Cards
Cards are Alfred’s saved files and resources. Think of a Card as a file Alfred can read, create, update, search, or refer back to while helping you.
What can become a Card
Section titled “What can become a Card”A Card can be:
- An uploaded file.
- A generated output.
- A saved note.
- A working document.
- A website extract.
- A tool result.
- A background agent note.
Cards help Alfred keep useful material organized without pasting huge outputs directly into chat.
When Alfred uses Cards
Section titled “When Alfred uses Cards”Alfred may use Cards when:
- You upload a text-based file.
- A tool produces a large result.
- You ask Alfred to save something long term.
- A background agent needs a place to store its state or findings.
If Alfred gives you a Card link, that link points to a saved resource in your Alfred account.
Working with Cards
Section titled “Working with Cards”You can ask Alfred to:
- “Save this project proposal as a card.”
- “I forgot my laptop with the project proposal at home, send it to me again.”
- “Improve the performance of this python code.”
- and much more.
Cards allow for optimized information storage and text manipulation. Cards are best for when you have a lot of information Alfred needs to store, or when you need Alfred to work on a large piece of text.
You can view your cards from butler.cards, from here you can view, edit, download, or copy cards. Cards also maintain their history, you can view a card’s history and revert history if you so choose. Card histry reversions are non-destructive, it doesn’t remove existing versions.
Privacy
Section titled “Privacy”Your cards are private by default, with only you and Alfred being able to access it. Alfred can publish a card which provides a public link pointing to a snapshot of the card at the time of publish. This is useful for sharing the card with others.