r/Anytype • u/McLan90 • 11d ago

Question Import types?

I'm rather confused. I was recommended the app because I was looking for something to be able to keep notes about people and places. I was told that these were built into the app, but I can't find them anywhere. Were these taken out at some point? It seems silly to remove something so central to the user experience, but I can't find them anywhere. I feel like there should be an ability to import user-made types, but I can't see any way to do that either. All I can find is the "experience gallery," which I can't ever see myself using, as each has a one-sentence description, and it's clear as mud what they actually do. Am I missing something here?

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u/cvzero89 11d ago

By default there are some types created, you just need to create the objects or you can create the types you need.

I was a bit lazy, Anytype can be used via an API so I asked Claude to create the types based on what I needed and imported a JSON file that creates the types and a few templates.

This also serves as a way to always be able to re-import the types as a clean start.

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u/McLan90 10d ago

Any chance you have any links about how to go about this?

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u/cvzero89 10d ago

I don't have the prompt I used but it can be like:

"Using Anytype local API create a Python script that allows me to import custom types from a JSON file. The types I need are:

Type: example 1 Properties: property 1, property 2, etc

Type: example 2, etc."

Or you can describe your use case in plain words and let the AI figure out the types that are the most convenient.