Mac Capture reference

Bob Mac Capture is the optional native menu-bar panel for capture. It is a thin client of the CLI: it never parses capture grammar or writes the vault itself. It runs bob, renders the preview, and submits one bob capture call per draft that only hides once bob reports success. The reasoning is recorded under Bob Mac Capture Is A Thin Client Of bob.

Build it from source with Continue with Mac Capture. Platform install and signing are in Install. The canonical token contract is Capture syntax; install and platform requirements are also in Requirements and compatibility.

Install and settings¶

• Install for platform requirements, signed install, updates, rollback, and uninstall.
• Settings for the Settings window in SettingsView order.
• Permissions for Accessibility, notifications, launch at login, and what is stored.

Capture¶

• Capture panel for the panel, editor, completion, drafts, live preview, submit, and stash.
• Pickers for the shared picker lifecycle, with task pickers and relationship pickers.
• Capture previews for preview cards, session controls, completions, and successor offers.

Keyboard and agenda¶

• Keyboard for every binding: editor, completion, prompts, stash, shelf, and today's Pomodoro.
• Idle agenda for today's Pomodoro agenda in an empty draft.

Draft aids¶

• Saved templates for the Control-T template shelf.
• Wikilink completion for Obsidian note, heading, block, and alias rows.

Bob Refs¶

• Bob Refs for the library panel, ranking, cards, opening, and Tabs.
• Bob Refs inspector for the hydrated inspector column.

Protocol and diagnostics¶

• Diagnostics for the menu-bar icon, signposts, timeouts, Copy Diagnostic, and refs-rank.
• Protocol for subprocess commands, JSON boundaries, capability requirements, and older-Bob compatibility.
• Development for architecture, build, and CI.

Fix problems¶

• Fix Mac Capture when bob is not resolved
• Resolve a Mac Capture hotkey conflict
• Restore Mac Capture permissions
• Recover Bob Refs
• Recover a stuck Mac Capture panel
• Build for XCTest and toolchain diagnosis.