Tags & Filing

Computer-side organization. Tag a jot with a label, and its content gets filed to a folder on your filesystem.

How it works

Tags are labels you create in the computer app's side panel. When you tag a jot, its text, images, drawings, files, and audio are copied to a folder on your hard drive:

{tagRootPath}/{tagName}/

The tag root path is user-configurable (defaults to Documents/JotBunker Tags/). Each filed item gets a timestamped filename (e.g., 20260412143022-filename.ext). Images are copied as-is, drawings are rasterized to PNG, audio stays as .m4a, files are copied, and text becomes a .txt file.

Tag management

Side panel

The tag list lives in the left side panel. From top to bottom:

TAGS header with info tooltip
Add tag — input field ("New tag...") + ADD button. Enter key also adds
Search — input field ("Search tags...") + SEARCH/CLEAR button. Filters the tag list in real time. Shows "{n} of {total} tags" when filtering
Tag list — scrollable list of tags. Favorites sort to the top; within each group, sorted alphabetically. Click a tag to select it as the active filing destination. Click again or press Escape to deselect
MANAGE button — opens the Manage Tags dialog (see below)
Save-to-tag button (pinned at bottom) — shows where the currently active list or scratchpad would be saved:

SAVE {LIST|LOCKED LIST|SCRATCHPAD}
{CATEGORY NAME}
→ {selected tag name}

When no tag is selected, it shows "SELECT A TAG TO SAVE" (disabled). Not shown when on the Jots tab with no tag selected.

Manage Tags dialog

Opened via the MANAGE button. A modal dialog titled "MANAGE TAGS" showing all tags sorted alphabetically. For each tag:

Heart icon — toggle favorite on/off. Quicksave is always favorited and cannot be toggled
Tag label — shown with strikethrough in red if marked for deletion
Delete icon (✕) — mark/unmark for deletion. Quicksave cannot be deleted

Changes are batched — nothing is applied until you click:

CANCEL — discards all changes
APPLY — applies favorite toggles and deletions. Button shows deletion count when tags are marked (e.g., "APPLY (2 deletions)")

Deleting a tag removes the label from JotBunker but does not delete the filed content from your filesystem.

A Quicksave tag exists by default, is always favorited, and cannot be deleted.

What gets filed

When you file a jot to a tag:

Jot text → {timestamp}-{filename}.txt
Each image → {timestamp}-image_{n}.{ext}
Each audio recording → {timestamp}-audio_{n}.m4a
Each file attachment → {timestamp}-{originalFilename}
Drawing → {timestamp}-drawing.png

Files are plain files on your filesystem. You can search them, back them up, or feed them into any knowledge management system you want.

Computer-only

Tags exist only on the computer. The phone doesn't know about tags — it's a filing and organization layer that sits on top of the sync/download system.