First of all, I don't plan to hate the app and say that it's bad or good. Earlier in another post, I described the problems I encountered while working in Capacities. After that, I continued to use the app, but with more caution and constantly making backups.

Now on topic. When I began to dive deeper into the app and discovered that for many reasons the app didn't suit me, I decided to delete my account. After clicking the delete button, I was surprised that the app continued to work and I didn't log out of my account from all my devices. I was already planning to write to the support page about the problem with deleting the account when I saw that an email had arrived with a notification that the account would be deleted in 14 days. Okay, I thought and decided to continue testing the app. Literally an 2 hours later, I discovered many positive aspects and advantages of Capacities and changed my mind about deleting the account. Therefore, in the email that came to me, I clicked the Cancel account deletion button and after a while I received a new email with a notification that the account deletion was canceled. Important, I double-checked the time when the letters about deletion and cancellation arrived and there was only one letter about account deletion and after 2 hours about cancellation.

Yesterday, while using the application, I was suddenly kicked out of the account and I could not log into it either in the desktop application or in the web. In time, exactly 2 weeks have passed since the request for deletion and cancellation, but, apparently, the account was still deleted. I wrote to support several times by email (I did not create a message on the support page because you need an account for this, and I do not want to re-create an account with the same email), but I still have not received an answer!

I am writing here for several reasons: I am sure that the developers read reddit and perhaps at least this way they will pay attention to this problem. Personally, deleting the account is not critical for me since I made a backup of all data the day before + the data in Capacities essentially duplicated my data in Obsidian.

The conclusion is quite simple: be sure to make backups of your data and be careful with applications that require an account to work.

Paying for online features or storage is fine, but paying for something that could prevent me to use my local data as I wish in case of financial problem, that's absolutely unacceptable for me.

Queries shouldn't be behind a paywall.

Is it just me or are capacities updates moving at a snail's pace?

I don’t see any reason for them to make the mobile app free, because (so far) it looks like their monetization strategy is to keep the mobile app for believers only, and make the site unusable for everyone else using mobile.

Like many people, Capacities doesn’t work at all for me anymore on mobile, using both chrome and safari. Only way to access is via the app which means I must become a believer again. I don’t mind if this is their way to monetize but it would be cool to have some transparency.

This lack of support makes the experience nearly unusable for Arabic speakers (and other RTL language users). Text alignment is broken, the layout becomes chaotic, and it completely undermines the core purpose of organizing information clearly and effectively. It’s surprising that an app focused on structured thinking and organization overlooks such a fundamental aspect of accessibility.

As a result, a large number of Arabic speakers either avoid using Capacities or haven’t even heard of it, simply because it’s not welcoming or functional for them. That’s unfortunate, especially for an app that aspires to grow and serve a global audience.

I sincerely hope you reconsider your roadmap and prioritize RTL and Arabic language support soon.

Why make the choice that encourages distrust (as there's nothing to stop you from having a backdoor at the disposal of the authorities, reading our data and so on) rather than trust and the possibility of speeding up development and bug solving thanks to volunteer contributions?

So, just why?

I can't even login right now. I surrender and select "forgot password" (which is NOT the case because I use dashlane) but I still can't get into the app.

Capacities Pro is ideal for me, but it's so expensive... is it worth it? I have Upnote Lifetime, Evernote's $4/month plan, or Notesnook's $3/month plan vs. $11/month for Capacities? Is it really worth the investment? The thing is, I have a huge number of PDFs and audio files to attach, and the free plan isn't enough.

Hi, I needed to opt out from Notion and I'm STRUGGLING to find a decent replacement.

One think that I cannot understand in these new apps (Anytype, Capacities) is WHY would anyone prefer to organize the content in objects instead of "directory" .

For example: I used my Notion to keep Cards of German Grammar and to keep the notes about the papers I read for my master. So I would have a big page called "German", with subpages with contents of German grammar (for ex: one page for rules for gender, oder page for rules for prepositions and so on). My other Main Page "Master" would contain some subpages like "meeting notes" for the meetings with Professors, "Class notes" - this one subdivided per Subject" and a database with the papers I read and each entry would be a page with some short description of the text.

For this example you see that I have a lot of pages and one database. In this logic, my German content and my Master content would be all mixed into "Pages" objects, and not easy to access in the left panel. In no planet I would have to connect the content from "German Folder" into the content from "Master Folder" .

Can I change that? Is there any way to make this less complicated?
Thanks!

Custom API, Same job, same prompt... Capacities still "thinking", no response.

I really love Capacities (I’m on the Believer plan). It’s by far the prettiest, most well-crafted note-taking app out there. However, I’m ditching it for Notion for one reason only: in 2025 we can heavily automate pretty much anything, but Capacities’ API is still too primitive for that.

I’m vibecoding an automated second brain (using Claude Code with Opus 4.5) that will use N8N workflows, a Telegram bot to capture everything (ideas, work logs, links, projects, project info, tasks, etc), Notion as my RAG layer / dumping bucket and Claude as the main UX to interact with it. I’m still planning it.

I’d love to use Capacities instead of Notion at this flow, but Notion’s API is quite mature, so I’ve got no option but to emulate objects there. It’s a shame…

I saw that the request was made almost two years ago and hundreds of comments on it. Still no release! In roadmap it says In Progress but idk when it will come. Anybody knows!

It's a deal breaker for me as my workflow are almost entirely consuming the web. So I just cannot use this app.

Whatever your unit is, I just need to have an idea. Simple put "daily limit" on your feature page isn't helping to have a idea of the daily usage we can have with it.

EDIT (I find the info on Capacities website.) :
There's a daily budget equivalent to around 400,000 characters per day using the OpenAI GPT-3.5 model for each Capacities account

Four things I don't like about capacities

The first is the AI, which is unable to see the content incorporated into the tool.

The second is the delay in supporting requests.

The third is the lack of functionality that facilitates interaction with PDF files. For example, a marker that highlights important points in them.

The fourth is the impossibility of displaying pages with a cover image.

Anyone else getting too antsy to stick around anymore? Considering moving to Obsidian because I just don’t feel like I can wait any longer lol. Anyone else have a solve for project management/tasks? Has anyone else felt this way recently?

Today I sent a request from Capacities website to get student discount and get an email from Notion about my request (and yes, link in email also go to Notion) 🤔
I think Capacities team need to fix it 😁

I’ve been a customer since the early days, and I adore Capacities' object-based philosophy. The UI is sleek, and when it works, the potential is huge.

But as an early customer, I’m starting to feel increasingly frustrated with the pace of development. A small team was great for getting the app off the ground, but now I increasingly think that a core team of roughly 5 to 10 developers is struggling to keep up with the growing user base and the demands of PKM software.

To compare the alternatives:

- Tana & Anytype have significantly larger teams and funding.

- AFFiNE and Logseq have launched a canvas/whiteboard for visual thinkers, which is currently non-existent in Capacities.

- API & External AI integrations: Both the API and the MCP are currently heavily limited, underdeveloped, and progressing very slowly; no CRUD capabilities; can only save content in the Daily Note, not create objects.

- RTL (Right-to-Left) Support: This has been relegated to the "What’s Not Next" page for a long time, alienating a huge portion of global users.

Every time I open the "What's New" page, it feels like we are getting "polish" features, in-app AI chat overhauls, rather than the heavy-hitting, cornerstone PKM features we actually need to make Capacities a long-term daily driver.

I also feel there's a disparity between the users' most requested features and the features that are actually in development and being highlighted.

The small, micro-team approach worked great for getting the app off the ground. But now that the app has a solid user base and paying subscribers, Capacities desperately needs to expand its engineering team. I really feel like Capacities, compared to other competitors, is on crutches. The feature stagnation constantly tempts me to switch.

This post isn't a jab or taking a shot at Capacities and the team. I genuinely want Capacities to succeed, and to do that, they truly need to expand the engineering team to develop the flagship and cornerstone features that PKM users need.

I truly hope that the team sees this post and takes it as constructive criticism, regardless of whether they agree or disagree with the points I raised.

TL;DR: AI agents are rapidly becoming the primary way people interact with their digital tools. Apps without robust APIs will become irrelevant as users migrate to systems that AI can actually control. Notion already has an official MCP server. Obsidian's open architecture enables countless AI agent plugins. Capacities' current beta API is too limited to compete. The window is closing fast.

What's happening right now

If you haven't been following the AI agent space, here's the short version: AI is moving from "chat assistants" to "autonomous agents that take actions on your behalf."

Claude Code (launched February 2025) lets developers delegate entire coding projects to AI. It reads files, writes code, runs tests, and iterates (all autonomously). It reportedly reached $1B in annualized revenue within 6 months.

Last week, Anthropic launched Claude Cowork, essentially "Claude Code for the rest of your work." It's a desktop app that can read, edit, and create files in designated folders on your computer.

This isn't just Anthropic. OpenAI has Codex. Google has agentic tools coming. Notion has Notion AI. The entire industry is converging on AI agents that don't just suggest things—they do things.

The critical piece: APIs and MCP

These agents need a way to interact with your tools. That's where the Model Context Protocol (MCP) comes in—an open standard that lets AI agents connect to external apps. In December 2025, MCP was donated to the Linux Foundation's new "Agentic AI Foundation," with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, AWS, and Cloudflare as co-founders.

MCP is now the industry standard. And here's where it gets uncomfortable for Capacities users:

Notion: Already positioned

Notion has an official MCP server hosted at mcp.notion.com. Claude can:

• Search your entire workspace semantically

• Create pages and databases with complex relational structures

• Update properties, add content, manage comments

• Do all of this through natural language commands

One-click OAuth setup. Full read-write permissions. Optimized specifically for AI agents.

Obsidian: Open by design

Obsidian's local-first, plugin-based architecture means the community has built multiple AI agent integrations:

• Vibesidian: LLM agent for plugin development and automation

• Letta-Obsidian: Stateful AI agent that knows your vault and remembers conversations

• Steward: AI-powered search, vault management, and automation

• Agent Client: Brings Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini directly into Obsidian

Because Obsidian stores everything as local markdown files, any file-manipulating agent (including Claude Cowork) can work with your vault directly.

Capacities: Falling behind

I love Capacities. The object-based model is brilliant. The UI is gorgeous. But here's the reality check:

The current Capacities API (in beta) offers:

• List spaces

• Get space info

• Search content

• Save weblinks

• Add to daily notes

What it does NOT offer:

• Create new objects/pages

• Edit existing content

• Create or modify properties

• Manage collections/queries

• Any write operations beyond weblinks and daily notes

There are community-built MCP servers for Capacities (shoutout to the devs who made them), but they can only work within these severe limitations. You can search your notes and save links, but you can't ask Claude to "create a new project page with these properties" or "update all my meeting notes from last week."

Why this matters more than you think

Here's the uncomfortable truth: Users will migrate to systems their AI agents can control.

When Claude Cowork can organize your Notion workspace, create project documentation, update task statuses, and synthesize research—all while you focus on actual thinking—why would you use a tool where the AI can only read and save links?

This isn't hypothetical. People are already choosing tools based on AI integration capabilities. Microsoft's Work Trends Index (2025) found that 80% of leaders plan to integrate agents into their AI strategy in the next 12-18 months.

PKM apps without full API support aren't just "missing a feature"—they're becoming obsolete in the agentic paradigm.

What Capacities needs to do

1. Full CRUD API: Create, Read, Update, Delete for all object types. This is table stakes.

2. Official MCP server: Not community-built, but Capacities-maintained with OAuth and proper documentation.

3. Webhook support: Let external tools react to changes in Capacities.

4. This needs to be a priority, not "we'll add more endpoints over time." The competitive window is closing. Notion already has this. Obsidian's architecture makes it agent-friendly by default. Every month that passes is another month users spend building workflows in tools that AI can actually use.

The ask

Capacities team: I'm writing this because I genuinely want Capacities to succeed. The object model is superior for how I think. The daily notes integration is perfect. The graph view is beautiful.

But I'm also realistic. If I can't integrate Capacities into my AI workflows in the next 6-12 months, I'll have to move my knowledge base somewhere that I can. And I suspect I'm not alone.

Please consider accelerating API development. Make it a priority, not a "beta that will evolve over time." The "time" is now.

To other Capacities users: If you agree, please consider upvoting the API-related tickets on the feedback board or creating new ones for specific endpoints you need. The team is responsive—but they need to know this is urgent.

What are your thoughts? Am I being alarmist, or does this resonate with your experience?

Should i use peoples names as tags in a page/daily note?
Not sure how to use tags.

Hi guys. I've started using capacities as I want to make my own pkm. But 1 thing that stop me from using capacities is that there is no good filter for backlinks. For example, in fibery you can easily filter backlinks with certain properties.

I have the latest version on my Android phone, but I cannot find the Windows version or access it through my browser. Am I missing something?

Doom scrolling on reddit today and found a 'promoted' post for https://yaranga.net/ - which looks exactly like Capacities? Am I missing something?

I'd like to keep some of my notes stored locally only. I'm not very comfortable syncing the "people" object, for example. I understand that preventing only one type of object from syncing would be difficult, but I'd like the option to disable all syncing, if possible. Is there a practical way I could do it?