Editing and Saving

Sombra gives you multiple ways to save and edit content — from the browser, from the web app, and from AI tools via MCP.

Saving web pages

From the browser extension

The Chrome and Safari extensions let you save the current page with one click. Sombra extracts the readable content as clean markdown, along with metadata like the page title, description, and source URL. You can optionally choose a collection to save into, or let it land in your Inbox for later organization.

From the web app

Inside any collection, click Save URL to save a page by entering its address. You can also use the Save Page action in the sidebar. If a URL has been saved before, saving it again will re-fetch and update the existing artifact in place.

From AI tools via MCP

Sombra exposes a full set of MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, so AI assistants like Claude can save and manage content on your behalf. The save_url tool lets an AI agent save a web page directly to your library — optionally into a specific collection and with an attached note.

This means you can ask your AI assistant to research a topic and save the best sources to a Sombra collection as it goes.

Creating notes

Notes are markdown documents you write directly in Sombra. Create one by clicking New note inside any collection, or use the MCP create_artifact tool from an AI assistant.

Notes support full markdown: headings, lists, code blocks, links, bold, italic — anything you'd write in a markdown file. They're useful for capturing your own thinking alongside the web content you've saved.

Editing

Notes

Click the pencil icon on any note to enter the editor. You'll see:

• An editable Title field
• A Content area with syntax-highlighted markdown editing

The editor supports full markdown with heading shortcuts and undo history. Click Save when you're done, or Cancel to discard changes. Notes are also editable via MCP using the update_artifact tool — your AI assistant can update note content programmatically.

Version history

Notes track their edit history. Click the history icon (clock) in the toolbar to browse previous versions and restore an earlier one if needed. You'll never lose work — every save is a version you can get back to.

Web saves

Web saves are read-only for the main content (it's extracted from the source page), but you can edit:

• The artifact note — your personal annotation on what this page is about or why you saved it
• The title — if the extracted title isn't right, you can change it
• The description — a short summary that appears in search results and collection listings

To re-fetch a web page with updated content, save the same URL again.

Via MCP

The update_artifact tool lets AI assistants update titles, descriptions, notes, and content (for notes) without opening the web app. This is useful for batch operations — an AI agent can annotate dozens of saves in a single session.

Viewing content

Every artifact has two viewing modes, toggled at the top of the preview panel:

• Reader — the content rendered as formatted HTML with proper typography, images, and links
• Markdown — the raw markdown source with a Copy button so you can grab the full text

Artifact actions

From the toolbar or the ... menu on any artifact, you can:

• Copy link — get a direct link to the artifact
• Move to collection — reorganize by moving to a different collection
• Archive — soft-delete the artifact (can be restored later)

Via MCP, you also have move_artifact, bulk_move_artifacts, remove_from_collection (moves back to Inbox), delete_artifact, and restore_artifact for full lifecycle management.

MCP tools

Sombra exposes 19 MCP tools across four categories — Save & Create, Read & Browse, Update & Organize, and Delete & Restore. These work with any MCP-compatible client: Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Claude Code, ChatGPT, and others.

For the full tool listing and setup instructions, see the MCP server page.

A few highlights for content management:

Pages that rely heavily on JavaScript or require authentication may not capture fully via URL alone. For best results with those pages, use the Chrome extension to capture them from your browser.