Tips & Tricks

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
TIP: Using Drafts as a Text Snippet Library tip , snippet , how-to	17	13567	January 13, 2026
TIP: Creating New Drafts with Templates tip	95	35239	June 26, 2024
TIP: Working with Task-Shopping Lists in Drafts tip , tasks , lists	20	19458	July 7, 2023
TIP: Swipe up and down on extended keyboard to swap groups tip , keyboard	11	2758	January 6, 2019
TIP: Quickly Manage Running Lists with the "Add to List" Action	63	13536	March 17, 2025
TIP: Using Live Activities in Drafts tip , live-activity	11	4821	January 21, 2026
TIP: Journaling in Drafts actions , tip	9	8401	September 5, 2023
[Tip] Markdown vs Multimarkdown vs Github Markdown etc	9	6597	October 9, 2020
Grammarly Now Supports Drafts for Mac (and more) mac	17	2857	November 17, 2021
For Windows User	11	4863	August 14, 2024
TIP: Publish a Workspace to Files with Shortcuts shortcuts	22	3065	April 6, 2022
TIP: Setup Tab / Shift-Tab Indentation Shortcuts actions , tip	13	5007	May 17, 2023
Trick to assign actions to Bold/Italic/Underline commands tip	20	18527	April 20, 2019
Setup: Drafts on iOS with Working Copy 🔋-tip , ios , working-copy	15	5805	November 28, 2020
TIP: Automating adding Backlinks with Shortcuts tip , shortcuts , automation	10	5106	June 17, 2020
TIP: Shortcut to Dictation for Apple Watch Ultra's Action Button	29	3231	November 18, 2024
You can add drafts via Echo devices (Alexa) with IFTTT tip	9	1430	February 25, 2023
Setup: Drafts as Read Later App (ongoing) actions	20	4890	December 5, 2020
TIP: Import from Pinboard Bookmark Service bookmarks , pinboard , bookmark	14	2442	January 11, 2023
Safari Extension for Drafts	18	1214	June 10, 2026
Links to Drafts notes as hyperlinks readable within longer docs	11	3213	January 1, 2019
Command to create a new Drafts note anywhere on Mac?	10	2857	August 31, 2020
Insert dictation - Selection of language dictation	10	1592	May 30, 2021
TIP: Organize Long Action Groups with Separators tip , actions , separators	1	3717	January 9, 2023
TIP: Use Link Mode when marking off task lists tip , tasks	0	2385	April 10, 2018
TIP: Using a Task Scratchpad tip	0	1005	November 4, 2024
TIP: Actions for Working with Lines and Blocks tip	1	2416	September 22, 2023
TIP: Use the "Inbox Sweeper" action to get a fresh start on your inbox tip	4	3671	December 29, 2021
TIP: Get a summary and tag counts for your entire draft library	0	1069	May 22, 2020
TIP: Tap and hold "+" for new draft options tip , dictation , import	0	3030	April 4, 2018
Working with linked files and images in Drafts (actions and workflows) actions , tip , file-integration	7	1827	August 18, 2023
TIP: Insert result of a Shortcuts app shortcut in current draft tip , shortcuts	3	6975	April 23, 2025
TIP: Convert Markdown to HTML in Shortcuts tip , shortcuts	0	1286	March 22, 2022
TIP: Markdown+Links Example Syntax activates `[link](url)` Markdown Links markdown , syntax	7	4311	September 23, 2023
TIP: iOS Menus Provide Quick Access to Commands and Settings tip , menus	0	1117	March 24, 2022
[Tip] Markdown headers and more precise cross-linking knowledge-management , wiki-links , cross-links	1	1092	October 20, 2020
TIP: Calling Shortcuts from Drafts tip	3	11719	April 26, 2021
TIP: Using Drafts to help me write my novel (write scenes, then send to Obsidian) tip	2	422	June 5, 2025
Tap and hold "Select" to select all	0	1241	April 5, 2018
TIP: iOS 13 Shortcuts Examples shortcuts , tip	6	8078	October 3, 2019
Pop Clip Extension now available for Drafts 5	3	1759	May 9, 2019
TIP: Limit Tags Available in Tag Filter Selection tip	2	1720	September 23, 2023
TIP - Theme Editing	1	750	April 16, 2024
TIP: Hidden Action Bar Menu tip , action-bar	2	314	October 24, 2024
TIP: how to use Drafts as ultimate MEETING TOOL, together with OmniFocus actions , omnifocus , mac , shortcuts	2	1488	May 9, 2024
Video Tip: Drag and drop text directly on actions tip	2	1418	May 1, 2018
TIP: Install Number and Punctuation Keyboard Group	7	4808	May 19, 2019
Action "After Success" default configured on Action Groups tip , actions	0	2272	April 17, 2018
Control Drafts macOS with the keyboard only keyboard , mac , actions	1	1528	April 19, 2020
Swipe up and down on extended keyboard for quick switching	0	1153	April 9, 2018