Notes & Tasks
Long-form thinking, markdown notes, backlinks, and spatial to-do lists anywhere on your canvas.
Spectacle balances spatial diagramming with structured writing. Place rich notes and action items directly beside the architecture and drawings they describe.
Rich Notes
- Full Markdown Editor: Write with headers, quotes, code blocks, lists, and tables.
- Wikilink Backlinks: Type
[[to link a note to another note, section, or canvas on your World map ([[Note title]]). Links resolve both ways, so each note shows what points back to it. - Inline Search: Press
⌘Kto jump to any note or search across all canvas content by concept or exact phrase.
Spatial Tasks
- Checklists Everywhere: Type
[todo]or add a checklist to turn any line into a task with an interactive checkbox. Inline tasks are mapped to the workspace-wide Todos table, so they show up wherever you track work. - Aggregated Todos View: The Todos table surfaces active tasks across every canvas in one place.
- AI Task Assistance: Ask Spectacle AI to generate acceptance criteria, extract checklist items from notes, or verify task completion. In the AI chat composer, type
@to pull a note, section, or canvas into the conversation's context.