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Capture and archive

Keep what you read inside the work it changes.

A saved page or PDF becomes an ordinary Listlis item: readable Markdown, the original source, and a capture date. It can move, collect notes, appear in Lists, and sit beside the action it prompted.

In the app

Public pages and PDFs

Paste a public HTTP or HTTPS URL, or upload a PDF up to 25 MB. Choose the focused item, the top level, or a reusable destination path.

A concrete example

From source to next action

For a Cooler schoolyard proposal, save “A practical guide to cooler schoolyards” to Cooler schoolyard proposal / Sources.

  1. Find

    Search for “shade before new equipment.” Body search returns the saved source with its path.

  2. Read

    Open the source in Reader. Read this branch follows the project’s sources in order and remembers where you stopped.

  3. Write

    Create a note linked to the source: “Lead with shade, then compare materials.” The source shows the note as a backlink.

  4. Act

    Add “Price three shade-tree options,” make it a todo, and date it Friday. This week retrieves it with the rest of your dated work.

The source stays recognizable

Searchable Markdown carries the source URL and capture date. The original HTML, MHTML, or PDF stays attached. Saving the same URL again shows the earlier capture before you choose another snapshot.

Public URL capture cannot sign in to a site or bypass a publisher’s controls. Chrome internal pages and other restricted pages cannot be captured by the extension. A capture warning tells you when an image could not be copied locally.

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