Tips & Tricks

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
TIP: Using Drafts as a Text Snippet Library tip , snippet , how-to	17	13180	January 13, 2026
TIP: Creating New Drafts with Templates tip	95	34577	June 26, 2024
TIP: Working with Task-Shopping Lists in Drafts tip , tasks , lists	20	19268	July 7, 2023
TIP: Swipe up and down on extended keyboard to swap groups tip , keyboard	11	2702	January 6, 2019
TIP: Quickly Manage Running Lists with the "Add to List" Action	63	13172	March 17, 2025
TIP: Using Live Activities in Drafts tip , live-activity	11	4665	January 21, 2026
TIP: Journaling in Drafts actions , tip	9	8295	September 5, 2023
[Tip] Markdown vs Multimarkdown vs Github Markdown etc	9	6460	October 9, 2020
Grammarly Now Supports Drafts for Mac (and more) mac	17	2763	November 17, 2021
For Windows User	11	4730	August 14, 2024
TIP: Publish a Workspace to Files with Shortcuts shortcuts	22	2977	April 6, 2022
TIP: Setup Tab / Shift-Tab Indentation Shortcuts actions , tip	13	4892	May 17, 2023
Trick to assign actions to Bold/Italic/Underline commands tip	20	18382	April 20, 2019
Setup: Drafts on iOS with Working Copy 🔋-tip , ios , working-copy	15	5702	November 28, 2020
TIP: Automating adding Backlinks with Shortcuts tip , shortcuts , automation	10	5050	June 17, 2020
TIP: Shortcut to Dictation for Apple Watch Ultra's Action Button	29	3041	November 18, 2024
You can add drafts via Echo devices (Alexa) with IFTTT tip	9	1384	February 25, 2023
Setup: Drafts as Read Later App (ongoing) actions	20	4720	December 5, 2020
TIP: Import from Pinboard Bookmark Service bookmarks , pinboard , bookmark	14	2376	January 11, 2023
Links to Drafts notes as hyperlinks readable within longer docs	11	3155	January 1, 2019
Command to create a new Drafts note anywhere on Mac?	10	2795	August 31, 2020
Insert dictation - Selection of language dictation	10	1516	May 30, 2021
Safari Extension for Drafts	18	1029	June 10, 2026
TIP: Organize Long Action Groups with Separators tip , actions , separators	1	3703	January 9, 2023
TIP: Use Link Mode when marking off task lists tip , tasks	0	2371	April 10, 2018
TIP: Using a Task Scratchpad tip	0	966	November 4, 2024
TIP: Actions for Working with Lines and Blocks tip	1	2383	September 22, 2023
TIP: Use the "Inbox Sweeper" action to get a fresh start on your inbox tip	4	3641	December 29, 2021
TIP: Get a summary and tag counts for your entire draft library	0	1059	May 22, 2020
TIP: Tap and hold "+" for new draft options tip , dictation , import	0	3017	April 4, 2018
Working with linked files and images in Drafts (actions and workflows) actions , tip , file-integration	7	1750	August 18, 2023
TIP: Insert result of a Shortcuts app shortcut in current draft tip , shortcuts	3	6886	April 23, 2025
TIP: Convert Markdown to HTML in Shortcuts tip , shortcuts	0	1273	March 22, 2022
TIP: Markdown+Links Example Syntax activates `[link](url)` Markdown Links markdown , syntax	7	4227	September 23, 2023
TIP: iOS Menus Provide Quick Access to Commands and Settings tip , menus	0	1099	March 24, 2022
[Tip] Markdown headers and more precise cross-linking knowledge-management , wiki-links , cross-links	1	1071	October 20, 2020
TIP: Calling Shortcuts from Drafts tip	3	11499	April 26, 2021
Tap and hold "Select" to select all	0	1234	April 5, 2018
TIP: iOS 13 Shortcuts Examples shortcuts , tip	6	8010	October 3, 2019
TIP: Using Drafts to help me write my novel (write scenes, then send to Obsidian) tip	2	369	June 5, 2025
Pop Clip Extension now available for Drafts 5	3	1743	May 9, 2019
TIP: Limit Tags Available in Tag Filter Selection tip	2	1706	September 23, 2023
TIP - Theme Editing	1	740	April 16, 2024
TIP: Hidden Action Bar Menu tip , action-bar	2	290	October 24, 2024
TIP: how to use Drafts as ultimate MEETING TOOL, together with OmniFocus actions , omnifocus , mac , shortcuts	2	1472	May 9, 2024
Video Tip: Drag and drop text directly on actions tip	2	1408	May 1, 2018
TIP: Install Number and Punctuation Keyboard Group	7	4757	May 19, 2019
Action "After Success" default configured on Action Groups tip , actions	0	2264	April 17, 2018
Control Drafts macOS with the keyboard only keyboard , mac , actions	1	1511	April 19, 2020
Swipe up and down on extended keyboard for quick switching	0	1142	April 9, 2018