---
title: Inbox
description: Capture and triage temporary Markdown notes before moving them into your workspace
---

The Inbox is a fast holding area for thoughts that you want to capture before deciding where they belong. Inbox requires an active Pro or trial license on desktop.

Each capture is a Markdown file under `.octarine/inbox/` in the workspace, so it can travel with the workspace through cloud storage or Git when that path is included. Use [Quick Capture](/workflows/quick-capture) to add items from anywhere on your desktop. For the mobile flow, see [Inbox & Quick Capture on iOS](/iOS/inbox).

## The Inbox Sidebar

Open **Inbox** in the workspace sidebar. The section can be expanded or collapsed and shows the number of active captures.

The Inbox toolbar lets you:

- Create a blank capture with **New capture**
- Filter captures by title, body text, or `INB` number
- Order items by **Priority**, **Created**, or **Updated**

The list has two fixed sections:

- **Active** contains every capture that is not done, including snoozed captures.
- **Done** contains completed captures and is collapsed by default.

When ordered by Priority, active items appear by snooze state, priority, and creation time. When ordered by Created or Updated, Octarine groups them into relative date sections such as Today and Yesterday.

Select a row to show the capture beside the list. In a narrow pane, the capture opens in the editor area instead. You can also right-click a row and choose **Open in new tab**.

## Capture Details

Every capture receives a workspace-scoped number such as `INB-42`. You can edit its title and body, assign a priority, add up to five tags, snooze it, mark it done, or reopen it.

The row and capture action menus also provide:

- **Convert to note** — create a normal Markdown note in a folder you choose and mark the capture done.
- **Append to existing note** — append the body to a selected note and mark the capture done.
- **Append to today's Daily note** — append the body to today's note and mark the capture done.
- **Reveal in Finder/File Explorer** — show the Markdown capture on disk.
- **Delete** — remove the capture file.

Converting or appending preserves the original Inbox capture in the Done section and records the destination in its frontmatter. Deleting removes the source file instead.

## Priorities and Snoozing

Priorities are **Urgent**, **High**, **Medium**, **Low**, and **No priority**.

Snooze offers computed times such as later today, tomorrow morning, this weekend, and next week. A snoozed item remains in Active with the remaining snooze time beside it. Clear the snooze to make it immediately actionable again; when its time arrives, it stops showing as snoozed automatically.

## On Disk

Capture files use timestamp-based names to avoid collisions:

```text
.octarine/inbox/2026-04-29_14-32-08-217.md
```

The body is normal Markdown. Octarine manages YAML frontmatter for fields such as title, priority, tags, done state, snooze time, Inbox number, timestamps, source, and conversion or append destination.

#### Quick Answers

### Where are Octarine Inbox captures stored?

They are Markdown files under `.octarine/inbox/` inside the workspace.

### Do snoozed captures leave the Active list?

No. They remain in Active and show the remaining snooze time. When ordered by Priority, they appear after the immediately actionable captures.

### Can I turn an Inbox capture into a normal note?

Yes. Choose **Convert to note**, select a destination folder, and Octarine creates the note while moving the capture to Done.

### Does Inbox require Pro?

Yes. Inbox requires an active Pro or trial license on desktop.