A Route tells Quick Draft where to save a draft and how to process it on the way. You choose a Route on the Home screen before tapping Save. Think of Routes as instructions for delivery.
A Route has:
- a Name, shown on the Home screen;
- one or more Destinations: every Destination on the Route gets the draft;
- Actions: optional processing steps (see Route actions).
The Routes list
Open it from Settings → Routes. It lists the Routes shown on the Home screen. Drag a Route to reorder it, turn it off to hide it from the Route picker, or tap it to edit it.
- Reorder: drag a Route by its handle. The order here is the order on the Home screen.
- Hide: turn off a Route’s switch to remove it from the Home Route picker without deleting it.
- Edit: tap the Route.
- Duplicate or delete: swipe the row to the left.
- Duplicate creates “name Copy” at the end of the list.
- Delete removes the Route right away, without a confirmation. If it was a default Route, that default is cleared.
Each row shows the Route’s name (with its Time shift, e.g. Daily +1d) and its Destinations. A warning icon means a Destination has lost access (see Destinations > Lost access). No Content Destination means the Route has no Destinations.
Create or edit a Route
- Tap + in the Routes list. The screen is called New Route (or Edit Route).
- Under Destinations, tap ⊕ and pick a Destination. Repeat to add more. Tap a Destination to edit it, or the cross to remove it from this Route.
- Enter a Name, up to 64 characters. If the name is empty when you add the first Destination, it’s filled in with that Destination’s name.
- Turn on any Actions you need. See Route actions.
- Tap Save. You need a name and at least one Destination.
Edit a Route without leaving Home
Long-press a Route in the Home Route picker to open Edit Route. If Long press a route to open Obsidian is on, a long press opens the Route’s note instead. See Route picker.
One draft, several notes
Add several Destinations to a Route to save one capture into several notes at once, for example your Daily Note and a project note. Each Destination keeps its own placement, section and Properties. On the Home screen, Properties appear as tabs, one per Destination (see Properties).
Fix the default Route for files
If your Default Route for files no longer has a working folder Destination, Quick Draft opens the Route as Fix the default Route for files. Add or re-pick a folder Destination to continue. See Default Routes.