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Capture Everything in One Place

views Inbox / Second Brain "I capture everything in my inbox for weeks without processing. You say second brain, I say strategic patience." - Erich, more crouching tiger than hidden dragon

Declutter Your View

views Trash / Recycle / Delete / Complete "My trash has 4,000 items in it. Gary asked when I'm going to empty it. I said it's an archive. He said 'it's called Trash.' I said 'so is most of reality television and people still consume it.' He walked away. I win." - Erich, winning arguments by exhaustion

Focus on Today

views Today View / Morning Tasks / Anytime Tasks / Evening Tasks "If you're not at zero items at day's end in your Today view, you deserve to be beaten at my hands.'" - Gary, who never said this, but I think he thinks it

See the Future

views Upcoming View / Calendar Integration / Future Tasks "I looked at my Upcoming view and saw next Thursday has 14 hours of work scheduled in an 8-hour day. This is what foresight looks like. Seeing the disaster coming and doing absolutely nothing about it." - Erich, clairvoyant procrastinator

Filter Across Projects

views Status View / Status / Cross-Project Organization / Keyboard Shortcuts "I set everything to Urgent. Because I'm an important person and I do important things." - Erich, a card-carrying VIP

PCK-06 Projects & Organization

Organize With Areas, Projects & Sections

projects & organization Areas / Projects / Sections / Task Hierarchy "I have 47 projects called 'Misc' and I'm not sorry." - Erich, who is actually very sorry for his organizational improprieties

PCK-07 Projects & Organization

Areas vs Projects

projects & organization Areas / Projects / Organization / Categories "I made 'Parenting' a project. Gary asked what the deliverable was. I said 'a functioning adult.' He asked for the deadline. I said '18 years.' He said 'that's an area.' He's right and I hate him." - Erich, reclassifying his children

PCK-08 Projects & Organization

Keep Notes and Tasks Together

projects & organization Project Notes / Rich Text / Images / Links "I had notes in Bear, tasks in Things, links in Safari, and context in my head. Four apps to accomplish nothing. Now it's one app. I still accomplish nothing but the overhead is way down." - Erich, consolidating his failures

PCK-09 Projects & Organization

Break Big Tasks Into Manageable Steps

projects & organization Tasks / Subtasks "I created subtasks to break down a big project. Now I have 20 small projects I'm not doing instead of one big project I wasn't doing. This is what progress looks like, and I'm good with it." - Erich, breaking it down like a rap master

PCK-10 Projects & Organization

Structure Projects with Sections

projects & organization Sections / Project Organization / Task Management "I throw 50 tasks into a project and wonder why I can't find anything. Gary uses sections. His projects make sense. Mine are chaos." - Erich, architect of unorganized projects

PCK-11 Projects & Organization

Convert Section to Note

projects & organization Sections / Notes / Merging / Sharing "Gary planned our company offsite across 15 notes. Flights, hotels, restaurants, team activities. Converted to one note. Shared it. It was perfect. I responded 'can we add go-karts.' He hasn't spoken to me since." - Erich, go-kart enthusiast

PCK-12 Projects & Organization

Bulk Edit Everything

projects & organization Multiple Selection / Bulk Actions / Mass Edit "Gary watched me drag tasks one at a time for 20 minutes. Didn't say a word. Just sat there. Eating an apple. When I finished he said 'you know about Shift+Click, right?' The apple was intentional. Everything Gary does is intentional." - Erich, entertainment for Gary

PCK-13 Projects & Organization

Move Dialog

projects & organization Quick Move / Keyboard Navigation / Task Organization "⇧⌘M, type three letters, hit enter. Task moved. The whole operation takes less time than it took you to read this sentence. I still drag things manually because I enjoy the tactile illusion of physical labor." - Erich, performatively busy

PCK-14 Projects & Organization

Managing Projects from Start to Finish

projects & organizationgetting started Projects / Areas / Today View / Status / Sections / Reminders "Gary runs projects like a Swiss train schedule. I run projects like an Italian one. Everyone has a great time, nothing arrives on time, and at some point there's espresso. This article is Gary's revenge." - Erich, culturally flexible

PCK-15 Scheduling

Start Tasks Well Before They're Due

scheduling Start Dates / Deadlines / Due Dates / Scheduling / Reminders "I don't use dates and deadlines, they're not the boss of me." - Erich, the actual boss

PCK-16 Scheduling

Create Habits With Repeating Tasks

scheduling Repeating Tasks / Daily Tasks / Weekly Tasks / Calendar Integration "I created repeating tasks for all my good habits. They show up every day. Me, not so much." - Erich, incorrectly applying the rule of set-and-forget

PCK-17 Scheduling

Never Miss Important Tasks With Reminders

scheduling Reminders / Notifications / When Dialog / Multi-Device "I set 7 reminders for one dentist appointment because I don't trust myself. Gary sets zero because 'calendars exist.' One of us has perfect teeth." - Erich, notification maximalist

PCK-18 Scheduling

Timeline View

scheduling Timeline View / Calendar Integration / Schedule / Agenda / Today View "Timeline showed me I had three meetings, two deadlines, and a dentist appointment all on the same Tuesday. I imported the dentist appointment as a note and asked AI to draft a cancellation excuse. It suggested 'dental emergency.' Recursive. I love this app." - Erich, weaponizing his own calendar

PCK-19 Scheduling

Never Miss Anything with Reminders Integration

scheduling Reminders Integration / Apple Reminders Sync / Siri / Voice Commands / Check Off Tasks / Import as Notes "I have 23 reminders that just say 'thing' from when I was multitasking. Gary has zero because he's insufferable about clarity. Guess whose inbox is more fun." - Erich, chaos documentarian

PCK-20 Quick Capture

Capture Tasks Instantly from Anywhere

quick capture Quick Note / Quick Note / Instant Capture "Quick Note lets me add tasks without seeing my inbox. This is a good thing. Have you seen my inbox?!" - Erich, professional avoider

PCK-21 Quick Capture

Clip Content Directly to Your Inbox

quick capture Quick Capture / Web Clipper / Content Collection "Cmd+; has ruined me. I used to read articles. Now I clip them. I used to cook recipes. Now I clip them. My girlfriend sent me an article about compulsive hoarding. I clipped it." - Erich, self-aware but unchanged

PCK-22 Quick Capture

Browser Extension for Safari & Chrome

quick capture Browser Extension / Save to Inbox / Web Clipper / Quick Capture "I've clipped 3,000 articles this year. Read maybe 40. That's a 1.3% conversion rate. In advertising, that would be considered excellent performance." - Erich, reframing the metrics

PCK-23 Quick Capture

Choose Your Clipping Method

quick capture Browser Extension / Quick Capture / Web Clipper "I use the browser extension exclusively. Keyboard shortcuts are for people who peaked in the command line era." - Erich, rolling his eyes at Gary's bragging about his mastery of VIM motions

PCK-24 Quick Capture

Capture Anything From Any App Instantly

quick capture Share Sheet / iOS Share / Mac Share / Quick Capture / Cross-App "I shared 47 articles in one day from Safari. Read zero. The inbox doesn't judge my hoarding, but Gary does." - Erich, aggressive curator of unread content

PCK-25 Search & Navigation

Find Everything Fast with Status Filtering

search & navigation Statuses / Filtering / Organization "Pachinko has nine statuses. I use one: NO. Erich's feature requests are now under control." - Gary, stripping the joy from Erich's life

PCK-26 Search & Navigation

Keyboard Shortcuts

search & navigation Keyboard Shortcuts / Bulk Selection / Move "Gary doesn't own a mouse. Says it's 'vestigial input.' I bought him one for Christmas. He regifted it to his mother. She uses it as a paperweight. The genes run deep. The keyboard shortcuts are genuinely faster though. Don't tell him I said that." - Erich, secretly impressed

PCK-27 Search & Navigation

Find Any Task Instantly With Search

search & navigation Quick Find / Cmd+F / Search / Filter / Instant Results "I have 83 tasks named 'TODO' and 47 named 'thing.' Quick Find is useless when you're the problem." - Erich, self-saboteur

PCK-28 Search & Navigation

Semantic Search

aisearch & navigation Semantic Search / search_context / MCP / Chat / Personal Knowledge Base "Half my notes are titled 'idea' and the other half are titled 'IDEA.' Semantic search found the right one anyway." - Erich, taxonomist

PCK-29 Sync & Data

Keep Tasks Synced Across All Your Devices

sync & data iCloud Sync / Offline Mode / Conflict Resolution / Multi-Device Support / iPhone / Mac "Sync is so fast I forget it exists. Then iCloud has a bad day, and Erich is on my case to build entirely new server infrastructure as if custom servers don't have hiccups either." - Gary, defending iCloud's honor

PCK-30 Sync & Data

Pachinko for iPhone

sync & data iPhone / Mobile / Tasks / Notes / Sync / Quick Capture "I capture everything on my phone and organize nothing until I'm at my Mac. My inbox is a landfill by Monday morning. But it's MY landfill, synced in real time, and I wouldn't have it any other way." - Erich, mobile hoarder

PCK-31 Sync & Data

Protect Your Privacy with End-to-End Encryption

sync & data iCloud Sync / Advanced Data Protection / End-to-End Encryption / Privacy "I encrypted my entire task list. If I lose my recovery key, I permanently lose access to 'buy paper towels Tuesday.' The stakes have never been lower or higher simultaneously." - Erich, who thought tinfoil hats would make for great company swag

PCK-32 Sync & Data

Import Your Bear Notes Seamlessly

sync & data Bear Import / Note Migration "I had 2,847 Bear notes when I switched. Imported them all. Took 3 minutes. I'd been procrastinating the migration for 8 months." - Erich, master of manufactured urgency

PCK-33 Sync & Data

Migrate From Things 3 Completely

sync & data Things Import / Project Migration / Area Transfer "I imported eight years of Things data in under two minutes. Eight years of 'Learn Piano' staring at me from a new app. Different software, same disappointment. At least the migration was fast." - Erich, who will learn piano eventually

PCK-34 Sync & Data

Backup and Restore Your Data Anytime

sync & data Backup / Restore / JSON / Data Portability "I backup my Pachinko data religiously. My actual life? No health insurance, no will, car inspection three months overdue. But my task list is safe. Priorities." - Erich, selectively responsible

PCK-35 Customization

Choose From 20 Themed Color Schemes

customization Themes / Friend Zone / Stockholm Syndrome / Ghosted / Irish Exit / Rock Bottom "We made 20 themes with names like 'Friend Zone,' 'Stockholm Syndrome,' and 'Rock Bottom.' Each has rotating witty descriptions. We spent way too much time on this." - Erich (priorities questionable)

PCK-36 Customization

Switch Between List and Card Views

customization Card View / List View / Thumbnails / Visual Management "Gary uses list view exclusively. Says it's 'information dense.' I use card view because pictures are pretty. We build products differently." - Erich, visual thinker

PCK-37 AI Core Features

Start Here

ai core featuresgetting started Functions / Feeds / Collect-and-Copy / MCP "I tried to explain Pachinko as notes plus AI plus feeds plus functions. Everyone nodded politely, which is how you know you have failed. Start with the machine." - Erich, simplifying under pressure

PCK-38 AI Core Features

Chat Is Better in a List App

ai core featuresgetting started Functions / Chat / AI "Everyone kept telling me chat was going to replace my beloved lists. I panicked for about ten seconds. Then I looked at a chat transcript and realized it's just a list with turn-taking. Crisis over. Lists remain undefeated." - Erich, unshaken and unstirred

PCK-39 AI Core Features

From Research to Draft: AI Workflow

ai core featuresgetting startedstep by step AI / Functions / Chat / Quick Capture "I used to write first drafts from scratch like some kind of genius. Spoiler: I'm not a genius. Now I gather research first and let AI tell me what I missed. It's humbling. I hate it. My drafts are better." - Erich, reluctantly improving

PCK-40 AI Core Features

Set Up AI in Pachinko

ai core featuresgetting startedstep by step Claude Code / Codex / API Keys / Anthropic / OpenAI "Setup took five minutes. Within ten I was arguing with Claude about whether my business plan was viable. Claude said no. Twice. I'm keeping the plan and switching to ChatGPT." - Erich, shopping for validation

PCK-41 AI Core Features

Functions

ai core features Functions / Map Mode / Reduce Mode / Web Search / Extended Thinking / Auto-Delete "I set up a function with my stock portfolio as context and 'tell me which positions are affected' as the prompt. Now every time I save a market article, it just... runs. I don't do anything." - Erich, finally automating something useful

PCK-42 AI Core Features

Create Your First Function

ai core featuresgetting startedstep by step Functions / Context / Prompting / AI "My first function was a 900-word prompt that did six jobs badly. Then I made one small function that did one job well. Horrifying lesson. Correct lesson." - Erich, punished by scope creep

PCK-43 AI Core Features

Connect Everything With MCP

ai core featuresgetting started MCP / Claude Code / Codex / Cursor / Functions "I typed one sentence into my terminal and it read my project notes, queued a function, and wrote the result back to Pachinko. I did not open the app. This is either progress or evidence that my tools are becoming management." - Erich, supervised by protocol

PCK-44 AI Core Features

Connect an MCP Client

ai core featuresgetting startedstep by step MCP / Claude Code / Codex / Cursor / Functions "I asked a terminal agent to add notes to Pachinko and then stared at the app like I had discovered electricity. I am apparently easy to impress when files move themselves." - Erich, impressed by plumbing

PCK-45 AI Core Features

Feeds

ai core featuresgetting started Feeds / Custom Prompt / RSS / PDF Import / News Flash / YouTube "I used to check five sources manually and call it a workflow. Now Pachinko checks them on schedule and I get to pretend I was disciplined all along." - Erich, no longer refreshing things

PCK-46 AI Core Features

Create Your First Feed

ai core featuresgetting startedstep by step Feeds / RSS / YouTube / Custom Prompt / Scheduling "I built a feed so I could stop checking the same sources every morning. Then I checked the feed every morning. Progress is not always emotional." - Erich, still learning to trust automation

PCK-47 AI Core Features

Feeds Into Functions

ai core featuresgetting started Feeds / Functions / Custom Prompt / Automation "The feed imported articles, then a function read them, extracted risks, and wrote the brief. I contributed by having coffee nearby." - Erich, management material

PCK-48 AI Core Features

Run a Feed Into a Function

ai core featuresgetting startedstep by step Feeds / Functions / Automation / Custom Prompt "The first time a feed queued a function for me, I watched it like a microwave. Completely unnecessary. Still satisfying." - Erich, observing automation manually

PCK-49 AI Core Features

Remote Runners

ai core features Remote Runners / Functions / iOS "I queued a Function from bed. The Mac is in the office, eleven feet away. Gary asked if I was okay. Eleven feet, Gary." - Erich, working remotely

PCK-50 Automation

AppleScript Support

automation AppleScript / Automation / Shortcuts / Integration / Scripting / API "Gary wrote a script that auto-imports his Feedbin stars every hour. I asked him why. 'Because manual labor is beneath me.' This from a man who alphabetizes his spice rack by Latin name." - Erich, reporting from the field