Organize research screenshots

Why research screenshots are hard to use later

Researchers collect screenshots of papers, articles, tools, diagrams, and social posts while reading on mobile. Each image captures a moment of interest, but without structure the collection becomes unsearchable.

Photos does not know that a screenshot is a paper, a blog post, or a GitHub repo. Manual note-taking after every screenshot interrupts the reading flow.

How SnapAction helps research workflows

SnapAction classifies research screenshots into typed cards: paper, article, website, GitHub repo, video, post, or app. Each card keeps the title, URL when recovered, tags, description, and a link back to the original screenshot.

This means you can:

• Search for “paper” and find everything you saved from arXiv, PDFs, or screenshots of paper titles.
• Search for “repo” and find GitHub tools you screenshotted from Twitter or Hacker News.
• Review the day’s research saves in Rewind without scrolling through Photos.

A research screenshot workflow

1. Screenshot interesting finds while browsing on mobile.
2. Scan them in SnapAction in batches when you take a break.
3. Review the cards, confirm types, and add tags for projects or topics.
4. Open the resource directly from the card when you are back at your desk.

What research cards look like

A paper card might include the title, any recovered URL, tags such as “ml” or “to-read,” and the screenshot reference. An article card keeps the headline, source link, and read state. A repo card stores the canonical GitHub URL, description, and tags for the technology or use case.