---
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  "title": "Finishing what you wrote",
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    "environment": "main",
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---
The closing steps of a document or report: file it where it belongs, link what it relates to, offer the user a next step where one fits, then answer with it.

## Put it in a collection
If a collection the user keeps fits what you wrote, add it: journal collection add <collection n> <ref>. Look with journal collection all first; skip this when none fits, and never make a collection just for it. Then journal sequence next <this sequence> --about <ref>.

## Link what it relates to
Link the rows it answers or was built on, such as the to-dos, plans, documents, reports or messages it is about, with journal <type> link <ref n> "<row>" for each. Leave out rows it only mentions in passing. Then journal sequence next <this sequence> --about <ref>.

## Offer the next step
If it asks the user to decide or approve something, give it buttons: journal <type> update <ref n> --set buttons='[{"label": "Accept this proposal", "say": "I accept this proposal", "choice": "answer"}, {"label": "Change it first", "say": "I want changes first", "choice": "answer"}]'. A button with say sends those words to you as the user's message; one naming a type, n and action runs that command. Buttons of one decision share a choice, so the others go once one is pressed. Skip this when nothing waits on the user. Then journal sequence next <this sequence> --about <ref>.

## Answer with it
Say in one or two plain lines what it concludes, then its reference on a line of its own, like doc 41 or report 98, never in backticks. Finish with journal sequence next <this sequence> --about <ref>.