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How to add a long list of items with the AI Assistant

To add a long list of items at once, copy it from a note or message and paste it into the AI Assistant. The Assistant turns it into separate items, and you add them with one button to a new or existing shopping list.

Paste your list into the Assistant

There’s no need to type items in one by one. It works best when each item is on its own line and you add a short request above the list so the Assistant knows what to do with it.

On AndroidOn iPhone5 steps5 steps

Android

  1. Copy the list of items from a note or message.
  2. Tap Assistant  in the bottom bar.
  3. Paste the list into the message field, add your request above it and send the message.
  4. Under the answer, tap Add [number] products to list.
  5. Next to Add to:, tap Change to choose a list, or Create a new list. Then tap Add.

iPhone

  1. Copy the list of items from a note or message.
  2. Tap Assistant  in the bottom bar.
  3. Paste the list into the message field, add your request above it and send the message.
  4. Under the answer, tap Add [number] products to list.
  5. Next to Add to:, tap Change to choose a list, or Create a new list. Then tap Add.

Your request can be very short. For example:

  • “Make a shopping list from these items”
  • “List these items separately and keep the quantities”
  • “Turn this message into a shopping list”

Check that everything made it onto the list

With a long list it’s easy to miss something, and like any AI tool, the Assistant can sometimes get things wrong. Open the list and compare it with the text you pasted:

  • Missing items: add them yourself.
  • Combined items: for example “salt and pepper” as one item. Edit the name and add the second item separately.
  • Quantities and units: check that they match your note.

The Assistant turns pasted text into items. It doesn’t import files, such as CSV.

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