Nested tags and brains can match by any segment, so a short token can still find a deeper path.
Each line that starts with
todo:, [ ], or - [ ] becomes its own todo and leaves the thought’s text. A line starting with * is a bullet point. /todo files the thought into a brain named todo, like any other /brain.
A line starting with await: or waiting: starts an Await on the people it mentions, and park: parks one. wait:, a line starting with “Waiting on”, and /wait don’t start an Await. See Awaits.
Dates can also be written as words, such as tomorrow, fri, next tue, in 3 days, or Nov 20. See Add a todo.
Tuck doesn’t read syntax inside inline code or code blocks, so #tags, @people, /brain, !date, ~repeat, and todo markers there stay as written. Color codes such as #5856D6 aren’t treated as tags. A tag made only of digits needs at least 4 of them, so #2026, #2026/q1, and #10000 are tags, while #1, #12, and PR #623 stay as text. A longer number, such as an issue number like #4521, becomes a tag too.
Repeat tokens also mark the capture as an explicit todo. For automatic todo suggestions, see Why a thought looks actionable.