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Sources, notes and decisions

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A project has three kinds of content: sources (what the outputs rest on), notes (your own thoughts) and decisions (what you chose and why). They sit on their own tabs of the project.

Add sources​

  1. Open the project and choose the tab Sources.

    The Sources tab of a project with five sources.

  2. Press Add sources. In the box Paste a link or search your library paste a web address, or type words from a title to search your library. Library matches are listed under Library results. Press the button on a result to add it.

  3. To limit the list to one kind of item, use Filter sources by type: article, PDF, podcast, video, highlight or note.

  4. To search inside the project, use Search in this project. It searches the text of the sources. When AI search is paused it shows exact word matches only.

  5. To control how a source is used, use the controls on its row. The role menu (Role) offers Source, Background and Excluded. The pin button keeps a source always in use for outputs. A source shows Not read yet until Readsira has read it, and how often outputs cited it.

  6. To take an item out, use Remove from project. It stays in your library.

Notes​

  1. Choose the tab Notes and add a note, with an optional title.

    The Notes tab of a project with one note.

  2. Press Pin note on a note to pin it; a pinned note leads the context of outputs. Notes go into every output of this project.

  3. Edit or delete a note from its row.

Decisions​

  1. Choose the tab Decisions and press Record a decision.

    The Decisions tab of a project with one decision.

  2. Write the Decision and, if you like, the reason in Why (optional).

  3. Set the Status: Proposed, Decided, Superseded or Reversed.

  4. When a decision changes, add a new one and pick the old one in Replaces.

You can also turn an output into a decision; it keeps the output's citations.

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