---
title: What this archive is for
type: note
source: original
date: 2026-08-22
status: published
draft: false
tags:
  - note
  - how-to
description: Why Threadwell exists and how archive notes relate to authored notes.
aliases:
  - about-threadwell
---

Threadwell holds material that search engines and platform pages do not keep reliably. The split is strict:

| Folder | Role |
| --- | --- |
| `archive/` | Primary source. What was said. |
| `notes/` | Your writing. What it means. |
| `canvases/` | Spatial maps between the two. |

An authored note should [[How to archive a thread|link the archive record]] instead of pasting the thread again.

Set `draft: true` until a note is ready. `archive/`, `canvases/`, and `notes/` publish otherwise.