Creating your first board
Create a board, add your first sources, then choose grid view for a swipe file or freeform canvas for a spatial creative project.
A board is a collection of things you want to keep in one place. Social posts, links, your own notes, screenshots. Treat it as a research document that grows over time.
This article covers creating a board, naming it well, and adding the first few items.
Create a board
In the sidebar, click the "+" button to create a new board. Click the title to rename it.
The sidebar also supports spaces for grouping related boards. A space is a one-layer folder. Spaces do not nest inside each other. Eden's three organizational layers (spaces, boards, sections) are designed to keep everything visible inside a couple of clicks.
Three kinds of board names work well:
- A project: "Newsletter, May 2026"
- A theme: "Reels openers that hold past three seconds"
- A swipe file: "YouTube titles to study"
Names that age poorly: "Inbox", "Misc", "Stuff to read later". They sound innocent but they collect everything and surface nothing.
Add the first items
A board is empty until you put things on it. The ways to do that:
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From Discover
On any post in the Discover feed, hover and click the "+" overlay, or right-click and pick a board. The post becomes an item on the board with the original creator, platform, and outlier multiplier preserved.
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From a creator profile
Inside Discover, click the Creators tab, open a creator's profile, hover any of their recent posts, and save the same way. Useful when you want to study a single creator's pattern.
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By pasting a link or uploading a file
Copy any URL (a YouTube video, an X post, a Substack article, a generic web page) and paste it onto the board. Eden fetches the title, thumbnail, and key metadata so the link reads as a proper item, not raw text. You can also drag images or PDFs onto the board to upload them.
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With a document or card of your own
A document is for long-form writing. Newsletters, scripts, outlines, anything that wants paragraphs. A card is a sticky note for rapid ideation. One thought per card, captured fast, dropped onto the board or into a section. Use documents for what you are writing. Use cards for what you are thinking.
Choose the view that fits the work
Use grid view when the board is a swipe file or reference library. Custom drag-to-order is the default, and the sort menu lets you switch to name, item type, or date created. Read sorting a board for the full list.
Use freeform canvas when the board is an active creative project. Arrange research, links, notes, and drafts spatially; add multiple chats; and keep the whole project visible instead of rebuilding its context across separate tabs.
If a grid board starts to feel full, three patterns help:
- Add sections inside the board to group items so you can scroll one chunk at a time.
- Split into separate boards. A "Newsletter" board and a "YouTube" board are simpler than one giant board with both projects mixed together. Group related boards into a space in the sidebar.
- Switch to freeform canvas when the items belong to one project and seeing their spatial relationships would help.
A weekly content board is a good example of when sections do most of the work. The sections might look like this:
- Ideas: cards captured fast, one thought per card.
- Research: PDFs, social posts, YouTube videos, images.
- Drafts: newsletter documents.
- Tweets: cards, ready to copy and post.
- Reels: scripts as cards.
Reference the whole board in chat and the AI sees what is in each section. @ mention any single item to pull just that one in.
Where to go next
- For organizing many boards in the sidebar, read boards, spaces, and sections.
- For keeping a long board readable, read using sections to organize a board.
- For why boards make good swipe files, read how creators use Eden boards as swipe files.
Boards, spaces, and sections
Three layers of organization in Eden. Boards hold your work. Spaces group boards in the sidebar. Sections group items inside one board.
Using sections to organize a board
Sections are filters inside one board that show you one slice at a time. Here is how to use them, and when they beat splitting into separate boards.
A 5-minute tour of Eden
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