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Use case: PARA setup

PARA in Alexandria

PARA organizes information into four broad groups:

In Alexandria, the closest fit today is to make each PARA bucket a tag. Tags can also define properties such as status:select, priority:select, or review_date:date.

Collections and saved Queries are not available yet. Use tags plus Link DB Table dashboards as the current approximation.

Create PARA tags

Create one tag for each PARA bucket, then define the properties you want to see when you review that bucket.

  1. In the desktop app, use the sidebar Add page button to create a page named Project.
  2. Open Manage Properties for that tag. In Tag Properties, add status as select, priority as select, and due_date as date.
  3. Repeat for Area with status:select and review_date:date.
  4. Repeat for Resource with topic:string and status:select.
  5. Repeat for Archive with archived_on:date and reason:string.

The property types available today are boolean, select, multi-select, date, number, money, and string.

File notes into PARA

When you add a new item, create it as a normal page and apply the PARA tag that matches how you want to review it.

  1. Click Add page and create Launch landing page.
  2. In the note's tags bar under the title, type Project and choose the existing Project tag.
  3. In the inline property panel, set status to active, priority to high, and due_date to 2026-08-01.

For an ongoing responsibility, create a page such as Health, add the Area tag from the tags bar, then set status and review_date inline in the property panel.

A note can have more than one tag, so a project can also be tagged with a topic, person, workflow state, or any other tag that helps you find it later.

Build a PARA dashboard

Use a normal page as your home dashboard.

  1. Click Add page and create PARA dashboard.
  2. Add headings for Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives.
  3. Under each heading, open the slash menu (/) and choose Link DB Table.
  4. Pick the matching tag for that section.

Each Link DB Table shows all notes with that tag and the properties defined by that tag. Open a tag page's View settings when you want to switch between the property table and the cover gallery.

Because saved Queries are not available yet, use separate tags such as Active Project, Waiting, or Someday if you need narrower dashboard sections.