Tips & Tricks

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
TIP: Using Drafts as a Text Snippet Library tip , snippet , how-to	19	12799	January 13, 2026
TIP: Creating New Drafts with Templates tip	95	34149	June 26, 2024
TIP: Working with Task-Shopping Lists in Drafts tip , tasks , lists	20	19161	July 7, 2023
TIP: Swipe up and down on extended keyboard to swap groups tip , keyboard	11	2682	January 6, 2019
TIP: Quickly Manage Running Lists with the "Add to List" Action	63	13069	March 17, 2025
TIP: Using Live Activities in Drafts tip , live-activity	11	4532	January 21, 2026
TIP: Markdown+Links Example Syntax activates `[link](url)` Markdown Links markdown , syntax	9	4166	September 23, 2023
Grammarly Now Supports Drafts for Mac (and more) mac	17	2737	November 17, 2021
For Windows User	11	4627	August 14, 2024
TIP: Journaling in Drafts actions , tip	9	8211	September 5, 2023
TIP: Publish a Workspace to Files with Shortcuts shortcuts	22	2943	April 6, 2022
[Tip] Markdown vs Multimarkdown vs Github Markdown etc	9	6348	October 9, 2020
TIP: Setup Tab / Shift-Tab Indentation Shortcuts actions , tip	13	4841	May 17, 2023
Trick to assign actions to Bold/Italic/Underline commands tip	20	18313	April 20, 2019
Setup: Drafts on iOS with Working Copy 🔋-tip , ios , working-copy	15	5631	November 28, 2020
TIP: Automating adding Backlinks with Shortcuts tip , shortcuts , automation	10	5028	June 17, 2020
TIP: Shortcut to Dictation for Apple Watch Ultra's Action Button	29	2903	November 18, 2024
You can add drafts via Echo devices (Alexa) with IFTTT tip	9	1381	February 25, 2023
Setup: Drafts as Read Later App (ongoing) actions	20	4675	December 5, 2020
TIP: Import from Pinboard Bookmark Service bookmarks , pinboard , bookmark	14	2349	January 11, 2023
Links to Drafts notes as hyperlinks readable within longer docs	11	3145	January 1, 2019
Command to create a new Drafts note anywhere on Mac?	10	2767	August 31, 2020
Insert dictation - Selection of language dictation	10	1489	May 30, 2021
Safari Extension for Drafts	11	750	August 8, 2025
TIP: Organize Long Action Groups with Separators tip , actions , separators	1	3691	January 9, 2023
TIP: Use Link Mode when marking off task lists tip , tasks	0	2354	April 10, 2018
TIP: Using a Task Scratchpad tip	0	938	November 4, 2024
TIP: Actions for Working with Lines and Blocks tip	1	2354	September 22, 2023
TIP: Use the "Inbox Sweeper" action to get a fresh start on your inbox tip	4	3614	December 29, 2021
TIP: Get a summary and tag counts for your entire draft library	0	1052	May 22, 2020
TIP: Tap and hold "+" for new draft options tip , dictation , import	0	3011	April 4, 2018
Working with linked files and images in Drafts (actions and workflows) actions , tip , file-integration	7	1690	August 18, 2023
TIP: Insert result of a Shortcuts app shortcut in current draft tip , shortcuts	3	6787	April 23, 2025
TIP: Convert Markdown to HTML in Shortcuts tip , shortcuts	0	1255	March 22, 2022
TIP: iOS Menus Provide Quick Access to Commands and Settings tip , menus	0	1088	March 24, 2022
[Tip] Markdown headers and more precise cross-linking knowledge-management , wiki-links , cross-links	1	1060	October 20, 2020
TIP: Calling Shortcuts from Drafts tip	3	11245	April 26, 2021
Tap and hold "Select" to select all	0	1229	April 5, 2018
Pop Clip Extension now available for Drafts 5	3	1739	May 9, 2019
TIP: Limit Tags Available in Tag Filter Selection tip	2	1696	September 23, 2023
TIP: iOS 13 Shortcuts Examples shortcuts , tip	6	7979	October 3, 2019
TIP - Theme Editing	1	733	April 16, 2024
TIP: Hidden Action Bar Menu tip , action-bar	2	278	October 24, 2024
TIP: how to use Drafts as ultimate MEETING TOOL, together with OmniFocus actions , omnifocus , mac , shortcuts	2	1463	May 9, 2024
Video Tip: Drag and drop text directly on actions tip	2	1401	May 1, 2018
TIP: Install Number and Punctuation Keyboard Group	7	4743	May 19, 2019
Action "After Success" default configured on Action Groups tip , actions	0	2262	April 17, 2018
Control Drafts macOS with the keyboard only keyboard , mac , actions	1	1499	April 19, 2020
TIP: Installing and Using Themes tip , video , themes	8	2171	May 31, 2023
Swipe up and down on extended keyboard for quick switching	0	1139	April 9, 2018