The AI workspace for your web clippings

Not everything on the web is worth saving whole. Sometimes you want one paragraph from a long article. A specific chart from a report. A code snippet from a documentation page. A quote from an interview. A recipe from a blog buried in ten paragraphs of preamble. A product specification from a page full of marketing. Saving the whole page is too much. Bookmarking it means you'll never find the specific part. So you copy and paste into a note, or take a screenshot, or highlight in your browser and hope you remember where. The clipping is valuable. The system for keeping, finding, and using it doesn't exist.

Fabric captures web clippings with their source context and makes them searchable by meaning alongside everything else in your workspace. The specific fragment you wanted is preserved, findable, and connected.

Clip exactly what you want

The web clipper lets you save full pages or select the specific section you need. Clip a paragraph, a chart, a quote, a code block, or any fragment from a page. The clipping captures the content with its text preserved and searchable, plus a reference to the source URL.

Annotate the web takes this further. Highlight passages and add comments directly on any web page from your browser. The highlights persist across sessions and devices and are searchable in your library. The combination of clipping and annotation means you capture both the content and your thinking about it in one action.

On mobile, share any page to Fabric from the share sheet via the mobile app. Forward content from email to email-to-note. Use quick capture for fast saves from keyboard shortcuts. Every path is fast enough that clipping doesn't interrupt your browsing.

Find any clipping by meaning

The problem with clipped content is retrieval. A quote pasted into a note app is buried under everything else. A screenshot of a chart is lost in your camera roll. A passage saved to a random document is unfindable without remembering where you put it.

AI search reads the content of every clipping and searches by meaning. Ask "the statistic about remote worker productivity from that Harvard study" or "the CSS technique for responsive grid layouts" or "the recipe with the miso glaze" and find the clipping by what it says, regardless of when you saved it or where the source page was.

The search works across clippings and every other content type in your workspace. A clipped passage from a web article is findable in the same query as a note you wrote, a PDF you saved, or a voice memo you recorded.

Build a library from the web's best fragments

Over time, web clippings accumulate into something more valuable than the individual saves: a personal library of the most useful fragments from everything you've encountered online. The best explanation of a concept. The clearest chart on a trend. The most useful code snippet for a technique. The quote that captures an idea perfectly.

The AI assistant works across this library. Ask it to pull together every clipping you've saved about a topic, compare explanations of a concept from different sources, or connect a clipped passage to your own notes and research. The fragments become a knowledge base you can query.

Smart organization tags and categorises clippings by their content automatically. Technical snippets group with technical material. Research findings cluster with related research. Recipes sit alongside other recipes. The filing happens without you filing.

The explorer surfaces connections between clippings and other material in your library. A passage you clipped six months ago connects to a document you're working on today because they address the same concept.

Annotate and develop what you clip

A clipping captures someone else's words. The value often comes from what you add: why it matters, how it connects, what to do with it.

Annotations let you add notes to any clipping. Mark why you saved it, how it applies to your work, or what question it raises. The annotations are searchable alongside the clipping content.

Write longer thinking in notes and docs alongside your clippings. Develop a clipped idea into your own argument. Use a collection of clippings as the evidence base for something you're writing. The clipped fragments and your original thinking live in the same workspace, feeding each other.

This is the commonplace book for the internet age: collecting the best fragments you encounter and building your own thinking on top of them.

Connected to everything else you know

A clipping in a note app is an orphan. In Fabric, it's part of a connected workspace. The passage you clipped about a methodology connects to the research project where you're applying it. The code snippet connects to the documentation and the project notes. The quote connects to the article it came from and the essay you're writing.

Search returns results from across clippings, notes, documents, PDFs, voice memos, and every other content type. The explorer and similar search surface connections between clippings and other material that you wouldn't find by browsing folders.

Who uses Fabric for web clippings

Web clippings are core to research and learning workflows. Researchers clip data, quotes, and findings for research projects and literature reviews. Writers collect quotes, references, and evidence for content planning. Students clip study material and course content for studying. Developers save code snippets and documentation excerpts. Content creators clip research and examples. Indie hackers collect product patterns, competitor details, and technical references.

For the broader approach to collecting and connecting what you find, see reading and learning, building a second brain, and evergreen notes.

Get started

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FAQs

Can I clip a specific section of a page, not the whole thing?

Yes. The web clipper lets you select and save specific sections: a paragraph, a chart, a quote, a code block. You can also save full pages when you want the whole thing.

Can I find a clipping by describing what it said?

Yes. AI search reads the content of every clipping and searches by meaning. Describe the content and find the clipping, regardless of when you saved it or where the source page was.

Does Fabric preserve the source URL?

Yes. Every clipping retains a reference to the source page, so you can trace back to the original context when needed.

Can I highlight web pages in my browser?

Yes. Annotate the web lets you highlight and comment on any web page. Highlights persist across sessions and devices and are searchable in your library.

Can the AI synthesise across my clippings?

Yes. The AI assistant can pull together clippings on a topic, compare explanations from different sources, or connect a clipping to your own notes and research.

Are clippings automatically organised?

Yes. Smart organization tags clippings by content. Technical snippets, research findings, and other categories cluster without manual filing.

Can I annotate clippings with my own notes?

Yes. Annotations let you add searchable notes to any clipping. Your thinking about the fragment is as findable as the fragment itself.

Can I search across clippings and my other content together?

Yes. Clippings are searchable alongside notes, documents, PDFs, voice memos, and everything else. A clipped passage and a note you wrote about the same topic are findable in the same search.

Can I clip content on mobile?

Yes. Share any page to Fabric from the share sheet on the mobile app. Forward content to email-to-note.

What happens if the original page goes offline?

Your clipping is preserved with its content in your library. Fabric captures the text and structure at the time you clip, independent of the source page.

How is this different from copy-pasting into a notes app?

A pasted fragment in a notes app loses its source, has no search context, and sits in isolation. Fabric preserves the source, makes the content searchable by meaning, auto-organises by topic, connects the clipping to your other materials, and gives you an AI that works across all your clippings. The fragment becomes part of a searchable knowledge system rather than a lost snippet.

Are my clippings private?

Yes. Your content is encrypted and only visible to you unless you choose to share it. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption and is CASA Tier 2 compliant.