# Keep the next prompt beside your coding agents

Canonical: https://perched.fyi/guides/sticky-notes/
Updated: 2026-10-23

An agent starts working just as you think of the next detail. Perch’s sticky notes give that thought somewhere nearby to wait without interrupting the current turn.

## Choose a note with a clear purpose

Perch supports up to ten notes in four colors, stored locally on your Mac. Pin the ones you need beside your sessions. One click on Copy puts a note on the clipboard for you to paste into an agent, terminal or document.

Useful notes are small and actionable: an edge case to test, a sentence to include in the next prompt, or a reminder about what the current task should leave unchanged.


## A prompt parking routine

1. Write a follow-up while the agent continues its current task.
2. Keep the note attached to the right project in your own wording.
3. When the turn finishes, review the result before sending a follow-up.
4. Copy the note and paste it into the agent when its timing and context are right.
5. Update or remove the note after using it so the shelf stays useful.

## Examples that fit a small note

- Acceptance criteria: “Empty state still has a visible Create button.”
- Review reminder: “Check keyboard focus after closing the dialog.”
- Next prompt: “Now cover the cancelled request case; keep the existing API.”
- Handoff detail: “Client wants the original heading and spacing preserved.”

## Keep the boundary clear

Notes do not automatically become agent instructions. Copying a note is a clipboard action, not dispatch. Perch is not a shared backlog or a document collaboration tool.

Local storage also means you should not assume the note is synchronized to another Mac or available to a coworker. Keep lasting project decisions in your normal documentation.


## Related reading
- [A coding-agent monitor for developers on Mac](https://perched.fyi/use-cases/developers/)
- [Reduce the checking loop around your coding agents](https://perched.fyi/blog/reduce-agent-context-switching/)
- [What Perch stores and which permissions it needs](https://perched.fyi/guides/privacy-and-permissions/)