Decks & catalog
Build and manage your org's tag catalog, decks and reaction set.
On this page
The catalog is your org's single source of truth for every tag type, match event, and variant. From it you build decks — customizable button boards that live in the workspace. A project uses one deck at a time; because clips reference the catalog (not the deck), you can swap a project's deck without losing any clips.
The catalog
Everything starts in the catalog. Open the top-level Decks item in the sidebar — it opens a page with two tabs: Decks (where you build button boards) and Catalog (where you define what those buttons can be). The Catalog tab has four sub-tabs:
- Tags — the action categories that appear as buttons on a deck (Goal, Press trigger, Individual error, etc.)
- Variants — qualifiers attached to a tag ("Goal → Left foot", "Goal → Header")
- Events — timestamped match markers (kickoff, red card, substitution) with their own hotkeys — see Events below
- Reactions — your org's per-user clip marks (see Reactions below)
Changes to the catalog propagate immediately to every deck and every clip that references those types.
Building a deck
Navigate to the Decks page in the sidebar, stay on the Decks tab, and select New deck. You can also start from a per-sport template — cliply ships templates for football, futsal, hockey, indoor hockey, rink hockey, basketball, handball, volleyball, rugby, rugby sevens, water polo, tennis, and padel — or import a deck from an XML file.
Two steps: create the tag, then place it on a deck
Creating a tag and putting a button for it on a deck are two separate steps:
- Create the tag in the Catalog tab — set its label, color, and default pre-roll/post-roll seconds. This is the org-wide definition any deck can draw from.
- Place it on a deck — open a deck in the Decks tab and add the tag to a row. The placement dialog asks for:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Row | Every deck has a Top row and a Bottom row — shown in the dialog as Own (top) and Rival (bottom) — pick which one the button lives on |
| Hotkey | Live key-capture: press the key you want to bind. cliply warns if it's already taken by another button in this deck, or reserved for playback controls |
| Customize | Optional — override this tag's default pre-roll/post-roll seconds or color just for this deck. Leave it off and the button inherits the catalog tag's defaults |
| Always manual | Optional — the tag never creates an instant clip: the first press marks the start and the next one the end, even while the deck is in auto capture (the button shows a MANUAL badge). Under it, Closes with lists the deck's other tags: tick the ones that end this tag when they open (and the other way round), so phases like possession (Attack / Defense / Transition) partition the match with no gaps. Instant tags never close a manual one |
Hotkeys are per-deck, so two different decks can bind the same key to different tags without conflict — and the same catalog tag can sit on multiple decks with a different hotkey (and different overrides) on each.
Variants and qualifiers
A variant lets you qualify a clip the moment you tag it — in one step, without interrupting playback. For example, a "Goal" tag with variants "Left foot", "Right foot", and "Header" pops a small qualifier picker when pressed; the selected variant is stored with the clip and reported separately in stats.
A clip can carry multiple variants. Add variants to a tag from the Catalog tab → Variants.
Events
Events are their own catalog kind, configured in Catalog → Events — parallel to Tags, but kept separate because they mark a moment rather than trim a clip (kickoff, red card, substitution). Each event type gets its own label, color, and hotkey.
Events fire into a dedicated Events rail tab in the workbench, distinct from the clip tags buttons deck. See Events for how to log and review them during analysis.
Antagonist tag pairing
A tag can be paired 1:1 with its "mirror opposite" — for example, "Goal" ↔ "Goal conceded", or any own-vs-rival pair. Set the pairing from the Antagonist action in a tag's row menu in the Catalog tab, or accept the prompt cliply offers automatically when you create a new tag (something like "Also create 'Goal conceded' as its antagonist?").
Once paired, the antagonist relationship shows up in a few places:
- Filtering — filtering the clip library by one tag also matches its pair.
- Workbench view toggle — in View mode, a "Show antagonist" toggle relabels and recolors paired clips as the opposite perspective (and back again with "Hide antagonist view").
- Share links — each share link has its own Antagonist view option, independent of how you view it internally.
- XML export — export offers a mirrored Export antagonist (rival view) option that flips every paired clip to the opponent's perspective.
Reactions
Reactions are per-user clip marks — similar to flags but personal. Each member of your org marks clips with their own set of reactions independently of teammates. A common reaction set:
- Good — positive example worth reinforcing
- Important — priority clip for a review session
- Doubt — not sure yet; revisit later
- To-fix — something to address in training
Configure the available reactions in the Catalog tab → Reactions. Your teammates see their own reactions; org-level stats can aggregate across users.
Deck templates, duplicating and archiving
- Mark as template — any deck can be saved as a template so new decks can start from it.
- Duplicate — copy a deck to iterate on it without changing the original.
- Archive — retire old decks without deleting them. Use the Active / Archived filter in the deck list to show or hide archived decks.
A common mistake is putting everything into one deck. Consider separate decks for attack analysis, defensive reviews, and set pieces — each with its own focused hotkey set.
XML import and offline download
You can import a deck from an XML file — useful when a colleague shares their configuration or when migrating from another system that exports XML.
You can also download any deck for use in the desktop app when working offline.
Managing decks & catalog from the desktop app
The Decks & catalog entry in the desktop app's sidebar opens the same deck builder and catalog manager — tags, variants, events, reactions, clip statuses, and zone maps — right inside the app. It requires a connection, since it edits your org's cloud catalog directly; leave the screen and your changes reach the offline deck used by your local projects.
Add to deck — adding a catalog tag or event to a project's deck from a clip's or event's menu — works on desktop even without a connection.
Assigning a deck to a project
Open the project settings and choose a deck from the Deck selector. The workspace immediately shows the new button layout. All existing clips remain linked to their original catalog entries — nothing is lost.
Resizing the deck
With the deck under the video, drag its top edge to change its height, like the clip log panel. The buttons share that height and their key and name shrink or grow with them; once they no longer fit at a readable size, the deck scrolls. With the edge focused, the arrow keys change the height (Shift for bigger steps). Double-click the edge to return it to its automatic height. The height is remembered between sessions.