Tags

A tag is a free-form label attached to an interest. defense. india. q4-themes. Tags are how you slice a busy brief without splitting it into multiple briefs.

Tags are stored on the interest itself (Interest.tags: List[str]). An interest can carry any number of them, and the same tag can be shared across as many interests as you like.

Where tags surface

• Filter chips on the Interests list at /dashboard. Click a tag to narrow the list to interests carrying it.
• By tag view. The List | By tag toggle on /dashboard (URL-synced to ?view=by-tag) groups interests under each of their tags. Interests with multiple tags appear under each one. Interests with no tags fall into an Untagged bucket at the end.

Adding and removing tags

Two ways:

• Inside an interest. On /dashboard/interests/[id]/edit, the Basics tab has a tags field at the top of the form, alongside name and query.
• From cmd+k. With an interest in focus (or named), /tag defense india adds those tags; /tag remove defense drops one. See Slash commands.

When to add a tag

• At creation time if you already know the slice — defense, india, competitor-watch. The Basics tab on /dashboard/interests/new has tags inline; one less round-trip later.
• Later when you notice a recurring grouping — three interests all touch climate; add the tag once each and the By tag view stops feeling crowded.

Tags are cheap. Add them liberally; remove the ones that stop earning their keep.

Tags vs interests

An interest is a focus area the scout actively works. A tag is just a label. Don't create an interest per tag; create the interests you want monitored, and use tags to slice them.