Everything buff can do, grouped by what you’re trying to do. Tap a feature for its full guide. New to buff? Type /tour in the app for a one-minute walkthrough.

Write things down

Feature What it does Try it
Save a note Type anything and press Send; it’s filed under today just type
Another day File a note under a past day /on yesterday …
Fix a mistake Change or remove today’s last note /edit · /undo
Add tags later Tag any note you’ve already saved, from a short list + tag
Tag a run of notes Add one tag to every note until you stop /use #project-atlas

Capture from other apps

Feature What it does Try it
Share sheet Send text or links from any app Share → buff
Siri Save a note by voice, without opening buff “Add to buff”
Type in buff Open buff with the keyboard ready “Type in buff”
iPad keyboard shortcut Save a note from any app with one key combination ⌥⌘B (your choice)
Shortcuts, Back Tap, Action button One-tap or dictated capture Add to buff action
Documents Turn a PDF, Word or text file into a searchable note /ingest

People, projects and topics

Feature What it does Try it
Tags Link a note to a person, project or topic @jane-doe #project-atlas
Plain notes Notes read as plain words; names on a line below Options → Tags under notes
Aliases Teach buff other names for someone /alias @jane-doe Jane
You Tell buff your own name /self Your Name
Everything about one All notes about a person or project /show #project-atlas
Lists People, projects and topics by activity /people · /projects
Tidy up Merge, archive or mark someone sensitive /merge · /archive · /restrict
Feature What it does Try it
A day Today or any other day /today · /day mon
A week A week, day by day /week · /week -1
A month One line per day, or a calendar /month · /cal
Search Find words in every note and document /find cafe

Todos and decisions

Feature What it does Try it
Make a todo A line starting with Do: becomes a todo Do: book the venue
Due dates Add “by” and a day … by fri
Give it to someone A todo you’re waiting on → @bob-smith: …
See todos Open, yours, waiting or overdue /todos · /due
Close a todo By number or words /done 2
Decisions Record and list decisions Decision: … · /decisions

Reports

Feature What it does Try it
Digests Weekly, monthly or quarterly summary /digest
Health check Notes on hold, duplicates, stale items /lint
Your usage How often you use each command /usage

Ask and AI (optional)

Feature What it does Try it Needs
Plain words buff picks the command for you @buff what's waiting for me On-device AI
Ask your notes An answer with tappable sources /ask what did we decide? On-device or Claude
Living briefs A summary of a person or project that stays current /prep #project-atlas Claude key
Tidy wording Clean up hurried notes; originals untouched /clean today --dry Claude key
Rewrite a note Summarise, structure, translate /enhance last summarise Claude key
Privacy What gets sent where    

Your notes, sync and settings

Feature What it does Try it
Notes folder Where notes live and what each file is Files → Buff notes
Sync iPhone, iPad and Mac via iCloud Drive /sync
Export Zip or one markdown file /export
Rebuild Regenerate files from your originals /distill all
Look and feel Themes, fonts, text size ⋯ Options
Keyboard Shortcuts and input settings ⌘K · ↑

Every command

The command reference lists every command on one page.

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