Creating a New Draft from Outside the App

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There might be others, but here’s a quick list of ten to get you on your way…

1. Via Global Hotkey

Drafts User Guide: Mac Share and Capture

2. Via non-Mac Apps

‎Drafts

Drafts User Guide: Apple Watch

3. Via Web Capture

Drafts User Guide: Drafts Web Capture

4. Via Alfred

An Alfred Workflow for Drafts

If as well as being a Mac user of Drafts, you are also an Alfred app user, then this post might be for you. I’ve recently been updating and sharing some of my Alfred workflows, and I’m now in a position to share one I created for Drafts. I pulled together some separate workflows I had created over the course of the last year or two, and slowly started building it out. It may have grown a bit more than I’d originally anticipated. You can download the workflow and read through the documentation …

5. Via Raycast

Launching a Raycast extension for Drafts

If you use Raycast on your Mac this post might be useful for you I jumped into the rabbit hole of building my first extension for Raycast to integrate it with Drafts - which was quite a fun experience If you’re a user of Raycast this can (significantly) speed up your workflows for Drafts. You can download it from the Raycast store when you search for “Drafts” or with this link In this first version It supports the following features (=Command…

6. Via Shortcuts

Drafts User Guide: Shortcuts

7. Via URL Scheme

Drafts User Guide: URL Schemes

8. Via AppleScript

Drafts User Guide: AppleScript

9. Via Automated File Import

Drafts User Guide: Automatic Import

10. Via Automated Reminders Import

Drafts User Guide: Automatic Import

FYI, Ask Siri

While direct creation via Siri on Mac is not possible, do remember that #6 and #10 can be triggered/created by Siri.