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title: "Rules"
description: "Write rules in Savepad that file, tag, and star new saves the moment they come in, by site, link, title, type, or where they came from."
source: https://savepad.app/docs/rules
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# Rules

Write rules in Savepad that file, tag, and star new saves the moment they come in, by site, link, title, type, or where they came from.

Tired of filing the same kind of thing by hand? A rule files it as it comes in. “Anything from klaviyo.com goes in Lifecycle email and gets #klaviyo.” Write it once, never think about it again.

## Make a rule

1. Go to **Settings > Rules** and press **New rule**.
2. Name it.
3. Under **When a new save’s**, pick what to look at, how to compare, and the value.
4. Under **Then**, pick a folder to put it in, tags to add, and whether to star it.
5. Read the sentence at the bottom. If it says what you meant, press **Turn it on**.

![Making a rule in Savepad Settings: when the site is klaviyo.com, put it in Lifecycle email, tag it #klaviyo, and star it, with the Turn it on button](https://savepad.app/shots/making-a-rule-in-savepad-settings-when-the-site-a74868.png)

Settings, then Rules, then New rule. The sentence at the bottom reads it back to you.

## What a rule can look at

| Look at | Example |
| --- | --- |
| site | klaviyo.com (also catches mail.klaviyo.com) |
| link | the whole address |
| title | the save’s title |
| type | link, image, email, pdf, code… |
| came in by | web, email, import, api, mcp… |

And how to compare: **is**, **isn’t**, **has**, **starts with**, or **ends with**. Case doesn’t matter.

Need more than one condition? Press **Another condition** (up to 10), and pick **All of these** or **Any of these**.

## When rules run

On every new save, however it got in: pasted, dropped, emailed, imported, saved through the API, or by your assistant.

## Run it on what’s already there

New rules only file new saves. To tidy up the backlog, press **Run it on what’s already saved** on the rule. It tells you how many it matched.

![A Savepad rule called Klaviyo emails that has filed 23 saves, with the Run it on what is already saved button](https://savepad.app/shots/a-savepad-rule-called-klaviyo-emails-that-has-filed-6303c1.png)

Run a rule on your backlog with one button.

## Change or stop a rule

Untick **On** to pause it, **Edit** to change it, or **Delete** to get rid of it. Saves it already filed stay where they are.

## Rules worth stealing

- When the site is `facebook.com`, put it in Paid social / Meta.
- When it came in by `email` and the site is `klaviyo.com`, tag it #lifecycle.
- When the type is `pdf`, put it in Reports.
- When the title has `pricing`, tag it #pricing and star it.