Notebook → Notes
Notes is where your own thinking lands. Markdown, bidirectionally linked, readable and writable by agents.
Creating a note
The + menu at the bottom:
- Blank Note
- From Template…
- Pull from Notion — requires the Notion server enabled and signed in under Settings → External MCP
Agents can create notes too, via the MCP tools create_note / update_note. "Turn that discussion into a note" is a workable instruction.
Editing vs reading
Notes have two views:
| Mode | For |
|---|---|
| Editing | Raw Markdown with syntax highlighting, list continuation, undo/redo |
| Reading | The rendered result — math, code blocks, diagrams, backlinks |
The toolbar also has Auto-format markdown, which normalizes the whole file's formatting in one click.
Bidirectional links
Write [[Title of another note]] in a note and you've made a link.
- In reading mode the link is clickable and jumps straight there
- The linked note gets a backlinks section at the bottom listing everything that points at it, also clickable
Knowledge graph
Menu bar → Knowledge Graph…, or Cmd+Shift+G, opens the project's knowledge graph: every note is a node, every [[link]] an edge. The header shows "N notes · M links."
Graph empty?
The graph only draws relationships between notes that have [[links]]. With none written yet, it says "Create notes with [[link]] references to see them connected here."
The AI toolbar on a selection
Select text in reading mode and a small floating toolbar appears:
| Action | Does |
|---|---|
| Find citations | Finds supporting literature for this claim |
| Polish | Polishes the prose |
| Proofread | Checks grammar and spelling |
| Reformat | Restructures the formatting |
| Insert content | Inserts AI-generated content at the caret |
Output language follows the content
The AI's output language follows the selected content, not your interface language or the language of your instruction. Polish an English paragraph and you get polished English.
Results are shown for review first and only written back once you accept. If something fails mid-way, the original is left untouched.
Sorting and filtering
Sort by: Created · Modified · Title
Filter: All · Favorites · Archive · Annotations (notes derived from markup) · Hypothesis (synced in) · With orphan anchors
File groups
Groups work as they do in Sources — right-click → New Group…. See Docs → File groups.
Where notes come from
Besides writing them by hand, notes arrive along a few automatic paths:
- From highlights — select a batch in Highlights → Create Note from these highlights, see Highlights
- From a terminal selection — select a stretch of agent output in the right pane and save it as a note
- From a session — notes an agent creates record their originating session in frontmatter, so you can trace what a note came out of