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Reading tracker template for Plainer

Reading & learning adds a reading list to your Plainer workspace and opens it as a board. Save books, articles and things to learn, move them along as you read, and keep your notes with them.

Tracker · Reading & learning · By Plainer · Version 1

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Reading board.plainerBoard layout
To read
Reading
Finished

Placeholder cards. Your copy starts empty.

What it does

  • A Reading list file with five fields: Title, Link, Status, Rating and Notes.
  • A Reading board grouped by Status: To read, Reading and Finished. Cards show the title, link and rating.
  • It starts empty, ready for your own list.

What you get after installing

Reading list.json
A data file with 5 fields: Title, Link, Status, Rating, Notes. It starts empty.
Reading board.plainer
Opens Reading list.json as a board, grouped by Status.

Installed files are your own copies. Files that use your tasks, projects or goals keep using your existing content. Commands run only when you choose Run.

Who it is for

  • Readers who want one list for books, articles and other things to learn.
  • Students and anyone learning a new subject who want notes next to each source.

How to install it

  1. Select Use this template. Plainer opens with an example plan, no account needed.
  2. Check what the template adds, then choose Install my own copy. Without an account, it is saved in this browser.
  3. Sign in or create a free account to keep it. Your guest plan, with the template, moves into your account. Commands that use the assistant need the account.
Use this template

Free, no account needed. Opens Plainer with an example plan and shows what the template adds before you install it. Sign in when you want to keep it.

Public template contents
{
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002",
      "name": "Reading list",
      "description": "Books, articles and things to learn.",
      "fields": [
        {
          "key": "title",
          "name": "Title",
          "type": "text",
          "options": [],
          "required": false
        },
        {
          "key": "url",
          "name": "Link",
          "type": "url",
          "options": [],
          "required": false
        },
        {
          "key": "status",
          "name": "Status",
          "type": "select",
          "options": [
            "To read",
            "Reading",
            "Finished"
          ],
          "required": false
        },
        {
          "key": "rating",
          "name": "Rating",
          "type": "number",
          "options": [],
          "required": false
        },
        {
          "key": "notes",
          "name": "Notes",
          "type": "longtext",
          "options": [],
          "required": false
        }
      ],
      "format": "records",
      "rootShape": "array",
      "valueRows": false
    }
  ],
  "records": [],
  "views": [
    {
      "id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000012",
      "name": "Reading board",
      "source": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000002",
      "layout": "board",
      "fields": [
        "title",
        "url",
        "rating"
      ],
      "groupBy": "status",
      "descending": false,
      "plannerLayout": "both",
      "bindings": {},
      "code": {
        "html": "",
        "css": "",
        "javascript": ""
      },
      "filters": []
    }
  ],
  "commands": [],
  "documents": [],
  "folders": [],
  "fileAppearance": {},
  "attachments": []
}

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