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GetSkipa Pulse
Help & User Guide
Learn how to use Pulse to save useful text, keep it organized, and find it again when it matters.
Save text now. Find it later. Copy it wherever you need it.
Start Here
Keep useful information from getting scattered.
Pulse gives you one place to save notes, copied text, useful reference material, and short voice transcriptions.
Each saved piece of information is called a Skip. Capture it now, add a simple label if that helps, and find it later with search or tags.
Your Pulse Vault is stored in your Google Drive.
Pulse works with its own Vault only. It does not scan or browse the rest of your Google Drive. The folder it creates is the master library of the information you store in Pulse.
First Use
Quick Start
1. Open Pulse
Open the app and connect Google Drive if Pulse asks you to.
2. Save something useful
Copy any text from a document, browser, or file that you want to keep. Click the + sign, and the copied text gets stored in Pulse. An easy way to think about it is as a place to 'paste things' for use later.
3. Add a tag to it Pulse uses a tag system. A tag is a simple label such as HOME, WORK, RECIPES, or VACATION. Their main use is to organize data for efficient and fast recall later.
4. Save the Skip After assigning tags, Pulse keeps a local copy in the browser and sends the master copy to your Pulse Vault when your Google Drive is connected.
5. Find it later
Search uses tags and keywords to quickly find the information you are looking for.
Capture
Saving a Skip in Detail
A Skip is one saved piece of information. It can be copied text, a personal note, useful reference material, a recorded voice transcript, or anything else worth keeping that is text-based.
- The + icon saves whatever you have copied to memory. Whatever you have saved in your clipboard is added. This is text only. Images are not supported.
- Type or paste the information you want to keep using the scratch pad (pencil icon).
- It's very helpful to tag items as you save them. They will help you find it later. See Using Tags below for more info.
- When a Skip is first added, Pulse stores a local browser copy first and then synchronizes it to your vault when Google Drive is connected.
- Whatever device you log into Pulse on, your Skips will populate as they sync between the main vault and browser.
Organize
Using Tags
Tags are simple labels that group related Skips. Start with broad topics that make sense to you, such as HOME, RECIPES, WORK, VACATION, CAR, or PROJECT. Tags use a parent-tag/child-tag organizational structure. Parent tags are primary and always shown on the side panel. Clicking a parent will show the children underneath it.
How to add a tag
- Open the tag control on a Skip. As you build out a library of Skips and start using tags, suggested tags will start to populate. Tags can be clicked and dragged to re-order.
- Creating a tag is simple: Type your chosen tag name in the +TYPE NEW TAG field. When adding tags, click "ENTER" to save that tag. You can add multiple tags at one time.
- Drag your tags to re-arrange in proper order.
- Click "Save Tags".
- Your tags will be committed and will update the master vault with the new tags within a few moments.
Recall
Finding Something Later
- Search: Type a word or phrase in the search field. Use tags with search to narrow the results. Pulse checks text that is available on the current device and may need to load a full synchronized Skip from Drive before all of its text is available.
- Tags: Select a topic in the side panel to see related Skips and child tags below them. Clicking the child tag in the side panel will show all Skips with that child. This can be tricky to navigate if you use 3 or more tags per Skip. We recommend you limit child tags to 1 or 2.
- Smaller topics: Choose a tag beneath the main topic to narrow the list.
- Archive: This is best used to remove Skips from view. Archive works like a tag, but it is unique in that it hides Skips from view. This helps declutter your app but still keeps the information around for future use or historical reference.
- You'll find all of these features handy when you start accumulating Skips.
Your Files
Pulse Vault & Google Drive
The Pulse Vault is the dedicated Pulse folder in your own Google Drive. Pulse creates this folder and stores synchronized Skips there as readable Markdown files, along with supporting index files.
Pulse also keeps a local browser copy for normal use. The Export control can download the full available vault, or create a smaller AI Context Export from selected tags. Pulse does not automatically send either file to another service.
Limited Drive access: Pulse ONLY works with its own Pulse Vault and the files it creates in that Vault folder. This is by design to prevent cluttering your root folder and to keep Pulse as efficient as possible. It will not scan your Drive. It will not find Granny's old recipes you are safeguarding or other highly sensitive information you've been saving. It cannot see or work with any file outside of that vault folder.
Working Text
Pulse Pad
Pulse Pad is a scratch pad that is used to do edits on a Skip before saving it. It is a plain-text workspace only, not a rich-text document editor. It is a persistent plain-text working area. Use it to paste something temporarily, write a rough list, clean up text, or hold notes while you collect information you want in a single Skip.
- Open Pulse Pad with the pencil control.
- Type or paste your information into the pad. Your text remains there until you clear it.
- You can close it, and it will auto-save any text until your next session. It will not create a Skip until you click Create Skip.
- Create Skip saves the Pad text as a normal Skip and leaves the text in place to continue working.
- Clear Pulse Pad removes the Pad content immediately without creating a Skip.
Voice Capture
Pulse AIR (paid feature)
AIR is Pulse's optional paid voice-transcription feature. Record a short thought, and Pulse turns it into text that can be saved as a Skip. AIR is paid because each transcription uses an external processing service. Using it is simple:
- Click Pulse AIR and tap to record.
- Speak normally and clearly. You have up to five minutes of recording time per Skip.
- Stop when you are finished. Recordings stop automatically at five minutes.
- Pulse sends the recording through GetSkipa's transcription endpoint to Google's Gemini API. After successful processing, Pulse saves the returned text as a new AIR Skip and does not keep an AIR audio library. The transcription request asks for the words as spoken rather than a summary or rewrite.
One AIR is charged only after the transcript has been saved successfully. Pulse does not store the recording in Google Drive. Offline or failed recordings can remain pending on that device until processing succeeds or you discard them. Google and Cloudflare also process the audio under their applicable policies.
A note on purchasing AIR: Subscription plans restore the subscription AIR allowance for each billing period. Purchased AIR remains available until used. Pulse uses subscription AIR before purchased AIR.
Reuse
AI Context Export
AI Context Export creates a focused text file from the Skips and tags you choose. It gives you a smaller, relevant set of information to use separately with an AI tool.
- Open Export.
- Select a main tag.
- Optionally select a smaller tag.
- Choose whether archived Skips should be included.
- Create the export.
- Download it or use the copy saved in your Pulse Vault.
You can separately provide that file to ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM, Claude, or another AI tool if you choose.
Pulse does not automatically send your export to an AI service. You decide whether and where to provide the file.
Download
Full Vault Download
Open Export and choose Download full vault to download your complete available Pulse vault as a file for your own use or reference.
Examples
Ways People Can Use Pulse
Shopping research
Keep products you are considering, prices, reviews, model numbers, and research before making a larger purchase.
Trips and vacations
Capture places to visit, confirmation details, restaurant ideas, activities, packing notes, and things learned during the trip.
Keep decisions together
Save decisions, ideas, requirements, short post-meeting notes, research, and other useful project text under one searchable topic.
Hobbies and collections
Keep gardening notes, recipes, vehicle details, woodworking measurements, fitness ideas, books, movies, or anything worth remembering.
Reuse focused history
Collect information over time under one topic, create an AI Context Export, and provide that focused history to the AI tool you choose.
Simple Fixes
Troubleshooting
Something looks stuck or out of date
- Refresh Pulse.
- Give the Vault a moment to finish loading and syncing.
Still not right
- Use the normal Pulse control to disconnect or sign out of the Google connection.
- Reconnect or sign back in.
- Allow the Vault to load again.
A Skip has not synced yet
- Confirm that the device has an internet connection.
- Leave Pulse open briefly after reconnecting.
- Refresh if the status does not update.
AIR did not finish
- Confirm connectivity.
- Reopen or refresh Pulse.
- A pending AIR recording should remain available for the normal retry process when recovery is possible.
If a problem continues, email help@getskipa.com. GetSkipa does not keep an AIR audio library and cannot recover a pending recording lost from local browser storage.
Quick Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Skip?
A Skip is one saved piece of information: copied text, a note, useful reference material, an AIR transcription, or anything else worth keeping.
What is Pulse AIR?
AIR records a spoken thought and turns it into text that can be saved as a Skip.
Where are my Skips stored?
When Google Drive is connected, Pulse stores readable Skip files in the Pulse Vault folder in your Drive.
Does Pulse look through the rest of my Google Drive?
No. Pulse works with its own Pulse Vault and the Pulse files you use through the app. It does not scan or browse your general Google Drive.
What is Pulse Pad?
Pulse Pad is a persistent plain-text workspace for typing, pasting, cleaning up, or temporarily holding text before creating a Skip.
What does Archive do?
Archive keeps a Skip while removing it from your everyday view. You can return to archived history later.
What is AI Context Export?
It creates a focused text file from the Skips and tags you select so you can use that information separately.
Does Pulse send my information to ChatGPT or another AI?
No. Pulse creates the export file, but you decide whether to provide it to an AI service.
What happens if I disconnect Google Drive?
Pulse stops syncing until you reconnect. Files already saved in your Google Drive remain there.
Do I need a subscription to use text capture?
No. AIR is the paid voice-transcription service; the core text-capture experience is not a monthly software rental.
Support
Need More Help?
Help is available for connection problems, AIR problems, sync problems, account or billing questions, and unexpected application behavior.