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Scriby is a compact macOS menu bar writing buffer for quick Draft capture, saved Snippet reuse, local template variables, tags, and explicit Copy delivery.

Quick start

• Open Scriby from the menu bar icon or your global shortcut. After Quick Setup, the Panel opens directly to Draft.
• Use Draft for temporary writing, Save as Snippet for reusable text, and Copy only when the body text is ready for the clipboard.
• Open Keyboard Shortcuts from the status menu to review or change the global shortcut.

Draft and Copy

• Use Command-Enter or the primary Copy button to copy the Draft body.
• Copy keeps the Draft available in Scriby. Opening, closing, hiding, switching tabs, saving, or duplicating never copies text.
• Draft tags are metadata for saving and searching; they are never included in copied text.

Snippets and tags

• Switch to Snippets to search, copy, edit, delete, or duplicate saved text into Draft.
• Snippets are shown newest-created first. Editing an older Snippet does not move it above newer Snippets.
• Search supports regular text and #tag terms. Tag searches match saved tags, not body hashtags.
• The search tag picker can keep pinned tag recommendations ahead of other matching tags; that ordering stays local.
• Return or Command-D duplicates the highlighted Snippet into a temporary Draft copy. Reuse edits do not change the source Snippet.
• Use row Edit or Command-O only when you intentionally want to edit the source Snippet.
• Use Header Select when you want to delete multiple Snippets together after confirmation.

Template variables

• Use placeholders like {{name}}, {{project_name}}, {{date}}, or {{time}} in Drafts or Snippets.
• The Draft variable menu opens from the Header button or ⇧⌘{, starts with {{}}, and inserts literal placeholders.
• Built-ins include {{date}}, {{time}}, {{year}}, {{datetime}}, {{weekday}}, {{month}}, {{tomorrow}}, and {{day}}.
• Use Manage Variables... to manage custom variables, custom default values, built-in visibility, and built-in date/time formats.
• Scriby asks for variable values only during explicit Copy actions. Blank fields stay as original placeholders, and saved Draft or Snippet source text remains unchanged.
• Variable menu data is stored locally as templateSettings and is included in Import/Export backups.

Import, export, and local data

• Scriby v1 stores Draft, Draft tags, Snippets, Snippet tags, templateSettings, pinned search tag ordering, and preferences locally on this Mac.
• Use Export... for a dated JSON backup and Import... to merge or replace Scriby data from a JSON export.
• Launch at Login is optional and can be toggled from the status menu.

What Scriby does not do by itself

• Scriby does not paste into another app by itself.
• Scriby does not copy text from open, close, hide, toggle, tab switch, save, duplicate, import, or export actions.
• Template variables render only for explicit Copy actions.

Need more help?

Use the in-app Quick Setup and Keyboard Shortcuts menu items whenever you need to revisit the core workflow.

For support questions, email [email protected].