Product
Plan & ActCapture & ThinkBody & MindMoneyWorldInsights
Resources
Help center Blog Contact us
Plans
Pricing
Log in Start free trial
Home/ Help/ Capture & routing/ What the Inbox is for
Explainer

What the Inbox is for

A catch-all for thoughts you don't want to sort yet — then process the whole queue in one sitting.

3 min readUpdated Aug 2026

The Inbox exists so capturing never has to mean deciding. When a thought lands and you don't want to file it — an idea, a maybe, a half-formed task — drop it in the Inbox and keep moving. It's the app's version of a physical in-tray.

Capture now, sort later

Everything in the Inbox sits as raw text until you're ready. Then you process each item: turn it into a task, an expense, a note, a calendar event — whatever it actually is. The item leaves the Inbox once it's been placed.

Inbox with three items to process and a Process all action Plannr.do — Inbox INBOX · 3 TO PROCESS PROCESS ALL Idea: newsletter redesign→ file Book flights for March→ file Ask landlord re: parking→ file

Process all

When the queue builds up, Process all walks you through every item one at a time so you can clear the whole thing in a single focused pass — a small weekly ritual that keeps your head empty and your sections tidy.

The two-minute rule works well here: if processing an item takes under two minutes, do it on the spot. Everything else goes to the Inbox for your next pass.
Was this helpful?

Your feedback helps us make the docs better.

Didn't find it?

Browse the rest of the help center, or write to a real person who reads every message.