Routing

As you use Scribbles, you'll end up with multiple threads going at once — and sometimes they're about completely different things. One thread might be about an essay you're writing, another about a project at work, another about a trip you're planning.

Routing is how you connect a scribble or thread to the thing it's actually about.

How routing works

Say you're writing an essay called "Why we need better tools for thinking." As you go about your day, thoughts come to you — a new argument, a counterpoint, a reference you want to include. You capture each one as a scribble and route it to that essay.

Now when you open that document, all those routed scribbles appear right next to it. Your scattered thinking is collected in the place where it's useful.

@mentions are routing

When you type @ in a scribble and reference something — a document, a space, a list, any object — you're routing that scribble to it. The scribble becomes linked to whatever you mentioned.

For example:

"Just realized the intro needs a stronger hook @Why we need better tools for thinking"

That scribble is now routed to your essay. It shows up alongside it, ready for when you sit down to write.

What you can route to

Anything that exists as an object in your workspace:

• Documents — an essay, a note, a plan
• Spaces — a project or area of your life
• Lists — a collection of things (movies, contacts, recipes)
• Any data object — a specific movie, book, contact, or custom object

AI routing

You can also let AI handle routing for you. When you enable AI routing (it's an automation you turn on), Scribbles can automatically figure out where an incoming scribble belongs based on its content and your workspace structure.

Write "meeting notes from the Atlas sync" and AI can recognize it relates to your Atlas project and route it there — no @mention needed.