Extendable default types

Extendable default types allow you to customize Routine’s core objects; tasks, events, pages, contacts, and calendars, by adding your own properties. This makes Routine flexible without sacrificing its simple, intuitive starting experience.

🤔 What extendable default types are

Routine comes with default types such as:

• Tasks

• Events

• Pages (notes)

• Contacts

• Calendars

With extendable default types, you can:

• Add custom properties to these default types

• Create new types that connect to existing ones

• Adapt Routine to your workflow without building complex systems manually

🗺️ Where to manage types

You can manage types by going to:

Settings → Types

From there, you can:

• Create new custom types

• Edit and extend existing default types

➕ Extending default types with properties

When extending a default type, you can add properties such as:

• Relations to other types

• Select fields (e.g. priority levels)

• Dates, numbers, or other property types

These properties appear automatically on every object of that type.

⌛ Example: creating a project system

Instead of scattering project-related tasks, meetings, and notes across your workspace, you can create a unified project system that connects everything.

Step 1: Create a new type

• Create a new type called "Project"

• Add properties like title, description, status (active, completed, on-hold), and start/end dates

• Keep it simple to start. You can expand later

Step 2: Extend existing types

• Add a relation from Tasks to the Project type

• Add a relation from Events to the Project type

• Add a relation from Pages to the Project type

• Now every task, meeting, and note can be linked to a project

Step 3: Create project objects

• Create project entries such as "Website Redesign", "Client Presentation", "Q2 Planning"

• Projects can be created directly or from views

• Add status and dates to track progress

Step 4: Use projects across Routine

• Assign tasks to projects

• Schedule meetings related to specific projects

• Add project notes and documentation

• View all project-related items in one place

• Filter your agenda by project to see everything related to it

🔋 Why this is powerful

Extendable default types let you:

• Replace rigid systems like traditional labels or CRMs

• Group tasks, events, and notes around a single concept

• Build workflows such as projects, goals, or lightweight CRM tracking

• Aggregate information across different object types

All of this stays fully integrated with your calendar and task workflows.

👏 Practical use cases

• Group tasks, meetings, and notes by project

• Track client interactions without a full CRM

• Add priorities, statuses, or categories to tasks

• Create shared taxonomies across your workspace