Curated

Bring your whole list.

Your lists already live somewhere: Google Maps, Letterboxd, your saves, a spreadsheet. Bring the whole thing into Curated, keep what belongs, and share it with one link. Keep saving where you already do.

Bring a listUse your AI instead

Paste the link

Google Maps lists

  1. In Google Maps, open Saved and choose your list.
  2. Tap Share, then turn on Anyone with the link.
  3. Copy the link and paste it into Bring a list.
What comes over
Every place, in order, with your notes and when you saved each one. Places a friend added come with their name, and their notes stay credited to them.
Keeping it current
Stays connected. Places you save in Maps later show up in Curated to add, or are added for you if you choose.

Drop the export

Google Maps, without sharing

  1. Go to takeout.google.com, deselect all, then choose Saved.
  2. Export once and download the zip.
  3. Drop the zip into Bring a list and choose your lists.
What comes over
Each saved list as its own list, with your notes. Want to go is offered but left unselected.
Keeping it current
A snapshot. Drop a newer export any time; only new places come in.

Drop the export

Letterboxd

  1. On letterboxd.com, open Settings, then Import & Export.
  2. Choose Export your data and download the zip.
  3. Drop the zip into Bring a list.
What comes over
Each of your lists in order, with the notes you wrote on each film. Your watchlist is offered but left unselected.
What doesn't
Letterboxd does not let apps read lists from a link.
Keeping it current
A snapshot. A newer export brings only new films.

Drop the export

Instagram saves

  1. In Settings, open Accounts Center, then Your information and permissions.
  2. Choose Download your information, then Saved, JSON and All time.
  3. Drop the zip into Bring a list.
What comes over
Your saved posts and each saved collection, to sort one at a time. Find the picks for me can put the posts that recommend something first.
What doesn't
Pictures stay on Instagram; each pick links to its post.
Keeping it current
A snapshot. Saves arrive to sort, since most saves are not recommendations.

Ask your assistant

Someone else's account

  1. Connect Curated to Claude or ChatGPT.
  2. Ask it to read the account and bring the posts that recommend something.
  3. Sort what arrives, then share your own list with a credit to them.
What comes over
Their posts as picks to sort, with their words quoted and credited, never as your notes.
Keeping it current
Ask your assistant again any time; only new posts come in.
Ask your assistant
Go through @tinnedfish's Instagram posts and bring the ones that recommend a specific tin into Curated to sort. Keep their captions credited to them.

Drop the export

Goodreads and StoryGraph

  1. Goodreads: My Books, then Import and export, then Export library. StoryGraph: Manage account, Export StoryGraph library.
  2. Download the CSV.
  3. Drop it into Bring a list.
What comes over
Each shelf as its own list, with authors, and your reviews as your notes. Read is selected; To read is not.
Keeping it current
A snapshot. A newer export brings only new books.

Drop the export

Spotify playlists

  1. On spotify.com, open your account, then Account privacy, and request your Account data.
  2. Download it when the email arrives (usually within a few days).
  3. Drop the zip, or its Playlist file, into Bring a list.
What comes over
Each playlist in order, with artists and track links.
What doesn't
Spotify no longer lets apps read playlists from a link.
Keeping it current
A snapshot. A newer export brings only new tracks.

Drop the export

Anything else

  1. Export a spreadsheet as CSV with a column for the name.
  2. Link, note, author and order columns come along too.
  3. Drop it into Bring a list.
What comes over
Every row in order. Your notes stay yours.
Keeping it current
A snapshot. Or ask your assistant to read a page, a doc or an app you use, and bring the list in.
Ask your assistant
Read my Apple Maps guide "Lisbon" and bring every place into Curated as a new private list, with my notes.

Private until you publish

Everything you bring in starts as a private list. You choose what stays, add your own notes, and publish when you're ready. Lists built from someone else's posts carry a credit to them.