Guide
The articles below walk you through how to use PinSlip.
11 articles
1. Getting Started with PinSlip
Install PinSlip, choose a local Markdown vault, explore the interface, and create your first desktop sticky note.
2. Day-to-Day Note Operations in PinSlip
Learn to create, edit, format, move, resize, pin, and organize PinSlip notes with Markdown, images, and task lists.
3. Organizing Notes in PinSlip
Find and organize PinSlip notes with full-text search, tags, nested folders, browsing views, and the recycle bin.
4. PinSlip Note Groups
Learn to create, move, rename, resize, collapse, and disband magnetic stacks of related desktop sticky notes.
5. Quick Capture in PinSlip
Capture thoughts, clipboard text, images, and web content instantly with a global shortcut, floating window, and browser extension.
6. PinSlip Git Sync
Set up Git sync for PinSlip notes across devices, automate commits and pushes, monitor failures, and resolve conflicts safely.
7. PinSlip AI Integration with MCP
Connect MCP-compatible AI assistants to PinSlip so they can securely search, read, create, edit, delete, and sync local notes.
8. PinSlip Data Storage
Learn where PinSlip stores local Markdown notes and attachments, how its vault is structured, and how to back up or migrate your data.
9. PinSlip Settings Guide
Configure PinSlip language, auto-start, storage, recycle bin, updates, Git sync, Quick Capture, and MCP service options.
10. PinSlip FAQ and Troubleshooting
Find answers and troubleshooting steps for PinSlip installation, missing notes, Markdown, Git sync, MCP, and browser extension issues.
11. PinSlip Use-Case Guides
Follow practical PinSlip workflows for daily journaling, Kanban boards, meetings, web capture, team sharing, and personal knowledge management.