Make it a second brain, not a bookmark.
ReturnKit teaches its features in the app (Menu → How it works). This page is the setup recipe: how to keep the planner in view and wire capture from laptop and phone so thoughts actually land.
Most people need three surfaces, not one:
- Laptop browser — daily planning, Secretary, deep work. Keep a pinned tab or bookmark.
- Browser extension — save any page or selection to Capture without opening the app.
- Phone home screen — jot in three seconds; share from other apps; forward email when you cannot stop to sort.
Sign in on each device so Capture syncs. Local-first still works offline; sync is optional but makes the pairing real.
Laptop · ~3 minutes
Open returnkit.life/app, sign in, bookmark the tab or pin it in Chrome/Safari. Light Today is the front door; Full Today is one tap away in the header.
Add ReturnKit Capture from the Chrome Web Store. Open ReturnKit while signed in once — the extension pairs automatically (capture-only key; it cannot read your planner).
Right-click any page → Save to ReturnKit. Select text first to save a snippet. Shortcut: Alt+Shift+S.
In the app: Capture or Settings → Capture from anywhere → drag Save to ReturnKit to your bookmarks bar. Useful on Safari or if you prefer not to use the extension.
iPhone · ~5 minutes
Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen. Opens full-screen like an app, works offline, and can open straight to capture (Settings → Phone opens ready to capture).
In the app: Capture → expand Send to ReturnKit Shortcut. Two minutes: builds a Share-sheet action that POSTs to your Capture inbox. Screenshots can run Extract Text first.
Forward newsletters, school closures, receipts to capture@returnkit.life from the email on your account. Subject becomes the title; body text lands in Capture. Add a second sender under Also accept from if you forward from another address.
This address can only add notes — it never reads your planner.
Android · ~2 minutes
Chrome → menu → Add to Home screen (or Install app). ReturnKit then appears in the system Share menu from any app — share a link, text, or page; it opens on Capture so you see it arrive.
iPad
Same as iPhone for Home Screen + Shortcut. Plus: you can write into any text box with Apple Pencil — iPadOS Scribble turns handwriting into text as you write. Full ink canvases (margin notes) are coming; Scribble already works in every field today.
- Morning: Open Light Today — name what is loud, pick Top 3.
- During the day: Capture from extension, phone, or forward — sort later in Capture.
- Evening: Triage Capture → tasks or life areas; journal if you have space.
Nothing auto-becomes a task. You always triage. That is intentional.
This page = setup and pairing.
Menu → How it works (in the app) = what Light Today, Body, MomOps, and Secretary do.
Menu → Roadmap = what is shipping next.