Where Drafts Users Find Guides, Community Help, and Actions

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Drafts (getdrafts.com) points users to four official resources: the User Guide for features and settings, the Community forums for tips and integration guides, the Directory for ready-to-use actions and workspaces, and the Script Reference for its JavaScript library. All four are reachable from the site's menu, alongside a What's New page covering recent features and fixes. Use this page when you want to learn the app, troubleshoot a workflow, or extend it without writing everything from scratch.

The four resources at a glance

Resource What it covers Best for
User Guide Features and settings Learning the app and configuring it
Community User forums, tips, and integration guides Getting help from other users and seeing how they work
Directory Ready-to-use actions, workspaces, and more Extending Drafts without building actions yourself
Script Reference Reference documentation for the Drafts JavaScript library Writing or debugging your own actions
What's New Details about recent features and fixes Checking whether a behavior changed or a feature is new

How to choose the right one

Start with the User Guide if your question is about how a built-in feature works or where a setting lives. Move to the Community when the answer depends on someone's real workflow — for example, how other users route text into a specific app or structure their tags. The Directory is the place to look before building an action from scratch, since it hosts ready-to-use actions and workspaces. Go to the Script Reference only when you're writing or fixing JavaScript for a custom action.

What Drafts itself does, in one pass

The site describes a simple loop that explains why these resources exist:

  • Capture everywhere. Drafts opens to a new page with the keyboard ready, so you can type immediately, or use Dictation to go hands-free. There's no folder or naming step first.
  • Use your words. A draft is a launching-off point: actions copy it, share it, or deep link into other apps and services — composing a tweet or message, creating a file in Dropbox, or sending a task to Reminders.
  • Remember it now or later. New entries land in the Inbox, where you can Tag them for organization, Flag them for importance, or Archive them for long-term storage.
  • Tune the editor. Interface adjustments include custom fonts and control over spacing, line height, and margins.

That action-based model is why the Directory and Script Reference matter: most of what Drafts can do beyond typing is defined by actions, and those two resources are where actions come from.

Practical notes

The site lists Drafts as a free download for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, and cites App of the Day and Editor's Choice recognition along with MacStories' 2025 App of the Year award. The page also includes a "Schedule a demo" form for company communication, which suggests a team or business use case alongside individual use. The available page material does not state pricing, subscription terms, or whether an account is required to use the app, so check the site directly before assuming any of those.

If you're evaluating Drafts against another notes app, the deciding question is usually whether you want a fast capture box that hands text off to other tools, rather than a folder-based filing system. The four resources above are the fastest way to test that fit: read the User Guide for the capture and organization model, then browse the Directory to see whether the apps you use already have actions.