Send To Drafts

Summary

• Send text from Windows to Drafts app. Drafts is an iOS app.

Drafts. Where Text Starts.

Drafts lets you turn text into action – it’s a quick notebook, handy editor, and writing automation tool, all in one.

– from the website

Features

• Sends Windows clipboard text to Drafts by way of Dropbox.
• Sends PowerShell command line output to Drafts.

Setup

• Download or clone this repo to your ~/Documents/WindowsPowerShell/Modules folder.
• Add import-module Send-ToDrafts in your $PROFILE.
• Create the Drafts folder at ~/Dropbox/Drafts.
• From the Drafts Action Directory install Dropbox to Drafts.

Usage

Send-DosToDrafts cmdlet

• This cmdlet works with PowerShell commands entered as command line arguments or other PowerShell commands piped to Send-DosToDrafts.
• Running as a command line argument:

# Outputs the command results to the current window and creates a text file with the output in ~/Dropbox/Drafts
Send-DosToDrafts Get-ChildItem

• Running as piped commands:

# Outputs the command results to the current window and creates a text file with the output in ~/Dropbox/Drafts
Get-ChildItem | Send-DosToDrafts

Send-ClipboardToDrafts cmdlet

• Copy text to clipboard & run Send-ClipboardToDrafts.
• I made a Windows shortcut that runs Send-ClipboardToDrafts in a minimized PowerShell window. That provides a quick icon to click. In the future I may develop a C# app for the system tray.

Notes

• WindowsToDrafts on GitHub. This repo has the source for the Drafts app Action.
• Other notes and references for the module.