A checklist is something a note has, not something a note is

`kind` was never a type. A plain TEXT column with no enum and no CHECK behind
it, compared against a hardcoded ("text", "list") tuple in six places;
`note_items` was always an ordinary child table keyed by note_id; serialization
already emitted `items` whatever the kind; and the Android editor already
toggled between the two losslessly, saying so in a comment. The storage has
modelled "a body plus optional checkable items" the whole time. This deletes the
gates that forbade it.

Every surface: the create/PATCH gates, the ?kind= filter and its saved-filter
facet, the three import/export branches, the column (alembic 0025); the core's
`kind` field, its SQLite column (user_version 6), the sync wire, push and pull;
the FFI records and `NoteEdit::Kind`; and on Android `NoteKind.kt`, `DraftKind`,
the compose sheet's Note/List switch, and the branches in the card, the editor
and the chrome.

The editor's note⇄list toggle becomes "Add a checklist" — on both the web and
Android. It is not a conversion any more: nothing moves, nothing is swapped, the
body stays exactly where it is and the note gains somewhere to put items. The
card renders both, in order.

Two things that fell out of the merge rather than being aimed at:

- The Keep importer was DISCARDING `textContent` whenever a note also had
  `listContent`, because the target could only hold one. Both survive now, and
  the test says so.
- Markdown export wrote the body OR the checklist. It writes both.

Protocol goes to v2, floor included: dropping a field a v1 client sends and
expects back is breaking. `title` leaves in step 3 and lands in the same
generation, so it needs no further bump. This is the change that will make the
0.1.227 build on the operator's phone refuse to sync — the in-app updater is
independent of the handshake and remains the recovery path.

The V1 SQLite schema deliberately KEEPS the kind column. V1 is the historical
schema and every later block alters it, so removing it there would make a fresh
database run V1 without the column and then v6's DROP COLUMN against a column
that never existed — "no such column: kind" on every new install.

src/thoughtsync/models/note.py

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ class Note(Base):
     body: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text(), nullable=False, server_default="")
     color: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text(), nullable=False, server_default="default")
     # 'text' (freeform body) or 'list' (a checklist of note_items).
-    kind: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(Text(), nullable=False, server_default="text")
     # Manual drag order (higher = earlier); 0 until the user reorders.
     position: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer(), nullable=False, server_default="0")
     pinned: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(Boolean(), nullable=False, server_default=func.false())
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ class Note(Base):
             "display_title": self.display_title,
             "body": self.body,
             "color": self.color,
-            "kind": self.kind,
             "position": self.position,
             "pinned": self.pinned,
             "archived": self.archived,

src/thoughtsync/models/note_item.py

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ from . import Base
 
 
 class NoteItem(Base):
-    """A single checklist item within a note (only used when note.kind == 'list')."""
+    """A single checklist item on a note.
+
+    Any note can have them. There is no note "kind" gating this — a checklist is
+    something a note HAS, not something a note IS (M13 step 2).
+    """
 
     __tablename__ = "note_items"
 

src/thoughtsync/models/saved_filter.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from . import Base
 class SavedFilter(Base):
     """A named, saved facet combination (a 'view'/lens) the user can re-apply in one
     click — e.g. "Yellow + #ideas". `params` is a JSON-encoded facet dict matching the
-    GET /api/notes query (q/color/kind/labels/has_reminder/has_attachment/date range)."""
+    GET /api/notes query (q/color/labels/has_reminder/has_attachment/date range)."""
 
     __tablename__ = "saved_filters"
 

src/thoughtsync/notes/__init__.py

@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ async def list_notes():
     # saved-filter lens. Multiple ?label= narrow to notes carrying ALL of them.
     label_params = request.args.getlist("label")
     color = request.args.get("color")
-    kind = request.args.get("kind")
     has_reminder = coerce_bool(request.args.get("has_reminder"))
     has_attachment = coerce_bool(request.args.get("has_attachment"))
     query_text = (request.args.get("q") or "").strip()
@@ -125,10 +124,6 @@ async def list_notes():
             if color not in NOTE_COLORS:
                 return json_error("invalid color", 400)
             stmt = stmt.where(Note.color == color)
-        if kind is not None:
-            if kind not in ("text", "list"):
-                return json_error("invalid kind", 400)
-            stmt = stmt.where(Note.kind == kind)
         if has_reminder:
             stmt = stmt.where(Note.remind_at.is_not(None))
         if has_attachment:
@@ -282,7 +277,6 @@ async def export_notes():
                         "display_title": n.display_title,
                         "body": n.body,
                         "color": n.color,
-                        "kind": n.kind,
                         "pinned": n.pinned,
                         "archived": n.archived,
                         "remind_at": n.remind_at.isoformat() if n.remind_at else None,
@@ -418,14 +412,11 @@ async def create_note():
     data = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
     title = data.get("title") if isinstance(data.get("title"), str) else ""
     body = data.get("body") if isinstance(data.get("body"), str) else ""
-    kind = data.get("kind") if data.get("kind") in ("text", "list") else "text"
-    # A checklist note's "content" is its items, not the body — so it's non-empty
-    # when it has a title or at least one item (quick-add can create one in one shot).
-    item_texts = parse_list_items(data.get("items")) if kind == "list" else []
-    if kind == "list":
-        if not (title.strip() or item_texts):
-            return json_error("note is empty", 400)
-    elif is_empty_note(title, body):
+    # Items are accepted on ANY note now — a checklist is something a note HAS.
+    item_texts = parse_list_items(data.get("items"))
+    # "Empty" therefore means all three are empty, not just the two that used to
+    # matter for whichever kind this was.
+    if is_empty_note(title, body) and not item_texts:
         return json_error("note is empty", 400)
     async with session_scope() as db:
         # New notes go to the top of the manual order.
@@ -440,7 +431,6 @@ async def create_note():
             title=clean_title,
             display_title=derive_display_title(clean_title, body),
             body=body,
-            kind=kind,
             color=normalize_color(data.get("color")),
             position=int(max_pos) + 1,
         )
@@ -486,8 +476,6 @@ async def update_note(note_id: str):
             note.body = data["body"]
         if "color" in data:
             note.color = normalize_color(data["color"])
-        if "kind" in data and data["kind"] in ("text", "list"):
-            note.kind = data["kind"]
         if "pinned" in data:
             note.pinned = bool(data["pinned"])
         if "archived" in data:

src/thoughtsync/notes/import_export.py

@@ -52,11 +52,15 @@ def _note_markdown(note: Note, labels: list, items: list) -> str:
     fm.append(f"updated: {note.updated_at.isoformat() if note.updated_at else ''}")
     fm.append("---")
     fm.append("")
-    if note.kind == "list":
+    # Body and checklist are no longer alternatives — a note can carry both, so both
+    # are written, body first, with a blank line between them when there is.
+    if note.body:
+        fm.append(note.body)
+    if items:
+        if note.body:
+            fm.append("")
         for it in items:
             fm.append(f"- [{'x' if it['checked'] else ' '}] {it['text']}")
-    else:
-        fm.append(note.body)
     return "\n".join(fm) + "\n"
 
 
@@ -100,7 +104,6 @@ def _native_spec(n: dict) -> dict:
     return {
         "title": n.get("title"),
         "body": n.get("body") or "",
-        "kind": n.get("kind"),
         "color": n.get("color"),
         "pinned": bool(n.get("pinned")),
         "archived": bool(n.get("archived")),
@@ -128,8 +131,10 @@ def _keep_spec(kn: dict, keep_dir: str) -> dict:
     """Normalize one Google Keep note (Takeout <note>.json) into the common import
     spec. `keep_dir` is the note JSON's folder, used to resolve attachment paths."""
     list_content = kn.get("listContent") if isinstance(kn.get("listContent"), list) else []
-    is_list = bool(list_content)
-    body = kn.get("textContent") or "" if not is_list else ""
+    # Keep's own notes are one or the other, but its text was being DISCARDED whenever
+    # a note also had list content, because the target model could only hold one.
+    # It can hold both now, so both are kept.
+    body = kn.get("textContent") or ""
     # Keep stores link annotations (e.g. shared URLs) separately from the text —
     # fold any URLs into the body so the content survives the move.
     urls = [
@@ -155,7 +160,6 @@ def _keep_spec(kn: dict, keep_dir: str) -> dict:
     return {
         "title": kn.get("title"),
         "body": body,
-        "kind": "list" if is_list else "text",
         "color": _KEEP_COLOR_MAP.get(str(kn.get("color") or "DEFAULT").upper(), "default"),
         "pinned": bool(kn.get("isPinned")),
         "archived": bool(kn.get("isArchived")),
@@ -276,12 +280,9 @@ async def _create_imported_note(
     (nothing written) when the spec is empty."""
     title = (spec.get("title") or "").strip() or None
     body = spec.get("body") or ""
-    kind = spec.get("kind") if spec.get("kind") in ("text", "list") else "text"
     items = spec.get("items") or []
-    if kind == "list":
-        if not (title or any((it.get("text") or "").strip() for it in items)):
-            return False
-    elif is_empty_note(title, body):
+    has_items = any((it.get("text") or "").strip() for it in items)
+    if is_empty_note(title, body) and not has_items:
         return False
 
     note = Note(
@@ -289,7 +290,6 @@ async def _create_imported_note(
         title=title,
         display_title=derive_display_title(title, body),
         body=body,
-        kind=kind,
         color=normalize_color(spec.get("color")),
         pinned=bool(spec.get("pinned")),
         archived=bool(spec.get("archived")),
@@ -310,11 +310,10 @@ async def _create_imported_note(
     db.add(note)
     await db.flush()  # assign note.id before items/labels/attachments/links
 
-    if kind == "list":
-        for pos, it in enumerate(items):
-            text = (it.get("text") or "").strip()
-            if text:
-                db.add(NoteItem(note_id=note.id, text=text, checked=bool(it.get("checked")), position=pos))
+    for pos, it in enumerate(items):
+        text = (it.get("text") or "").strip()
+        if text:
+            db.add(NoteItem(note_id=note.id, text=text, checked=bool(it.get("checked")), position=pos))
 
     # Explicit (picker-style) labels are manual — via_tag=False. Inline #tags in the
     # body are handled by _reconcile_tags below, same as a normal create.

src/thoughtsync/saved_filters.py

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ NAME_CAP = 100
 _ALLOWED_PARAM_KEYS = {
     "q",
     "color",
-    "kind",
     "label",  # matches the repeatable ?label= query param (stored as an array)
     "has_reminder",
     "has_attachment",

src/thoughtsync/sync.py

@@ -55,8 +55,15 @@ MAX_PUSH = 1000  # per-batch change cap
 # Bump SYNC_PROTOCOL_VERSION for ANY wire change. Raise
 # MIN_CLIENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION only for a genuinely BREAKING one: it is the switch
 # that hard-blocks older clients, so additive changes must leave it alone.
-SYNC_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 1
-MIN_CLIENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 1
+# v2 (M13): `kind` left the wire. Dropping a field a v1 client sends and expects back
+# is breaking, so the FLOOR moves too — a v1 client would keep pushing a `kind` the
+# server no longer stores, and would read back notes without one.
+#
+# `title` goes the same way in step 3. It lands in this same protocol generation, so
+# it needs no further bump — v2 means "no kind, no title", and nothing has run against
+# a half-applied v2.
+SYNC_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 2
+MIN_CLIENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 2
 
 # Named capabilities beyond the base protocol. An ADDITIVE change earns a name
 # here rather than a min-version bump, so a newer client meeting an older server
@@ -194,7 +201,6 @@ def _assign_note_fields(note: Note, ch: dict) -> None:
     note.title = (title or "").strip() or None if isinstance(title, str) else None
     note.body = ch["body"] if isinstance(ch.get("body"), str) else ""
     note.color = normalize_color(ch.get("color"))
-    note.kind = ch["kind"] if ch.get("kind") in ("text", "list") else "text"
     note.pinned = bool(ch.get("pinned"))
     note.archived = bool(ch.get("archived"))
     if ch.get("trashed"):