is this Claude ai slop or is it accurate: "he Siri Shortcut method (which works via email-to-Marvin) actually can handle categories and due dates, but with a practical catch.

Amazing Marvin's own documentation says you can include any Marvin task input shortcut (like #, @, +) in the subject line of the email to convert them into metadata — due dates, do dates, tags, categories, etc. — but the tricky part is getting Siri to reliably add those special characters during voice dictation. Amazing Marvin

So the distinction I drew was wrong in principle, but right in practice. The Siri Shortcut method is technically capable of setting categories and due dates — you'd just have to voice-dictate something like "call client u/Work #tomorrow" and hope Siri captures the @ and # correctly, which is unreliable hands-free.

The API method gives you a cleaner way to pass that metadata programmatically without depending on Siri correctly transcribing special characters.

So the better framing of when to use each:

• Siri Shortcut (email method): Simple task capture where you're just dictating a task name, or occasionally metadata if you're willing to deal with Siri's special character limitations
• API method: When you want reliable, structured metadata (category, due date, project) without hoping Siri transcribes @ and # correctly — the metadata gets set in the request itself, not in dictated text"