DataJars

A DataJar groups captures around a purpose. Use one for research references, meeting notes, recipes or quotations that you want to find together without putting every entry on a canvas.

Each jar has a name and a short address called a slug. The address appears with a dot, such as .reading. The name can be descriptive; the slug is what you use in capture and search commands.

Create a jar#

1. Open the list panel's conversation/tools view and choose DataJars.
2. Choose New DataJar or the header's create button.
3. Enter a description in What should this jar track?, or choose a template.
4. Read the suggested name, dot address, description, tags and field names.
5. Choose Create.

The templates are Reading List, Client Notes, Research, Meeting Notes, Recipes, Product Ideas, and Quotes. The first suggestion is prepared locally; creating a jar does not require waiting for a hosted AI answer.

Glob chooses a unique slug when one is already in use. Check the preview rather than assuming that choosing Research always produces exactly .research.

Create is disabled until a preview exists. If creation fails, the sheet shows “Could not create DataJar:” followed by the error. Keep or revise the description and retry; do not assume the jar exists because its preview appeared.

Edit its identity#

Use the jar's DataJar actions menu and choose Edit. You can change Name, Description, Icon, and Color, then choose Save. A blank name cannot be saved.

The slug shown in the preview stays the same when you rename a jar. That keeps its dot address stable.

This editor does not provide a general field-schema editor or privacy-policy editor. A field name in the creation preview is not a promise that every field type has a dedicated editable form. The retrieval-mode badge on a jar is information, not a control that you can change from this sheet.

Capture into a jar#

In the list panel, right-click Ideas, the lightbulb tab, and select the jar's dot address. The selected target becomes the default for idea captures and is remembered on this Mac. Choose .snippet from the same menu to return to ordinary captures.

You can also direct one capture with a prefix. For a jar whose slug is reading, type:

.reading Compare the two chapters on urban gardens

The prefix selects the jar for that capture; the rest becomes the entry. Use .snippet followed by your text when you want to override a selected jar for one ordinary capture.

A recognised command needs both the dot address and content. A bare .reading is not the same command. If the address is unknown, Glob keeps the text and shows “No DataJar matches .…” rather than silently saving into another jar. Check the spelling or use the offered jar-creation flow.

Task captures still go to Tasks, even when a jar is selected. Switch to an idea capture if the material belongs in the jar.

Find and develop entries#

Selecting a jar as the Ideas target shows its active entries. Use the list's search with a prefix, such as .reading gardens, to narrow a text search to that jar.

Open an entry to develop its text and tags. Use Send to Glob Project from a capture's menu when it is ready to become part of a canvas project. Preparing a document in Import Studio can also create jar-backed entries when you select that Studio's separate DataJar import target.

A jar is a focused collection, not a guarantee that every chat reads all of its entries. Ask Glob retrieves a bounded selection. Name the jar and the question clearly, and check the evidence in the answer.

Review proposed entries#

Chat can offer DataJar write proposals. Open DataJars to find Review proposed entries. Each row shows the proposed title, body preview, tags and resolved jar address when valid.

• Apply saves an eligible create-entry proposal.
• Dismiss removes that proposal from the current review.
• A disabled Apply means the proposal could not be validated. The row can show Jar missing, Empty entry, or an unsupported action.

The review supports creating entries. It does not make arbitrary update, link or deduplication requests usable just because an AI returned them. Review the destination as carefully as the text.

Proposals are held for the current tool session. Do not rely on the panel as a permanent history of everything suggested, applied or dismissed.

Archive or delete a jar#

Archive asks for confirmation and hides the jar from the active list. Delete removes it from active jars and capture targets. Both can clear a selected capture target.

Deleting a jar is not a bulk erase of all entries that once belonged to it. The confirmation explicitly says existing entries keep their source metadata. If your intention is to change an individual entry, work on that entry directly.

For data handling, use the Privacy Policy. For transferring or keeping a separate copy of work, read exports and Mac sync settings.