Finding & Organizing Your Blinks — the Blink Library

Where are all my Blinks?

The Blink Library at /blinks/portal/ shows every Blink you've ever caught — reachable from the sidebar (“Blink Library”), the Main Hub's Blinks section (“Open Library”), and the Catch-a-Blink page's top button. The number badge is your true total.

Finding things

• Search looks through every Blink's title, text, and BLK-code — not just the page you're on.
• Filters: type (tasks, reminders, events, appointments, notes), category (including Uncategorized), and status (open / done / overdue). Category chips on any Blink are clickable filters too.
• Sort by newest, oldest, title, category, or recently updated. Filters stay applied while you page through results.
• Views: switch List / Grid / Compact — your choice is remembered. Choose 25 / 50 / 100 Blinks per page, or all on one page, and download your Blinks (all, filtered, or selected) as CSV or PDF.

Fast catch vs a normal Blink

The dashed quick-catch strip at the top of the Library saves a Blink from just its title — it wears a ⚡ lightning mark meaning “caught fast, not shaped yet”. Open it and save once (add a category, dates, files…) and the mark disappears. A normal Blink is created on the Catch-a-Blink page with the full form. Both pages use the SAME icons for every Blink: ⚡ fast-caught, Task / Reminder / Event / Finance badges, and 📎 when it has images or voice notes.

Deleting is safe now

Every delete — single or bulk, from any page — moves Blinks to the Recycle Bin (/blinks/recycle-bin/) where they can be restored for 30 days. Nothing is permanently removed unless you purge it or the 30 days pass.

Deleting a category

Deleting a category asks you to choose one of two modes, and shows exactly what's inside first (Blinks, voice notes, images, attached files):

• Delete the category only — all its Blinks stay in your Library and become Uncategorized.
• Delete the category AND its Blinks — the Blinks (with their voice notes and files) move to the Recycle Bin. You must type DELETE and confirm again. Important: because the category no longer exists, any Blink you restore later comes back as Uncategorized.

Your Blinks feed your AI

OrbitPilot reads your Blinks (including task notes, voice transcripts, and finance facts in readable form) when its memory is built — the more you catch and shape, the smarter your answers get.

Task priority at a glance (2026-08)

In the Blink Library and dashboard lists, a task's badge now shows its priority number next to the word Task (e.g. Task · 65) whenever a priority was set on the Blink form. The badge colour shifts with urgency — calm blue for low numbers through to red for 81+ — so the hottest tasks stand out while scanning. Tasks with no priority keep the plain badge. Voice-transcript boxes on Blink pages also gained a soft blue tint so they read as distinct from the rest of the card.

Pinning a Blink, and searching from the home page (2026-09-26)

Pin a Blink you open all the time: tap the pin on its row in the Library - it turns red. Pinned Blinks stay at the very top of the list whatever sort or filter you choose, and carry a "Pinned" badge. Tap the pin again to unpin.

Only the pinned ones. The pin icon on the home page opens the Library filtered to your pinned Blinks (the heading reads "Pinned Blinks"); "Show all Blinks" takes you back.

Search without opening the Library first. On the home page, type in the capture box and tap the magnifying glass - you arrive here with the search already done. It is the same search as the box at the top of this page.

The search bar, on a big screen and on a phone (2026-09-27)

On a computer the Library's search and filters are one line, always open at the top of the list - words, type, category, status, sort, per page, then Apply.

On a phone that line would push your Blinks down the screen, so it becomes a single magnifying glass beside the "Captured Blinks" title. Tap it for the same search window as the home page, already filled in with what you are looking at. When a search or filter is on, the button says Active, so a short list always tells you why.

Downloading. The Download button beside the title opens a small window that says exactly what you will get - all your Blinks, or only the ones your current search and filters show - and offers a Spreadsheet (CSV) or a Printable (PDF). For just a few Blinks, tick their checkboxes in the list and use the bar at the bottom.