Flow 1.6 · Living Documents

A document that keeps up.

Connect charts and tables to your files. Start with seven ready-to-use folders, then make the work your own.

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The Job Search living document draws a timeline from application data.
Real Flow 1.6 (1899) · Feature detail · Captured September 6, 2026

01 · Connect the source

Change the data. The page follows.

A chart or table can draw from a file in the document's folder. Change that source and Flow redraws the bound block. Your title, chart type and table layout stay yours.

Flow notices source changes as they happen, when you return to the app, on Refresh Folders and after the Night Shift. A source that changed while Flow was closed is picked up at launch.

The document remains ordinary Markdown. Its sources are files you can inspect and edit.

Portfolio allocation drawn as a donut chart from the newest matching local data file.
Real Flow 1.6 · Stock Portfolio example · Sample data, not investment advice

02 · Give it a job

The routine belongs to the document.

Under the title, the Night Shift line tells you what the page watches, collects, lists and redraws. Open the Jobs Editor to change that work in plain fields.

  • Collect data reads a definition that says what to gather and where to save it.
  • Watch sources compares named files, folders and HTTPS pages with the earlier copy.
  • List a folder keeps filenames, sizes and dates in view.
  • Overnight notes is the Pro job that asks a model on this Mac to explain the numbers.

A collecting definition has a forms editor with a live row preview. You can also draft a definition from a sentence with a model on this Mac, then inspect it.

The Jobs Editor shows Collect data and Watch sources, with source fields, explanations and Save.
Real Flow 1.6 · Edit the document's Night Shift jobs

03 · Begin with a real routine

Seven folders. Room for your work.

The Flow Guide includes six worked examples and a Starter. Copy one, replace its sample inputs and follow its “How this page is built” notes.

Stock Portfolio

Bring holdings, allocation, market context and headlines into one dashboard.

Tax Advisor

Organize tax inputs and estimates, with the IRS pages you choose to watch.

Household Budget

Compare spending with the plan, track income and read the savings rate.

Job Search

See applications and next steps on a timeline, with careers pages and resume files alongside.

Competitor Watch

Track your comparison table and notice changes on named public pricing pages.

Team Status

Bring each person’s update file into one table, with confidence and milestones.

Living Document Starter

Copy a folder with each construct wired once. Keep what your routine needs.

These are editable examples with sample data. They organize your work; financial and tax examples do not replace qualified advice.

04 · Return with context

A better place to pick up tomorrow.

The document, the data and the next step stay together. The Night Shift reports what changed in the Morning Briefing, and marks its edits for your review.

You spend less time rebuilding yesterday's context. The next decision starts with something you can read, check and change.

See the Night Shift
A timeline shows application stages and dates in the Job Search example.
Real Flow 1.6 · Job Search example · Sample applications

Make it yours

Start with one recurring document.

Open a folder from the Flow Guide, replace its sample data with your own, and give the Night Shift a clear job.