Quick Capture

Press Cmd+K from anywhere. Type naturally. CoachKeeper figures out the rest.

The idea

You’re in the middle of something and a thought hits, a meeting you need to schedule, a task you don’t want to forget, a note you want to jot down. You shouldn’t have to navigate to the right tab, click the right button, and fill out a form.

Quick Capture lets you type a thought in plain language and turns it into the right thing, an event, a todo, or a note, in under five seconds.

How to use it

Press Cmd+K (or Alt+I) from anywhere in the app. A floating input appears.

Type naturally:

  • “Meeting with Alex tomorrow at 3pm” → the AI creates a calendar event
  • “Finish the report by Friday” → the AI creates a todo
  • “Ideas from today’s standup” → the AI creates a note

The flow

  1. Type, enter your thought in plain language
  2. Parse, the AI classifies your input (a brief spinner shows it’s thinking)
  3. Preview, you see a card with the parsed result: title, type, date/time if applicable
  4. Adjust, if the AI guessed the wrong type, switch it with the type pills (Event / Todo / Note). Edit any detail before confirming.
  5. Create, press Enter or click confirm. Done.

Type switching

The AI is good at classifying, but not perfect. If it thinks your input is an event but you meant it as a todo, click the Todo pill to switch. The content adapts, dates become due dates, titles adjust, and the preview updates.

Three type pills are always visible:

  • Event, calendar item with date and time
  • Todo, task added to your backlog
  • Note, rich text document

When to use it

  • During a meeting, quickly capture action items without switching tabs
  • Random thoughts, get an idea out of your head and into the system in seconds
  • Scheduling on the fly, “Dentist appointment next Tuesday at 10am”, done
  • From any tab, it works the same whether you’re in Notes, Calendar, or Chat

Tips

  • Be natural. You don’t need special syntax. Write like you’d tell a colleague: “Remind me to call Sarah about the contract.”
  • Include dates and times when scheduling. The AI parses “tomorrow at 3pm”, “next Tuesday”, “Friday afternoon” naturally.
  • Press Escape to close without creating anything.
  • Cmd+K is muscle memory. Once you get used to it, it becomes your fastest way to get things into CoachKeeper.