# Notes and Directions (Sashimii Docs, Editing)

> Leave notes on words or ranges, tag them with what should happen there, and hand them to your agent through the agent queue.

Canonical: https://sashimii.app/docs/notes/
Last updated: 2026-11-02

A note marks a stretch of the recording and says something about it: a reminder for yourself, a question about a cut, or a direction for your agent, like “put these three words on screen”.

## Add a Note

Select words in the transcript (or a range on the timeline) and press <kbd>N</kbd>, or choose **Add Note…** in the popover above the selection.

![The New note sheet on the words "That's it, light, sound, and keep going." (1), with the note typed and the Text on screen tag picked from the tag pills (2), and the Save button (3).](https://sashimii.app/_astro/note-editor.BPxKKJFo.png)

1. **The words the note is on.** Type the note in the box below them; dictation works there too.
2. **Tags** say what the note asks for. Pick as many as apply, or none for a plain note.
3. **Save** (<kbd>⌘</kbd> <kbd>Return</kbd>).

| Tag | Asks for |
| --- | --- |
| PiP | The video small, in a corner, over something else |
| Text on screen | Words on screen |
| B-roll | Other footage over this part |
| Custom graphic | A graphic you describe |
| Full screen | A graphic that fills the frame |
| Half screen | A graphic beside you, taking half the frame |
| Karaoke caption | Captions that follow the words as they are said |
| Chapter | A YouTube chapter starting here; the note’s first line is its title. See [YouTube Chapters](https://sashimii.app/docs/chapters/). |
| Zoom | A push in on the video |

Tags describe the request; whoever answers the note, usually your agent, chooses how to make it.

## Who Wrote It

Colour shows the author: **gold** for your notes, **teal** for your agent’s. The same colour is on the tint over the note’s words, its bubble in the transcript’s margin, its pin on the timeline and its row in the Notes column. Editing a note keeps its author.

## The Notes Column

Click **Notes** in the toolbar, or choose **View › Notes** (<kbd>⌃</kbd> <kbd>⌘</kbd> <kbd>I</kbd>).

![The Notes column on the right of the window: the Notes button in the toolbar (1), the search field with All, You and Agent filters and a Resolved checkbox (2), and five notes, each marked You or Agent with its time and tag (3).](https://sashimii.app/_astro/notes-column.Dd1vYPM1.png)

1. **Notes** shows and hides the column.
2. **Search and filter.** Search the text, show All, only You or only Agent, and tick **Resolved** to include notes that have been dealt with.
3. **Each note** with who wrote it, its time and its tag. Choose a row to jump to the note; double-click it to edit.

## Hand Notes to Your Agent

**Queue** in the toolbar lists everything waiting for your agent: open notes, and graphics waiting for a retime.

![The Agent queue listing five open items, three chapters, a note and a Text on screen request, with Copy prompt at the top (1), the items with their source times (2) and Done (3).](https://sashimii.app/_astro/queue.DVCkRMOU.png)

1. **Copy prompt** copies the open items, with instructions, to paste into your agent. Or just tell your agent `check Sashimii`: your open notes show up there too.
2. **The open items**, with their time in the recording. Click one to show it on the timeline.
3. **Done** closes the queue. It updates while you work.

When your agent has handled a note, the note leaves the transcript and the timeline. To send it back, right-click it in the Notes column and choose **Reopen**.

## Related

- [Reviewing Joins](https://sashimii.app/docs/reviewing-joins/)
- [Edit View and Graphics](https://sashimii.app/docs/edit-view-and-graphics/)