Automation

Open the right page with a URL.

Parchment’s custom URL scheme lets Shortcuts, launchers, scripts, and links open today’s daily note or jump directly to another date on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Quick start

One action: open.

The supported route is parchmentagenda://open. With no parameters, Parchment opens today’s daily note and focuses the editor so it is ready for writing.

URL formatparchmentagenda://open?date=YYYY-MM-DD&focus=false

Scheme: parchmentagenda
Action: open
Platforms: iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Parameters

Choose the day and the focus.

dateOptional

Opens the daily note for a calendar date written as YYYY-MM-DD. The date is interpreted in the device’s current time zone. If omitted, Parchment opens today.

Example value: 2026-07-23

focusOptional

Controls whether Parchment places focus in the editor after navigating. It defaults to true. Set it to false when you only want to show the daily page.

Supported values: true or false

Examples

URLs you can use now.

Open today and focus the editor

parchmentagenda://open

Open today without focusing the editor

parchmentagenda://open?focus=false

Open a specific daily note

parchmentagenda://open?date=2026-07-23

Open a date without focusing the editor

parchmentagenda://open?date=2026-07-23&focus=false

Using the URL

Connect it to the tool you already use.

Shortcuts

Use Open URLs

Add the Open URLs action to a shortcut, paste a Parchment URL, and run it from Shortcuts, Siri, a widget, or an automation.

Mac

Launch from a script

Pass the URL to macOS’s open command:

open 'parchmentagenda://open?date=2026-07-23'

Links & launchers

Use it anywhere URLs are accepted

Save a URL in a launcher, bookmark manager, Markdown link, or another app that can open custom URL schemes.

Callback behavior

A custom URL scheme, not a full callback API.

Parchment’s current URL route is one-way. It opens the app and navigates to a daily note, but it does not implement the standard /x-callback-url/ action path or call x-success, x-cancel, or x-error URLs.

Treat the URL as a fire-and-forget navigation command. It does not return note text or a success result to the calling app.

Current limits

Only the open action is supported.
An invalid date or an extra path will not navigate.
The URL scheme cannot add, read, export, or summarize note text.
It cannot create calendar events or reminders.
It does not open individual Settings sections.

More automation

Use Parchment’s Shortcuts actions for data.

When an automation needs to write text or receive a result, use the actions Parchment supplies to Apple’s Shortcuts app.

Add Text to Today’s Daily Note

Append text without opening Parchment.

Open Today’s Daily Note

Open today and place the editor ready for writing.

Open Daily Note by Date

Choose a date using a native Shortcuts date field.

Export Daily Note as Plain Text

Return the typed text from today or another date.

Summarize My Day

Return a summary of the day’s events, tasks, and daily note.