Sylvanote
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How to get started
with Sylvanote.

Capture every idea, organize it like a personal library, and turn the best ones into next steps. Here is the simplest path from your first note to your first action.

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Your first five minutes

  1. 1

    Create an account

    Sign up with your email or sign in. It takes seconds and secures your private library in the cloud.

  2. 2

    Capture your first idea

    Tap the rose capture button. Type a thought, record a voice memo, or upload a photo of handwriting.

  3. 3

    Let Sylvanote organize it

    Every idea gets a call number, category, status, and energy level. No manual tagging needed.

  4. 4

    Browse the library

    Switch between card, table, and shelf views. Search across every field to find the idea you need.

  5. 5

    Generate next steps

    Open any idea and ask Sylvanote for suggestions. Turn rough notes into tasks, deadlines, and projects.

  6. 6

    Keep the momentum

    Archive finished ideas, edit fields as you go, and install Sylvanote to your home screen for instant capture.

Tips to get the most from Sylvanote

Capture anywhere

Use the mobile bottom nav, the home screen shortcut, or the /capture route to add ideas without opening the full app.

Search everything

The universal search box looks inside titles, content, call numbers, categories, tags, and sources at once.

Customize your fields

Add your own categories, statuses, energy levels, and sources in Settings. They appear instantly across the app.

Share images in

On mobile, share a photo directly to Sylvanote from your camera roll or notes app.

Shelf logic

How Sylvanote sorts your ideas

Every idea gets a call number inspired by the Dewey Decimal System. The first digit places it on a shelf; the rest is your personal sequence.

100Psychology / Personal
  • Personal growth
  • Habits
  • Mindset
  • Wellness
200Philosophy / Values
  • Values
  • Ethics
  • Meaning
  • Decision principles
300Business / Social
  • Business
  • Marketing
  • Community
  • Social systems
400Language / Writing
  • Writing
  • Copy
  • Language learning
  • Naming
500Science / Research
  • Research
  • Data
  • Experiments
  • Analysis
600Technology / Systems
  • Technology
  • Workflows
  • Tools
  • Automation
700Arts / Creativity
  • Creative projects
  • Design
  • Art
  • Music
800Stories / Media
  • Stories
  • Scripts
  • Media
  • Content ideas
900History / Travel
  • History
  • Travel
  • Places
  • Biography
000General
  • Daily logs
  • Miscellaneous notes
  • Quick reference

Connect your tools

Voice transcription

By default Sylvanote uses your browser's built-in speech recognition. For faster, more accurate voice memos, open Settings → Integrations and add your own Deepgram or OpenAI Whisper API key.

Photo & handwriting OCR

Tesseract runs locally for free. For tricky handwriting, add Azure Computer Vision, Google Vision, or OpenAI Vision keys in Settings → Integrations.

AI categorization

Choose between rule-based sorting or bring your own AI provider (Groq, OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral). Sylvanote uses it only to suggest categories and next steps — your keys stay yours.

More connectors coming soon

Dedicated export connectors for Notion, ChatGPT, and other apps are on the roadmap. For now, you can copy any idea to your clipboard and paste it wherever you work.

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