Objects & Properties

What are Objects?

Objects are the fundamental building blocks of Micro. Every piece of information - people, companies, emails, tasks, documents, and more - is stored as an object with properties.

Standard Object Types

• People - Contacts and individuals
• Companies - Organizations and businesses
• Deals - Pipeline items like sales deals, fundraising prospects, or investment opportunities
• Emails - Email messages and conversations
• Tasks - Action items and to-dos
• Documents - Files and content
• Events - Calendar events and calls

Soon you will also be able to create custom objects to model any workflow you may have.

Object Types in Lists

When you create a list from a template, it uses a specific object type. This determines what kind of records live in that list and what native properties are available.

Object Type	Used By	What It Means
Deal	Fundraising, Sales Pipeline, Deal Flow, LP Fundraising	Each record is a deal — you can have multiple deals per person. Lists can contain both people and companies.
Person	Recruiting	Each record is a person. One record per individual.
Company	Portfolio Companies	Each record is a company. One record per organization.

Why this matters:

• Deal-based lists are the most flexible. A single person can be linked to multiple deals, making them ideal for pipelines where the same contact may appear in different contexts.
• Person-based lists are one record per individual. Better for tracking people directly, like candidates.
• Company-based lists are one record per organization. Better for tracking companies, like portfolio investments.

Each object type comes with its own set of native properties. You can add custom properties on top of these.

Object Relationships

You can connect objects to each other by adding them in reference properties on a given object. This is done automatically when you add tasks and docs from profiles for example.

Understanding Properties

Properties are the characteristics and data points that describe each object. They can be simple text fields, dates, numbers, or complex relationships.

Standard Properties

Every object comes with standard properties:

• Name - Display name or title
• Created At/By - When the object was created
• Updated At/By - Last modification time

Property Types

Micro supports the same property types as Notion, plus powerful reference properties for every object type:

Basic Property Types

• Text - Names, descriptions, notes, single line or multi-line
• Number - Quantities, scores, ratings, currency, percentages
• Date - Due dates, meeting times, milestones, with time options
• Select - Status, priority, category, single choice from options
• Multi-select - Tags, categories, multiple choices from options
• Boolean - True/false, completed tasks, yes/no fields
• URL - Website links, social media profiles, external resources
• Email - Email addresses with validation
• Phone - Phone numbers with formatting
• Team Member - References to people in your workspace
• Created time - When the object was created (automatic)
• Last edited time - When the object was last modified (automatic)
• Created by - Who created the object (automatic)
• Last edited by - Who last modified the object (automatic)

Reference Properties

Reference properties link objects together, creating powerful relationships:

• People references - Link to specific people in your workspace
• Company references - Link to companies in your workspace
• Task references - Link to related tasks
• Document references - Link to related documents
• Email references - Link to specific emails
• Calendar event references - Link to meetings and events

Tip

Reference properties are especially powerful - they automatically update when referenced objects change and enable complex filtering and organization.

AI Autofill

Micro uses AI to fill properties with relevant information in two ways:

• Automatic — Properties update in the background when new emails, meetings, and calendar events come in.
• On-demand — Click the magic wand icon on any property to research and fill that property instantly.

You can add instructions to any property to guide how the AI fills it.

Learn more in the Automations section.

Creating Properties

You can create custom properties from any object:

1. Navigate to Properties drawer for an object or a column in grid view
2. Add new property - Click “Create Property” or ”+”
3. Choose property type - Select from available types
4. Configure settings - Set name, description, format, options
5. Changes are automatically saved

Best practices when creating properties:

• Use clear, descriptive and consistent names - Avoid abbreviations
• Don’t overdo it - Don’t make too many properties as they get hard to manage
• Consider what object to put the property on - If it’s something you want to track across different lists, put it on the main object

Tip

Well-designed properties make your data more organized, searchable, and useful for automation and insights.

Using Objects & Properties

You can leverage custom properties to filter and sort views of objects in a more nuanced way. You can even filter objects based on properties of connected objects.

Properties are also helpful for semantic search - the more data captured in properties the more accurate semantic search can be.

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Objects and properties form the foundation of Micro’s flexible data model, allowing you to organize information exactly how you need it.