Node lookups and hashtags

Lookup asks the AI about a node. Hashtags label the node for discovery. Both have small panels, so you can use them without keeping the full node editor open.

Open a lookup#

Select a node and use the toolbar’s Lookups, or choose Look up from its node menu or action ring. The Lookup panel shows the node’s title and your previous answers.

If it finds saved answers, reopening shows them without running a new paid lookup. When there are no answers, the first opening can run a lookup automatically. The panel says Each lookup uses a few of your credits. Opening an empty lookup panel can therefore start a credit-using action.

The node needs a title or text to look up. An empty node says This node has no title or text yet. Give it one first. You must be signed in to run the action.

Ask a question#

Use Ask a question (optional) to focus the next lookup. The question can be up to 300 characters. For example, on a node about growing basil, ask “What changes when it grows indoors?”

Choose Look up or Look up again. While the answer is being generated, the panel shows Looking it up… or the question you asked. It prevents another run through the same control while that one is in progress.

Closing the panel after a lookup starts does not cancel that run. Reopen it to check the result instead of immediately starting another.

Use an answer#

Answers appear newest first. Each can offer:

• Copy, to copy its text.
• Add as child node, when you may add content there, to post the answer as an AI-assisted child of the subject node.
• Delete, to remove your saved lookup answer.

Add as child node shows Adding…, then Added as a child node. after it succeeds. A refusal gives the reason rather than treating the answer as posted. Copy failure says Couldn’t copy. Select the text and copy it instead.

Saved lookup answers belong to the person who ran them. Merely viewing the same public node does not show another person’s lookup list. A result that cannot be saved can remain for the current session, with That lookup is shown here for now but couldn’t be saved to this node. Copy anything you need before leaving that session.

Lookup problems#

Too many lookups at once. Wait a moment, then try again. means to pause before another attempt. The lookup didn’t go through calls for a later retry. If you are out of credits, use the account’s credit controls before running again; account help covers them.

The AI can work with your own node or eligible shared content. If access prevents the lookup, its message explains that the node cannot be read. Do not assume a saved bookmark grants the AI permission to read every target.

Node hashtags#

Use the node’s Hashtags control to open its small tag popup. If you may edit the node, add or remove its hashtags there. A reader without edit permission sees the tags read-only.

A node holds at most 16 hashtags. Each uses up to 48 letters, numbers or underscores. The app removes a leading # and keeps lower-case text. A duplicate is not added twice.

Choose Add hashtag, type it and press Enter or Save hashtag. Cancel hashtag, or Escape while typing, cancels that input. Each row has Remove hashtag when you may edit. Its count describes other notes sharing that hashtag; removing the tag here changes this node’s tags.

If a tag is invalid, the message says A hashtag is letters, numbers and underscores, up to 48 of them. Remove spaces, punctuation or excess characters, then try again.

These node hashtags are separate from Listr entry tags, which have their own controls and limits. Adding a tag to a note’s Listr row is not the same action as editing a canvas node’s hashtags.