Collections

Collections are folders for notebooks. Use them to create lanes for projects, workflows, and playlists.

What Collections Are For

  • Project grouping - Keep related notebooks together
  • Workflow lanes - Inbox → Active → Archive
  • Audio lanes - Use a collection as a podcast queue via The Pipeline
  • Standardization - Trigger templates or artifacts when notebooks enter a collection

Common Collection Patterns

  • Inbox / Active / Archive - A simple lifecycle for everything you save
  • Topics - Health, Finance, Career, Learning
  • Clients - One collection per client
  • Media Queues - Daily Read, Commute Queue, Workout Queue

How Collections Work With Automation Rules

  • Auto-file with tags - Smart Sort can move notebooks into a collection when you apply a tag
  • Auto-create structure - Template Engine can create notes when a notebook enters a collection
  • Auto-generate audio - The Generator can generate audio when a notebook is added to a collection
  • Auto-queue audio - The Pipeline can send notebooks in a collection to a podcast feed

Example: Collection as a Listening Queue

  1. Create a collection: Daily Read
  2. Enable The Generator: when notebook enters Daily Read → generate audio
  3. Enable The Pipeline: Daily Read → Podcast Morning Commute
  4. Enable The Cleaner: finished episode → remove it

Pro Tips

  • Use collections as triggers - they’re easier to reason about than many overlapping tags
  • Keep names action-oriented - To Read, To Write, Deliver This Week
  • Don’t over-nest - a few high-signal collections beat dozens of micro-folders