Appending notes to the active web page's Reflect note page

[jaseemts]

Extension

https://www.raycast.com/ryon/reflect

Description

Whenever I watch a video or read an article, I can activate this command to add notes. If it's my first time doing this, it will create a Reflect page and add my notes. If I do it again, it will simply append the notes to that specific page.

Currently, I can only append notes to my daily notes. Adding this would make consuming and learning content much more seamless.

Who will benefit from this feature?

Anyone who takes notes while watching a video, reading an article, or browsing a website will benefit. For quick, random ideas, the current Append Notes feature in Daily Notes is already helpful. However, for longer, detailed notes on a specific topic—especially when watching a video or reading a lengthy blog—I prefer to keep my notes on the page associated with that content. The Reflect Chrome extension allows us to bookmark and create a dedicated page for this purpose. However, to take notes, I still need to access the Reflect app itself.

Anything else?

The UX could resemble the current "Append To Daily Note" command. In the background, whenever I add a note, it will check whether the respective page has been created.

Another idea is to include a drop-down with a search option for selecting the page to which notes should be added. But the experience would be seamless if page creation and verification were automated in the background.

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[joshknowles]

Hey @jaseemts 👋🏽

Unfortunately the Reflect API has the following limitations making this request challenging

1. You can create a new note, but there is no way to append to the note in the same way that you can append to a daily note
2. There is no way to get a list of note titles (this is due to the end-to-end encryption)

Given the limitations of the API, what do you think the UX should be?

[jaseemts]

Hey @joshknowles, thank you for the quick response. I really appreciate it.

The limitation of the Reflect API is a shame. Hopefully, they will extend its capabilities soon.

The UX is quite straightforward.

• I am on a webpage - a blog, or a YouTube video. While engaging with the content, I get an insight to note down.
• I hit Command-Space, select "Add a Reflect note," and can add notes just like I do in the current "Append To Daily Note" command. In the background, it checks if a Reflect page for this note already exists. If not, it creates one and adds the note. If the page already exists, further notes will be appended to the existing ones.
• I hit Command-Enter. The note is added, and I resume reading the blog or watching the YouTube video.

I believe this will create a seamless experience for consuming or learning from any web content, whether it's a video, a blog, or a tweet thread.

An example:

[joshknowles]

The UX is quite straightforward. Sorry, to be more clear, I was asking if there is a difference user experience you thought made sense given what you are asking for can't currently be built.

I'd encourage you to open a feature request with the Reflect team to enchance their APIs to allow appending to links and notes.

[jaseemts]

@joshknowles Oops, my mistake. I can't think of any other UX that fits my workflow given the current limitations.

I will definitely submit a feature request to the Reflect team. Thank you for your time.