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Quick Add

Quick Add is a smart content detection tool on the dashboard. You paste a URL or a line of text, and solyto automatically determines the content type and saves it to the right place — no manual categorization needed.

There are two ways to trigger Quick Add:

  • Floating action button — Click the FAB in the bottom-right corner of the dashboard.
  • Enter key — Press Enter anywhere on the dashboard when no input field is focused. The Quick Add dialog opens immediately.

When you submit content, solyto analyzes it against a set of rules and assigns a content type with a confidence score.

If the content contains any of the todo keywords due, repeat, or link:, it is detected as a Todo at 70% confidence — this is checked before URL detection, so a URL with due in it is treated as a todo.

URLs are matched against known domains:

URL patternDetected as
deezer.com, discogs.comMusic Library entry
hardcover.app, goodreads.comBook Library entry
imdb.comMovie Library entry
store.steampowered.com, boardgamegeek.comGame Library entry
chefkoch.deRecipe Library entry
Any other URLLink Library entry

For plain text (not a recognized URL and no todo keywords):

Content signalsDetected asConfidence
Contains / or #Todo50%
Plain text with no signalsNote50%

The confidence score decides whether the item is saved directly or needs your confirmation:

  • Confidence ≥ 60% — the item is committed automatically, no extra step needed.
  • Confidence < 60% — solyto shows you the detected type and asks you to confirm before saving. You can accept it, or choose a different type from the full list of destinations.
  1. Open Quick Add
  2. Paste: https://www.deezer.com/album/123456
  3. solyto detects Music at 95% confidence and imports it into your Music Library
  1. Open Quick Add
  2. Type: Pick up dry cleaning due:tomorrow
  3. solyto detects Todo at 70% confidence and creates a todo due tomorrow
  1. Open Quick Add
  2. Type: Meeting notes: client wants to move deadline to March
  3. solyto detects Note at 50% confidence — since this is below 60%, it asks you to confirm before saving
  1. Open Quick Add
  2. Paste: https://example.com/some-interesting-article
  3. solyto detects Link at 95% confidence and saves it to your Link Library

If the detected type is wrong, click “No, choose type” in the confirmation screen (or the equivalent option) to open a grid of all supported destinations: music, books, movies, games, links, recipes, plants, quotes, todo, note, feed, and clipboard.

Quick Add feeds directly into the features you have enabled:

  • Library entries appear in the corresponding library and show up in dashboard release widgets
  • Todos show up in the Todos feature and the Due Todos / Scored Todos dashboard widgets
  • Notes appear in Notes and the Recent Notes widget
  • Links appear in the Link Library and the Newest Links widget

If a feature is disabled in Settings → Features, Quick Add will not offer it as a detected type.