Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

Last summer I created a Drafts action for a user to allow them to mark some text in IA writer’s Markdown syntax for a highlight. Now my solution was not the first solution offered, but it was a little different to the others, and I have been meaning to write it up for quite some time now to go into a bit more detail about how it works and the benefits it provides over other, existing solutions.

Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

Following on from my previous post about Mustache Prompt, I’m excited to announce a brand new version of my Things Parser. Thanks to its being mentioned on MacStories along with my Fantastically Good Event Parser, it has become not only the most popular Drafts action that I have built, but the most popular Drafts action in the whole directory – a fact which creates in me an admixture of equal parts pride, imposter syndrome, and obligation.

Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.

Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.