Better / flexible handling/parsing of quick capture shortcuts

This is two parts:
1. Immediately needs addressing - Don’t require a space before the shortcut key / symbol to trigger the select dropdown for that shortcut.
- I find it unintuitive to have to put a space before each shortcut - for example:
task! doesn’t work to trigger the priority, only task ! does

this is the same for all shortcuts. It speeds things up quite a bit if i don’t have to think about did i add a space before my symbol?

2. Add the ability for Akiflow to process multiple “shorthand” capture shortcuts at once, even if it’s copy/pasted into the field.
for example:
This is my test task trying to use Akiflow quick capture > tomorrow at 4pm = < Nov 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM ! High * tag1 tag2 tag3 *[tag with spaces] #PersonalProject //can we add multiple lines to the description using the newline? \n- the next line\n- the 3rd line description\n- [] checkbox too!

I’d love for it to get all of this from it in one go:
- plan date: tomorrow at 4pm,
- deadline date: Nov. 20, 2025 at 12pm
- Priority: High
- tags: tag1, tag2, tag3, tag with spaces
- Project: PersonalProject
- Description:
can we add multiple lines to the description using the newline?
- the next line
- the 3rd line description
- [] checkbox too!


The real benefit of this would be it would enable a WHOLE lot of automations, specifically i’m trying to use the Akiflow iOS shortcuts app, and you’re only able to enter a title.
This would unblock Akiflow from needing to create finely tuned integrations with every single service out there, they could just support “Task Title” and let the parsing do the rest. Cherry on top if the AI picks up missing projects and suggests them too.

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Features & Improvements Request

Date

5 months ago

Author

Aric Crosson Bouwers

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