@Erica, I now understand. It is true that this item arrives in a designated location, but that designated location might be with other tasks already existing. A default tag indicated the list item was created via inbox would help the item to stand out from other tasks. Because its just a tag added to the inbox item, the tag could be deleted from the line.
I have seen other systems that do this, they provide a visual indiciator that the item arrived via some “quick add” feature. But those indicators become a permanent part of the list item. This I don’t like, because after processing the items that were added this way, I don’t care how they arrived there.
Here is a typical scenario: I am working in various outlines through out the day. As I move around, I am adding items using the inbox feature. But the inbox feature I have linked with my current todo list. The reason is, the next time I open my todo list I want to see those items added via the Inbox feature, either because they need to be done soon, or they need to be processed (perhaps reassigned to another outline).
Warm regards,
Chris