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Properties and the Title

Properties are the fields on a Type. There are 20 Property kinds — from a plain number to a live stopwatch to coloured tags to a list of sub-entries. Every Type also has a built-in Title — the headline on each Entry's card.

A Type is the shape of something you track. The Properties are the fields inside that shape. Every Type also has a built-in Title — the headline on each Entry's card in the feed, which defaults to the Type's name but is yours to change per Entry.

This page covers all of it: what Properties are, every Property kind you can pick from (20 in total), and how the Title works.

Properties

Every Property has three things:

  • a name (reps, hours, note)
  • a kind — the type of data it holds (see the full list below)
  • an optional default value that fills in automatically when you quick-log

When you log an Entry on a Type, you write one value per Property. Most Types have 1–4 Properties. Anything beyond that usually wants to be split into multiple Types or rolled into a Routine.

Property icons

Every Property shows a small icon in the builder — by default the one for its kind (a # for Number, a checkbox for True/false, and so on). Click that icon to change it: the picker opens with two tabs — Emoji and Icons (the full icon library, searchable by name). Pick a 🔥 or a flame icon for calories, a 🏃 for distance — whatever reads fastest for you.

A custom Property icon is remembered for this Type only, so the same shared Property can wear a different icon in another Type. To put it back, open the picker and choose Remove.

Every Property kind

There are 20 kinds, grouped here by what they're for. Pick the one that fits how you want to read and analyse the data later.

Basics

| Kind | What it stores | When to use it | |------|----------------|----------------| | Number | Integer or decimal | Anything you'd sum, average, or chart — reps, kg, km, calories, ratings, glasses, cups. | | Text | A short string | Names, titles, places, short notes. | | Markdown | A long string with formatting | Journal entries, session notes, long-form reflections. Renders bold, lists, headings. | | True/false (Checkbox) | A yes/no flag | Habit completions — did you do it today? |

Time

| Kind | What it stores | When to use it | |------|----------------|----------------| | Date | A calendar day | Birthday, due date, anniversary. | | Date/time | A specific moment | Wake time, bedtime, deadline, event start. | | Duration | A typed-in time amount (minutes) | "I ran for 45 minutes" after the fact — when you don't need a live timer. | | Stopwatch | A live counter with Start / Pause / Resume / Stop | Work blocks, gardening, focus sessions — anything where you want to time it as it happens. See Stopwatch and Timer. | | Timer | A Stopwatch with a target duration | Pomodoro sessions, breathing exercises, meditation — same as Stopwatch but with a goal (e.g. 25 min). Overflows past zero without auto-stopping. |

Tags (picklists)

Coloured options you pick from a list — exactly like a select / multi-select. Tag holds one, Multi-tag holds several, and you can convert between them at any time. See Tag and Multi-tag.

| Kind | What it stores | When to use it | |------|----------------|----------------| | Tag | One option from this property's own list | Mood (happy / neutral / sad), priority (low / med / high) — options that belong to this Type only. | | Multi-tag | Several options from this property's own list | Symptoms on a sick day, focus areas on a workout — many-from-one-list, scoped to this Type. | | Global tag | One option from your shared Global Tags pool | A #project or #area you reuse across many different Types. | | Global multi-tag | Several options from your shared Global Tags pool | Cross-Type labels (#deep-work, #errand) you want consistent everywhere. |

References

| Kind | What it stores | When to use it | |------|----------------|----------------| | Relation | A link to another Type's Entry | This reading session points at a specific Book Entry; this set points at the parent workout. | | Sub-entries | A list of child Entries this entry owns | A dish's ingredients, a recipe's items, a shopping trip's purchases — varies per Entry. See Sub-entries. | | File | An uploaded image, audio, or PDF | Progress photo, voice memo, receipt, lab result. |

Special text

| Kind | What it stores | When to use it | |------|----------------|----------------| | URL | A clickable web address | Link to an article you read, a video reference, a workout demo. | | Email | A formatted email address | Contacts on a CRM-style Type. | | Phone | A formatted phone number | Same. |

Escape hatch

| Kind | What it stores | When to use it | |------|----------------|----------------| | JSON | Arbitrary structured data | Power-user use only — for data shapes that don't fit any other kind. You probably won't need it. |

Worked examples by domain

Pick the right kinds and the Types feel natural to log.

Fitness — Push-ups

  • reps — Number, default 10
  • set — Number, default 1

Fitness — Run

  • distance_km — Number, default 5
  • duration_min — Number, default 30
  • notes — Text

Health — Sleep

  • hours — Number, default 7.5
  • quality — Tag: great / good / ok / bad
  • note — Text

Habit — Vitamins

  • taken — True/false, default true

Habit — Smoke-free day

  • made it — True/false, default true

Productivity — Deep work

  • duration — Stopwatch (live tracking — Start when you sit down, Stop when you're done)
  • project — Tag: Kaizendex / client A / client B
  • note — Markdown

Productivity — Pomodoro

  • focus — Timer, target 25 min
  • was productive — True/false

Reading — Pages read

  • pages — Number, default 10
  • book — Relation → Book Type

Reading — Book finished

  • title — Text
  • author — Text
  • rating — Tag: ★ / ★★ / ★★★ / ★★★★ / ★★★★★
  • notes — Markdown
  • link — URL (Goodreads, Amazon, etc.)

Meals — Meal log

  • name — Text
  • calories — Number
  • protein_g — Number
  • tags — Multi-tag: breakfast / lunch / dinner / snack
  • photo — File

Mood — Daily check-in

  • mood — Tag: 😊 / 🙂 / 😐 / 😕 / 😞
  • energy — Number 1–5
  • note — Markdown

Body — Weight

  • kg — Number, default 78.0

Body — Blood pressure

  • systolic — Number
  • diastolic — Number
  • measured_at — Date/time

Time — Meditation

  • session — Timer, target 15 min
  • style — Tag: breath / loving-kindness / body scan

Reference — Contact

  • name — Text
  • email — Email
  • phone — Phone
  • notes — Markdown

The Title

Every Entry has a Title — the headline you read on its card in the feed. It's built in: every Type has one automatically, so you never add it as a Property.

By default, an Entry's title is the Type's name. Make a "Todoo" Type and every todo you log starts out titled "Todoo". But the title is yours to change — type "Buy milk" on one, "Call the dentist" on another. Entries you never rename keep showing the Type name, so renaming the Type re-labels them all.

Two different things live in two different places:

  • The Type's name — edited at the very top of the Type builder. It's the Type's identity and is the same for every Entry.
  • The default Entry title — the Title row at the top of the Properties tab. Leave it showing the Type name to inherit it, or type a different default that every new Entry starts with. (Editing this does not rename the Type.)
  • The Title's icon — the icon on that same Title row. It matches the Type's icon by default, but click it to pick a different emoji or icon just for the title; choose Remove to go back to matching the Type. Changing it here does not change the Type's icon.

To rename one Entry, just edit its title right on the card — or open the Entry and edit the heading on its page. Because the card title is now an editable field, you open an Entry by clicking its card body or the ⋯ menu's Open.

Your other Properties — reps, hours, calories, a checkbox — show on the card as their own fields next to the Title.

Defaults make logging fast

Defaults are the secret behind one-tap logging. If your Type's Properties have sensible default values, tapping that Type in chat writes a new Entry instantly with no extra input.

Set defaults thoughtfully:

  • Pick the value you log most often, not the average.
  • For habit tallies (vitamins, meds, water glass), true or 1 is almost always right.
  • For workouts that vary, leave the default empty and type the number — fast either way.
  • For Stopwatch/Timer, the default is "0m, ready to start" — the entry writes the moment you pick the Type, then you Start the live counter on the card.

Properties that link Types together

The Relation kind lets one Entry reference another Type's Entry. Examples:

  • A Pages read Type with a book Relation points each reading session at a specific Book.
  • A Set Type with a workout Relation groups multiple sets under one workout session.
  • A Task done Type with a project Relation organises completions under projects.
  • A Meal Type with a recipe Relation points to a Recipe Entry with the ingredients.

Relations are how you build graphs across your tracking data without leaving the universal engine.

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