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Capture is the fastest way to get something out of your head and into Selah. Think of it like a running journal: type whatever the Spirit brings to mind — a question, an observation, a verse, a half-formed idea — and press Enter. It saves instantly and sits in your feed, ready to become a note or a companion conversation later.

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Creating a capture

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Open Capture

Navigate to Capture from the sidebar. The input field is at the bottom of the screen.
2

Type your thought

Type anything: a question, a reflection, a scripture reference, a one-liner. There’s no required format. The placeholder says it well — “What’s on your mind? A thought, a verse, a question…”
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Submit

Press Enter (or tap the send button). Your capture appears at the top of the feed immediately — no loading, no saving spinner. On desktop, press N from anywhere on the page to jump focus to the input.
Press Shift + Enter if you need a line break inside a capture before submitting.

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Scripture auto-detection

When you mention a scripture reference anywhere in your text, Selah recognizes it automatically and turns it into a clickable link. You don’t need to format it in any special way — just write naturally. Recognized formats include:
  • John 3:16
  • Romans 8:28
  • 1 Cor 13:4-7
  • Ps 23
  • Genesis 1:1
As you type, any detected references appear as small gold chips above the input — a preview of what will be linked when you submit. In the feed, those references become inline pills you can click to see the verse text in a popover.
Scripture detection covers all 66 books of the Bible and recognizes common abbreviations (Gen, Ex, Ps, Matt, Rom, Rev, and many more). Detection runs as you type so you can see what’s been caught before you submit.

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Capturing from Telegram

You can also send captures to Selah through the Telegram bot. Message the bot with any thought or verse and it lands in your Capture feed, just as if you’d typed it in the app. This makes Capture available anywhere you have Telegram — during a commute, mid-sermon, or when your phone is the only thing in reach.

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Converting a capture to a note

When a capture grows into something worth developing, you can promote it to a note without retyping anything.
1

Hover over the capture card

On desktop, hover the capture to reveal the action icons in the top-right corner. On mobile, they’re always visible.
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Click the note icon

Click the note icon (looks like a small document) to open the promotion menu.
3

Choose new or existing

Select New note to create a fresh note with the capture’s content pre-filled, or pick an existing note from the list to append the capture to it.
Once promoted, the capture’s content appears in the note editor and you can expand it with the full Tiptap editor — headings, scripture passages, lists, and more. See Notes for what’s available there.

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Attaching captures to a Companion conversation

Captures become even more useful when you bring them into a study conversation. In the Companion, tap the attach button (paperclip icon) next to the input field, switch to the Captures tab, and select any captures you want the AI to have in context. Selected captures are included with your next message so Selah can reference them directly in its response. This is especially useful for /prep and /interview sessions — attach the raw captures you’ve been collecting on a passage and the AI can pull from them as it guides the interview.