Using Things with Drafts

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Cultured Code’s Things task manager can be integrated with Drafts in a number of powerful ways.

Things’ Share Extension

Without any special integration, you can use a Share action in Draft which sends the text of the draft to the system share sheet, and select Things as the target app. Things provides a share extension on both iOS and Mac.

Sending Individual Todos

Directly integrating with Things via URL schemes can be quicker, requires less interaction, and allows for more customization of the resulting todos created in Things.

Here are a couple of example actions to get you started:

  • Todo in Things
    • Send draft to Things as new todo, using first line as the title and the remaining text as a note. The new todo will be created in the Things “Inbox”.
  • Todo in Things List
    • Demonstrates targeting a specific list, and assigning tags, while creating a new todo in Things. This version defaults to targeting a list named “Drafts” and passing the tags assigned in Drafts, but can be easily modify to target other lists.

Sending Multiple Todos

It is also possible to create multiple todos in a single URL command using scripting along with Things URLs. Example:

  • Todos in Things
    • Take each line in the current draft, and create a todo for each in the Things “Inbox”. This action can also target other lists by using “# List Name” as the first line of the draft. The list must match an existing list in Things or the todos will be created in the Inbox.

Scripting Things

Drafts provides convenience wrappers for Things more advanced URL schemes which allow creation of multiple tasks or even whole projects with tags and dates assigned, etc.

Documentation for Things Scripting is available at our Scripting Reference site, and many example actions utilizing these methods can be found by searching the Action Directory

Emailing To Things

Things also provides a Mail to Things feature which can be used along with Drafts Mail script steps to send email to your unique Things email address.

Things Link Builder

The Things team has provided an excellent online Link Builder tool for creating more advanced URLs for Things. If you have more advanced needs, it’s a great place to start, and the URLs generated can be pasted into Drafts URL or Callback URL action steps.

Other Advanced Examples

Looking to build full project templates in Drafts, you might be interest in Peter Davison-Reiber’s excellent Things Parser action.

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Are there any plans to integrate Drafts with Samsung Watches like it integrates with the Apple Watch?

No, not at this time.