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Turn on built-in contexts like Email and Slack

Open the Dashboard and switch on the context under Your Contexts. It then appears under Selected Contexts and works with its own hotkey.

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Built-in contexts such as Email, Slack and LinkedIn are off until you switch them on. Open the Dashboard, find the context under Your Contexts and click its toggle; it then shows under Selected Contexts on the Contexts page and works with its own hotkey.

Turn on a built-in context

  1. Click Dashboard in the sidebar.
  2. Under Your Contexts, find the context you want. Popular ones are marked Popular.
  3. Click its toggle so it turns on.
  4. Click Manage to open the Contexts page. The context now appears under Selected Contexts, with its hotkey.
Contextli dashboard with the recording hotkey, contexts list and recent notes

Default hotkeys

Context Mac Windows Linux
Slack Cmd+Option+1 Alt+Shift+1 Ctrl+Alt+1
Email Cmd+Option+2 Alt+Shift+2 Ctrl+Alt+2
LinkedIn Cmd+Option+3 Alt+Shift+3 Ctrl+Alt+3

To change a hotkey, click the context card on the Contexts page, set a new Global hotkey and save.

Good to know

Don’t see the one you need?

  • Click Add New Context on the Contexts page and pick a template under Start from (for example Meeting notes or Bug report).
  • Or click Browse Library on the Contexts page to find 200+ ready-made contexts and import one.

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