SILOs, tags and layouts
Give each part of your life its own compartment, let hashtags route notes automatically, and arrange the list the way you think.
On this page
A SILO is a compartment for one part of your life. Journal, Health, Finances, Work. The point of a SILO is that you never have to decide where something goes: your health notes belong in Health, and that is already true before you write them.
Creating and editing SILOs
- 1On the desktop, click the + beside the SILOS heading in the left rail. On the phone, open the drawer and tap Create New SILO.
- 2Give it a name, an icon and an accent colour. The colour is what you will actually recognise it by in the list.
- 3Optionally nest it under an existing SILO. Nesting goes one level deep on purpose.
- 4Set a default SILO so new notes land somewhere sensible without being asked.
Hashtags route notes for you
Write #travel anywhere in a note and it becomes a tag. If a SILO matches that tag, the note also shows up there without leaving the SILO it lives in. This is how one note can sit in Work and still appear under Travel.
- Tags are captured as you type, no separate step.
- You can also add tags in the tag field under the note title.
- A note keeps one home SILO. Hashtag membership is additional, not a move.
Six ways to see your notes
The layout button beside the search box changes how the list is drawn. All six are on both platforms.
| Layout | What it gives you |
|---|---|
| Classic | The original card list, with a preview under each title. |
| Pinned Shelf | Starred notes as a swipeable shelf across the top. |
| Compact Rows | Roughly twice the notes per screen, with colour stripes. |
| Gallery Grid | Two columns of colour-washed cards. |
| Timeline | Grouped by date: Today, Yesterday, and so on. |
| Zen List | Titles only. Nothing else. |
Sorting, pinning and locking
Sort by newest, oldest, recently updated, title, or storage size. Pinned notes float to the top unless you tick Ignore Pinned notes (sort inline).