Tags & Topics
Tags and topics help you organize your library by theme, project, or any category that makes sense to you.
Tags
Creating Tags
Go to the Tags page and click Create Tag. Each tag has:
- Name — A short label (e.g., "machine-learning," "hiring," "product-strategy")
- Color — Choose from 8 colors for visual distinction
- Description (optional) — A note about what this tag covers
Applying Tags
You can tag items in several ways:
- From the Library — Click the tag icon on any item, or use bulk selection to tag multiple items at once
- From the Reader — Tag an article while reading it
- On highlights — Attach tags to individual highlights for fine-grained organization
- Automatically — Enable AI auto-tagging to classify content on save (subscription required)
Filtering by Tag
Click any tag in the Library filter bar to see only items with that tag. Select multiple tags to narrow further.
Tags also appear on the Insights page as theme cards, showing content distribution across your topics.
Topics
Topics are a level above tags — they group related tags together.
Creating Topics
On the Tags page, click Create Topic. A topic has:
- Name — The broad theme (e.g., "Machine Learning")
- Color — Visual distinction
- Description — What this topic covers
- Tags — Add existing tags to the topic (e.g., "transformers," "fine-tuning," "evaluation")
Why Use Topics?
Topics are useful when your tag list grows beyond 10-15 tags. They provide hierarchical organization without making the tag system itself more complex. Think of topics as folders for tags.
Auto-Tagging
Sensemaker offers three levels of automatic tagging:
| Type | What It Does | Requires Subscription |
|---|---|---|
| AI auto-tagging | Analyzes content and applies 1-3 relevant topic tags | Yes |
| Source auto-tagging | Tags by content type (PDF, EPUB, video, podcast) | No |
| Newsletter auto-tagging | Tags by newsletter sender name | No |
Toggle each in Settings. See AI Features for more on AI auto-tagging.