** | Captures waiting for a future wake time | | **Done** | Completed captures you may want to reopen | Use the settings button in the Inbox header to choose **Stack** or **List**, and sort by Updated, Created, or Priority. These choices are stored per workspace. ## Stack View Stack shows one capture at a time. Swipe left or right to move between captures, or tap the card to edit it. The card actions let you: - Snooze or reschedule the capture. - Change its priority. - Add or remove multiple Inbox tags. - Mark it done, wake it, or reopen it, depending on the current mode. Use the more button on the card for conversion, append, and delete actions. ## List View List shows multiple captures with their title, Inbox number, priority, and time. Tap a row to edit it. Swipe a row for its primary mode actions, such as marking an Active capture done, snoozing it, waking a Snoozed capture, or reopening a Done capture. Pinned captures appear first where applicable. Depending on the selected sort, the list groups captures by recency or priority; Done captures use completion time when sorted by Updated. ## Snooze Snooze offers useful presets such as later today, this evening, tomorrow morning, this weekend, and next week. Each choice displays the exact date and time before you select it. When the wake time arrives, the capture returns to Active automatically. ## More Actions - **Convert to note** creates a regular note, lets you confirm its title and folder, removes the Inbox capture, and opens the new note. - **Append to today's daily note** adds the capture to today's Daily note and marks it done. - **Append to note** lets you search for an existing note, append the capture, and mark it done. - **Delete capture** permanently removes its Inbox file. Snooze or reschedule also appears here except when viewing Done captures. ## Edit a Capture Tap a card or list row to open the full capture editor. You can change its title and body, set priority and tags, toggle its done state, and use the same conversion, append, snooze, and delete actions. Swipe from the left edge to return to Inbox. ## Search Tap search in the Inbox header to filter the current mode. Search matches capture titles, bodies, tags, priority, source URL, and Inbox number. Switching between Active, Snoozed, and Done keeps the query and applies it to the selected lane. ## Capture Tags Under **Settings → Inbox**, add up to five Capture Tags. Octarine normalizes them to lowercase kebab-case and limits them to 24 characters. The starter tags are `follow-up`, `read-later`, and `idea`. Quick Capture applies one of these tags. An existing capture can use multiple tags when edited or triaged. ## Files on Disk Captures use timestamped filenames: ```text .octarine/inbox/2026-04-29_14-32-08-217.md ``` The body is Markdown, while priority, tags, completion, snooze time, source data, and stable Inbox number are stored in YAML frontmatter. The files sync with the rest of a cloud workspace and remain available to desktop Octarine. ## Capture from Other Apps The iOS share extension can send selected text, links, page data, images, and files to Inbox or today's Daily note. See [Share Sheet](../iOS/share-sheet.mdx). #### Quick Answers ### Does closing Quick Capture discard my draft? No. The draft returns the next time you open Quick Capture. Tap **Draft ×** to discard it deliberately. ### Can I turn an Inbox capture into a note? Yes. Choose **Convert to note**, confirm the title and destination folder, and Octarine opens the new regular note. ### Where are Inbox captures stored? They are Markdown files under `.octarine/inbox/` inside the current workspace.