Editor basics

Slash commands, markdown shortcuts, links between notes, and the keyboard shortcuts worth learning.

Banter organizes your notes in a timeline. Inside each note, the editor supports markdown shortcuts and structured content: tasks, images, recordings, and links to other notes all live inline in the document.

Open and browse notes

Choose All Folders for every note, or a folder for the notes directly inside it. Notes run newest first by creation date, grouped under Today, Yesterday, recent weeks, and months. Editing an old note does not move it to Today.

A note with an up-to-date summary folds into its title, summary, and tasks. Click the summary to open the editor in place; the close control beside the note’s date leaves editing. Click New note at the top to start writing. An untouched draft disappears when you leave it.

Today returns to the top of the timeline. In longer timelines, use the month rail to browse dates and nearby notes. An open note with several headings has a separate heading navigator beside its date.

Find and filter

Use Find in the timeline header to search the current scope. It searches note text as well as visible titles and summaries; a folded note can match words inside its hidden body. Open it to read those words in context.

Use Filter to narrow notes by tasks, recordings, images, PDFs, or decks. People & companies finds notes containing recordings linked to the people or organizations you choose; typing a person’s name in ordinary note text does not create that connection. You can combine groups: for example, notes with a recording and an overdue task. Multiple picks within a group mean either can match. Remove a filter chip or choose Clear filters to widen the view. The menu omits options with no matching content, and shows Some notes are still loading while its counts are incomplete.

Writing

Type / for the command menu — headings, lists, task lists, images, and more.
Markdown shortcuts work as you type: # for a heading, - for a list, [] for a task.
Paste or drag images straight into the note.
Recordings appear as blocks inside the note — the call lives next to the notes about it, not in a separate library.

Linking notes

Type @ to link a note, folder, person, or organization. For a note, start typing a title and pick from recent notes or search. Links render as chips you can click through, and the linked note automatically shows a “Referenced by” backlink — the connection works both ways without maintenance.

Linking is what makes a workspace more than a pile of documents: the account note links the discovery call, the proposal links the account note, and the assistant can walk those links when you ask about the deal.

Moving around

Cmd+O — quick open. Search notes, folders, people, and organizations by name.
Drag folders in the sidebar to reorganize them. To move a note, click the ⋯ next to its date (it appears when you point at the note) and choose Move.
Right-click a folder to rename or move it. Existing folder instructions open from Folder instructions beside Today.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Does
Cmd+O	Quick open — search notes, folders, people, and organizations
Cmd+L	Open/close the assistant
Cmd+Shift+L	Send the selected text to the assistant
Cmd+Shift+S	Screenshot into the open note (with the extension)
Esc	Close whatever’s open — search, assistant, dialogs

(Ctrl instead of Cmd on Windows and Linux.)

Tasks and todos — the checkbox system
Folders and naming — structure that stays findable
Folder briefs — the current state, milestones, and next steps above your notes