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"Create from…" (materialize) — turn messages, lists, rows and documents into new lists/documents/posts #10
Description
What the web app has
Create from… (/help/create-from) turns almost anything the user already has into a new
List, a new Document, both at once, or a Message — without retyping it. It is
one of the platform's signature cross-object features and it is reachable from nearly every
surface.
What Android has
Nothing. POST /api/materialize is not called anywhere in the app.
API surface
POST /api/materialize — "Create a new List, a new Document, or both from a source object
(message(s), list, rows, document)." The body carries a source descriptor.
The four destinations
| Destination | Result |
|---|---|
| To List | A new list, one row per item; columns adjustable before creating |
| To Doc | A new markdown document containing the item's content |
| To List & Doc | Both, in a single step |
| To Message | Opens the composer prefilled — creates nothing on its own |
Subscriber gating
Creating lists and documents needs an active subscription; To Message goes through the normal
composer, so posting itself is free while cross-posting/scheduling stay subscriber features. Free
accounts can open the menu but confirming prompts to subscribe.
Done when
All sub-issues are closed and a user can materialize from a message, a list, a set of rows and a
document on a device, with the preview/edit step behaving as the web one does.
Filed from the parity review of feature/parity-wip @ 14d7795 against interlinedlist.com (OpenAPI /api/openapi.json, 233 paths) and the public help centre.
Activity
POST /api/materializeplumbing + domain model #11