How-to

How to Turn a Saved Email or Article Into an xTiles Task

"I've been looking. I think this is the final piece that I need for my tech stack." — Miquiel, on finding xTiles

Three things that land on your planner without extra effort

Miquiel already had projects set up in xTiles and wanted one more piece: a way to stop content and tasks from getting lost between an inbox, a browser, and a to-do list. On a walkthrough call, three things came together — a way to turn something you're reading into a task, a way for tasks set inside a project to show up on the planner on their own, and a way to keep routine reading like newsletters from piling up in the inbox.

Web Clipper: an email or article, turned into a task

The xTiles Web Clipper browser extension captures whatever page or email you're looking at — with a summary, not just a raw link. Reading an email you want to come back to tomorrow, or an article worth a second look? Open the extension, capture a note, and save it to today or to a specific project.

What lands on your planner isn't the whole inbox — it's a single task with a short summary and a shortcut link back to the original. Opening the task is enough to remember what it was about; the link is there for when you need the full source.

Everything you save collects in one place

Every link, image, and file saved with Web Clipper — from today, yesterday, or last week — also lands automatically in your planner's Library. You don't need to remember which day you saved something to find it again; it's all in one spot, and you can organize it with statuses like "read later" or a Kanban board if that helps.

How to save a page or email as a task

1

Open Web Clipper on the page or email

With the extension installed, it's available on any page — a small icon appears when you move your cursor to the edge of the browser window.

2

Capture and summarize

Capture a note. Web Clipper puts together a short summary of the page so you know what it was about without reopening it.

3

Choose where it lands

Save it to today's page on your planner, or to a specific project if it belongs there instead.

4

Find it on your planner — and later in your Library

The task appears right away, with a link back to the source. It's also saved automatically to your Library, so it's easy to find later even if you don't remember which day you saved it.

A task set inside a project shows up on the planner by itself

The same automatic landing works the other direction. Create a task inside any project, give it a due date, and it appears on your daily and weekly planner on that date — nothing to copy or sync by hand.

It works for more than work projects. A pet-care project can hold a vaccination reminder with a due date months out, and it will simply be there on the planner when that day comes — nothing to remember in the meantime. The same applies to planning a webinar, a trip, or any project with its own deadlines: set the tasks once, inside the project, and they surface on the planner as their dates arrive.

Keeping routine reading out of the inbox

The same call also touched on Claude reviewing the previous day and moving overdue tasks forward, and on newsletters: Claude can group them by sender, add a one-line summary tile for each, and archive the originals out of the inbox once they're accounted for. Neither needs to be re-explained here — both are existing, scheduled workflows you set up once from the xTiles + Claude workflows page.

Frequently asked questions

Can I save an email as a task in xTiles?
Yes. Open the Web Clipper extension on the email, capture a note, and save it to today's page or to a project. It becomes a task with a summary and a link back to the original.
Does xTiles keep everything I save in one place?
Yes. Every link, image, and file saved with Web Clipper also lands in your planner's Library automatically, so you don't need to remember which day you saved it.
If I set a due date on a task inside a project, does it show up on my planner?
Yes, automatically. A task with a due date appears on your daily and weekly planner on that date, whether it lives in a work project or a personal one.
Can I use this for personal reminders, not just work tasks?
Yes. A due-dated task inside any project — a pet's vaccination, a trip, a personal errand — surfaces on the planner the same way a work task does.
Can Claude process my newsletters automatically?
Yes. Claude can group newsletters by sender, summarize each one on a tile, and archive the originals out of your inbox, as part of a scheduled workflow you set up once.
Do I have to save things to xTiles manually every time?
Saving a page still takes one click with Web Clipper, but project tasks with due dates and scheduled Claude workflows both run on their own after the initial setup.