Getting Started

Welcome to Clearly. This document is fully editable — play with it as much as you want. When you’re ready, press ⌘N to start a blank note, or click Add Vault in the sidebar toolbar to point Clearly at a folder of markdown files. Here’s a quick tour of what else you can do.

Connect your notes

The real power of Clearly is linking your thinking together.

Wiki links

Type [[ in the editor to link to another file. Clearly will suggest matches as you type. Links look like this: [[Some Other Note]]. You can alias them too: [[Some Other Note|click here]].

In preview mode, wiki links are clickable and navigate between your notes.

Tags

Add #tags anywhere in your text. They work in the editor, in preview, and Clearly indexes them across your entire vault. Use slashes for hierarchy: #work/projects.

Find things fast

• Quick Switcher (Cmd+P) — Jump to any file by name
• Backlinks (Cmd+Shift+B) — See every page that links to the current one
• Outline (Cmd+Shift+O) — Navigate by headings in the current document

Keyboard shortcuts

Go deeper

For a full showcase of Clearly’s markdown support — tables, math, diagrams, code blocks, callouts, and more — open Help > Sample Document from the menu bar.

Happy writing.