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STEP BY STEP

Create Your
First Feed

Bring new material into Pachinko on a schedule.

BEFORE YOU START

Pick a Source That Repeats

Feeds are for material you do not want to fetch by hand: RSS, YouTube channels, bookmarks, PDFs in a folder, news searches, or a Custom Prompt routine.

  • goodImport new RSS articles every morning.
  • goodImport new YouTube channel transcripts when videos are published.
  • goodSync new bookmarks into a research Inbox.
  • goodRun a Custom Prompt every Friday to audit a project.
  • manual insteadOne article you already know you want to save.

    • THE STEPS

    Build the Feed

    first feed recipe / schedule / destination
    01open feeds

    Open the Feeds browser through the Window menu.

    02add feed

    Click +.

    03pick recipe

    Choose RSS, YouTube, News Flash, Import PDFs, Twitter bookmarks, or Custom Prompt.

    04schedule

    Choose when the feed should run.

    05fill variables

    Add the feed URL, folder, search topic, prompt, or other required fields.

    06choose destination

    Save new notes to Inbox or a selected project.

    07test

    Run it once and inspect what Pachinko creates.

    NEXT

    Decide What Should Happen After Import

    The feed can stop after creating notes, or it can hand those notes to one or more Functions. Start with a plain import. Once the notes look right, add the processing step.

  • plain feedCreates notes for you to read, move, and process manually.
  • feed + functionCreates notes, then automatically runs saved rules against them.
  • walkthroughRun a Feed into a Function
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