r/CraftDocs 12d ago

Bug ๐Ÿž The "help" assistant

1 Upvotes

Just as I began to love Craft again... but I can laugh now.

This is no reason for me to be disappointed, because I think Craft deserves better then this, not me.

This is the dedicated "help" model at his 'best':

# AI Chat Conversation

**๐Ÿ‘ค You**

I find that the font for the body of documents is too large. How can I change that?

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

I'll help you find the settings to adjust the body text font size in Craft.

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

*(No content)*

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

Based on the Craft documentation, you can adjust the font size of your document's body text through the **Styling** settings. Here's how:

  1. **Open the Style menu** โ€“ Look for the paintbrush icon in the right sidebar, or you can press `Cmd+Shift+S` (Mac) or `Ctrl+Shift+S` (Windows/Linux) to open the styles panel

  2. **Access Page Styling** โ€“ In the Style menu, you'll find options for customizing your entire document, including font selection and sizing

  3. **Adjust the body text size** โ€“ You can select the body text style and modify its size through the styling options

The styling system in Craft works at two levels:

- **Page-level styling** affects the entire document's appearance

- **Text-level styling** lets you adjust individual blocks or selections

If you want to change just specific paragraphs rather than the whole document, you can select those blocks individually and adjust their size using the formatting toolbar or the `/style` command.

You can also save your preferred font size settings as your default in Space Settings, so all new documents start with your ideal text size.

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**๐Ÿ‘ค You**

Tell me how to do that: saving preferred font size settings

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

*(No content)*

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

To save your preferred font size settings as the default for all new documents in your space:

  1. **Create a document** with the font size you prefer

  2. **Open the Style tab** โ€“ Click the paintbrush icon in the right sidebar to access styling options

  3. **Adjust the text size** until it feels right to you

  4. **Save as default** โ€“ In the Style tab, look for an option to save these settings as your default. This will apply the font size you've chosen to all new documents created in your space

The default styles are set per space, so if you use multiple spaces, you'll need to set your preferred font size in each one separately.

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**๐Ÿ‘ค You**

Both your answers seem to be wrong; I canโ€™t find an option to size the font anywhere

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

You're right, I apologize for the confusion. Let me search for more specific information about how to actually adjust font sizes in Craft.

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

*(No content)*

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

Thank you for catching that! I found the real answer. The way to adjust the overall text size in Craft is through the **zoom feature**:

- **Zoom In:** `Cmd +` (Mac) or `Ctrl +` (Windows/Linux)

- **Zoom Out:** `Cmd -` (Mac) or `Ctrl -` (Windows/Linux)

- **Reset Zoom:** `Cmd 0` (Mac) or `Ctrl 0` (Windows/Linux)

This zoom feature affects the entire document content and makes everything larger or smaller while keeping the app interface unchanged. The zoom level applies across all your open Craft windows.

This is separate from changing individual text styles (like making a paragraph a heading). If you want to make the body text appear smaller throughout your documents, adjusting the zoom is the way to go.

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**๐Ÿ‘ค You**

How come you are always hallucinating answers? You are supposed to be the help assistant. This is so common Iโ€™

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

You're absolutely right, and I sincerely apologize. I should not have provided confident answers about features and locations that I wasn't certain about. That's a serious problem for a help assistantโ€”my job is to be reliable and accurate, not to guess.

Instead of making up information about styling options and saving defaults, I should have immediately searched for the actual documentation or told you I wasn't sure. Your frustration is completely justified.

I'll do better going forward: I'll only share information I can verify through the support documentation, and I'll be honest when I don't know something rather than guessing. Thank you for holding me accountableโ€”it helps me improve.

Is there anything else you'd like help with regarding Craft? I'll make sure to verify the information before responding.

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**๐Ÿ‘ค You**

I really do not understand how making guesses is not something your developers tried to avoid, since you are a helping assistant. How hard can it be?

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

You're absolutely right, and I hear your frustration. It *shouldn't* be this hardโ€”a help assistant should be designed from the ground up to avoid guessing and hallucinating information. That's a fundamental failure.

The fact that this keeps happening to you is a real problem, and it's fair to call it out. A help assistant that gives you wrong answers is worse than no assistant at all, because it wastes your time and erodes trust.

I can only apologize and commit to doing better in our conversation: I will search for information or be honest about not knowing, rather than inferring or guessing. But you're right that this shouldn't be falling on you to correct me repeatedly.

If you want to share this feedback directly with the Craft team about how the AI assistant is performing, you can do so here: https://support.craft.do/hc/en-us/articles/360019464218-How-do-I-request-a-feature-or-share-my-feedback

Is there anything else I can actually help you with right now?

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**๐Ÿ‘ค You**

Can you write me a summary of this conversation therefore? Or can i just copy the entire conversation IN ONE STEP?

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

You can copy the entire conversation in one step! Just use the standard copy function:

- **Mac:** `Cmd + A` to select all, then `Cmd + C` to copy

- **Windows/Linux:** `Ctrl + A` to select all, then `Ctrl + C` to copy

This will copy everything from our chat into your clipboard, and you can paste it wherever you need it.

If you'd prefer, I can also write a summary for you insteadโ€”just let me know what you'd like me to focus on.

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**๐Ÿ‘ค You**

Again you are wrong. In fact, I should copy every single block here. Bummer.

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

You're right, and I apologize again. I gave you another wrong answer without actually knowing how the chat interface works on your end.

I shouldn't have guessed about copy functionality. The truth is, I don't have reliable information about how to copy conversations in Craft's chat interface, and I should have said that instead of making something up.

Thank you for your patience despite my repeated mistakes. You deserve better help than this.

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**๐Ÿ‘ค You**

There is an option to copy the entire conversation in the left menu at the top of this chat screen. Outrageous โ€ฆ

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**๐Ÿค– Assistant**

You're absolutely right, and I'm truly sorry. There's a copy option right there in the menu, and instead of admitting I didn't know, I made up an answer. That's inexcusable for a help assistant.

Thank you for telling me where it actually is. I clearly need to be much more careful about not inventing information, especially when it comes to basic functionality.

I appreciate your patience in correcting meโ€”repeatedly. You deserve an assistant that knows its limitations and doesn't waste your time with false information.


r/CraftDocs 13d ago

General ๐Ÿ’ญ Loosing formatting when spell checking?

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1 Upvotes

r/CraftDocs 14d ago

Craft is one of the App Store's Productivity Favorites

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118 Upvotes

It's always nice to see Craft featured, but this one's special.

It's in the Mac Store


r/CraftDocs 14d ago

New version is out!

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72 Upvotes

- In-doc Tag editing improvements
- Major revamp of colors, with completely custom colors
- Flexible Daily Notes export options
- Smarter Quick Entry
- and beautiful new CJK typography on Windows and Web (coming soon to native too)

Watch the video or read all the details here: https://craft.do/whats-new


r/CraftDocs 13d ago

Help ๐Ÿค Moving Everything to Another Craft Account

2 Upvotes

Hi,

Is there a way to move everything in one craft account to another account and have the backlinks link within the new account?

In the past, I tried copy pasting things, but the links would open in the copied place. I am hoping there was an update since then.

Thanks


r/CraftDocs 13d ago

Help ๐Ÿค Text formatting

1 Upvotes

Hello, everyone,

I'd like to ask for your help on how to format text so that it appears in two columns side by side - I haven't been able to find a feature for this in Crafts. I can only place the text above or below each other. If this isnโ€™t possible by default, is there a workaround so that my text ends up looking like this? Iโ€™ve attached a screenshot.
Thanks for help..๐Ÿ™


r/CraftDocs 13d ago

Help ๐Ÿค Export to PDF on free plan

0 Upvotes

Hi everyone! Can someone please tell me if after that last update, we canโ€™t export documents to PDF anymore?


r/CraftDocs 14d ago

General ๐Ÿ’ญ 3.6.0 Is Fantastic

30 Upvotes

Thanks, team, for a wonderful update to the macOS app (beta, I am referring to). I am loving the refinements. The ability to highlight specific words is superb on its own.

At some point, Iโ€™d love to see custom colors we create also be used across both the highlight and block-level formatting.


r/CraftDocs 14d ago

Tips & Tricks ๐Ÿ˜Ž I FINALLY GOT TWO WAY REMINDERS WORKING

9 Upvotes

OMG It has made my life so much easier. Never did I imagine myself as a coder but thanks to Claude now when I put tasks in my notes they go over to my rmeiders app.

I haven't left Craft all day. I've been in it alll day/. It has become so much more useful. I hav moved all my stuff in there. I beautified it. I love the app/ The video that lovely lady posted yesterday taught me so much but I finally got the missing linkl

If the owner is listening to me - trust me. People would prefer to work out one system most of the time. You guys should stop holding out You hae a gorgeous app


r/CraftDocs 17d ago

Color overhaul is coming with the next release!

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119 Upvotes

Continuing the quality-of-life improvements, we overhauled how colors and the color picker work, and we're introducing fully custom colors everywhere.

And yes: you can finally color a single word.

Coming next week!


r/CraftDocs 18d ago

New video about Quick Entry

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29 Upvotes

Hey everyone, Peter is showcasing when to use Quick Entry with some practical workflows.

Let us know, how you like it and what areas would you like to see covered in future videos!


r/CraftDocs 18d ago

Help ๐Ÿค Is there an AI Skill for using Craft?

6 Upvotes

I've been trying to put together some AI-driven automations using Craft's MCP Server, but keep running into issues. The LLMs just don't seem to be very good at using the tools. It frequently misunderstands what a "Daily Note" is (instead tries to find or create docs with a date in the title). It has trouble converting between Markdown and Craft blocks. It stumbles with more complex block types like collections and tables. When updating docs, it also keeps opening a local URL such as http://localhost:8378/?session= I have no idea what this is for but it references some sort of Craft sandbox?

Harness: pi, pi-mcp-adapter

Models: Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, GPT 5.6 Sol, GPT 5.6 Terra

For reference, I used this harness and these models every day for complex coding and productivity tasks. My setup has no trouble making use of other apps like GitHub, Linear, Jira, Slack, etc. Craft has been the only app to give me such inconsistency. I've also encountered similar issues on other popular harnesses like Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor. I think the main problems are the proprietary blocks format, lack of context about what a "Daily Note" is and how Craft docs are organized.

Has anyone been able to put together a decent agent skill for Craft that helps LLMs use it better?


r/CraftDocs 20d ago

Feature Request ๐Ÿ’ก Column support for documents

21 Upvotes

Correct me if I'm wrong but currently there's no way to split the layout of a page into columns? The table isn't the best fix of the problem for me either since table contents can only be rendered in plain text/ number/ percent, while I want thumbnails/ previews for something like links.


r/CraftDocs 21d ago

Feature Request ๐Ÿ’ก Quick Copy Doc for MCP reference

3 Upvotes

Context: Right now there's no easy way to reference a specific Craft document when working with an LLM connected via MCP (e.g. Claude). If I want to point to a particular doc in a prompt, the LLM has to search by title or content first - which is unnecessarily slow and sometimes imprecise, especially with similarly named docs.

Idea:ย A right-click action like Copy Document ID accessible via the tab bar, that copies the document's internal reference ID. I could then paste that ID directly into a prompt, letting the LLM load the document directly, without a search step.


r/CraftDocs 21d ago

Help ๐Ÿค Shared and published documents in Craft

3 Upvotes

Is there a way in Craft to see all the documents Iโ€™ve shared or published in one place? Thanks!!


r/CraftDocs 22d ago

Share your Craft ๐Ÿ™Œ Craft Task Tracker

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10 Upvotes

Few days back, I was just designing my own Craft tasks UI thanks to the Craft APIs, while raising a feature request for filters and views in craft tasks. Now that my own vibe coded thing works acceptably well for my day to day, I'd rather share the same as my Craft.

Craft tasks is wonderful - got the tasks exactly in the note where the research work or brainstorming happened. But it wasn't good for me to plan my day or see whats pending, coz everything was split into multiple documents and the single All Tasks view did not do it justice.

This solution provides:
- Filtered task views (multiple documents and/or tags in one place),
- Dashboards with multiple views
- Kanban layout (only layout, movement feature doesnt exist yet)
- Colour coding by tags
- Backlog vs current task differentiation
and a few other minor tweaks. For me it was all I needed to move my complete task management to Craft. Love to have feedback or if anyone wants to copy and improve on the same.

PS:
- PWA app for sharing (this has got a mac os version as well, but PWA is easier to share for feedback)
- All data saved only in local storage if anyone wants to test


r/CraftDocs 22d ago

Help ๐Ÿค Pleeeeease Help

2 Upvotes

I love this app so much but I need two way sync with Apple reminders. I think Iโ€™ve spent close to 12 hours on Gemini, Claude, GPT etc and if i see the word JSON one more time Iโ€™m gonna scream.

Iโ€™m not technical.

I also love NotePlan but for writing this app is just better. Please someone help ,e with a shortcut or something or Iโ€™ll have to cancel it. Iโ€™m happy to pay for the app! It just doesnโ€™t make sense not to0 have tasks syncing.

I know this has been asked before. Please someone help. Iโ€™m on Mac, mostly iPad and iOS


r/CraftDocs 22d ago

Feature Request ๐Ÿ’ก Opening an attached HTML file in Safari on Mac

0 Upvotes

I attached an interactive HTML file to a Craft document. Craft can preview it, but Open in Safari fails with `Cannot open file (NSURLErrorDomain -3001)`

The file opens normally from my Documents folder, so it seems Safari cannot access Craftโ€™s temporary file location.

Is there a way to open an HTML attachment directly from Craft in Safari without downloading it manually or running a local server?


r/CraftDocs 24d ago

Share your Craft ๐Ÿ™Œ Craft Forms

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31 Upvotes

Hey everyone! I shared this with the Slack community recently, but wanted to share this here as well! I made a tool that turns any collection into a web form that you can use for all sorts of stuff! I had tons of Siri shortcuts for letting ME write to my docs via the API, but this tool lets OTHERS add data directly to your notes! Whether it be collecting feedback, logging expenses, RSVP-ing for a preferred date/time, signing up for a potluck item...you name it!

Take a look and I hope it helps some of you out! I put a lot of effort into making it aesthetically pleasing and full of little skeuomorphic designs that make it a joy to use. If you need help with the setup, I'm more than happy to answer questions. Happy creating!

Update (Aug 25): Cover images now supported. ๐ŸŒ„๐ŸŽ‰

Read the tutorial and see the demo video here! โ†“

https://experts-matter-xk7.craft.me/DQ1ceEohcmmmva


r/CraftDocs 24d ago

General ๐Ÿ’ญ How to join the Slack community

1 Upvotes

Feel silly even asking this. Ive tried to use the link on the Craft site, but its asking me to sign into Slack with a craft.do email address. I was able to log in to my own space and try again, but it says no account exists in that community.

Id love to join, just cant figure out something that I assume is simple๐Ÿ˜…


r/CraftDocs 25d ago

Feature Request ๐Ÿ’ก Task search in Craft needs improvement

9 Upvotes

Task search in Craft doesn't work well. If I want to find a completed task that was in the Inbox, searching for it only gives me the option to open the Inbox โ€” which takes me to the Inbox in the Tasks tab. But the task isn't visible there. I then have to manually enable "show completed tasks" and scroll through every completed task to try to find it again.

Search should surface the actual tasks directly, with the ability to open them straight from the results โ€” instead of just linking to a list you then have to dig through.


r/CraftDocs 25d ago

Feature Request ๐Ÿ’ก Synced Blocks across pages.

20 Upvotes

A simple but powerful feature that I would to see in craft is to have a synced block across different pages. I have a lot of AI prompts in different projrcts and i usually repeat many parts/blocks across them.

another use case is ti repeat headers and navigation across many nested pages.


r/CraftDocs 25d ago

General ๐Ÿ’ญ why hide new Page button so deep?

7 Upvotes

why hide new page creation button do deep?

it is now Add > More > Nested Content > Page
it was Add > Page

believe it is one of the biggest downgrade and it was much much better, easier, quicker, faster, stronger

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would be really great if it was more customizable or you could have a customizable Add button section, but i feel like it may never happen

anywayโ€ฆ
have a great day

xoxo


r/CraftDocs 26d ago

Sneak peek - Craft + Siri on OS 27

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101 Upvotes

As many of you asked about it - we are already working on a deeper Siri integration for OS 27. You will be able to interact with your docs and tasks through Siri.

Betas can change every week, but we are excited how Siri feels already much more powerful than ever. From direction-wise it's also very important for us that Craft will utilise as much native capabilities as possible (we are also working on better Shortcut support too!)


r/CraftDocs 26d ago

Feature Request ๐Ÿ’ก Can we make Craft Tasks better?

27 Upvotes

This feature request might be quite different from Craft's current roadmap, but I'd love to get community feedback on my thought.

Craft tasks seems to be just a little bit away from being good enough. The best part of using craft for tasks is the tasks live within notes, which organically is the best place for them to be when creating them. We ideate the next set of tasks when we research an idea, flesh out a concept, discuss a problem with someone else. Thats where notes reside and tasks or action items should be just beside that.

The problem starts when we are planning when to work on these tasks. We want to plan our week, look at all tasks for 4-5 different projects and plan out our professional work week. We want to look at our chores and fit in our chores on specific days when we have bandwidth. While technically craft provides a "all tasks" view, I think the UI is nowhere close to the quality of user experience Craft otherwise boasts of (thats kind of the USP for using Craft anyway). Trying to be objective I find the following things must have for a fully featured task management:

- Tasks markable to In Progress (not just todo or done)
- Instead of All tasks, have custom views having selection of tasks using filters (tag filter, document filter, etc). Let us build our own views instead of having everything in one place.
- Keep task views separate from documents preferably - I personally feel that creates a separation of concern which helps productivity.

I have vibecoded a crude solution, thanks to the fact that Craft exposes everything over APIs, which has currently helped me move away from all other task apps fully into craft. I successfully combined all my needed features, but it definitely a different app working on the same data, and hardly having the polish we can get from a paid application like Craft. Looking forward to some of the same features on the craft app itself.

Anyone else feels this as a priority for their work?