# Checklists that ask for a number, a note or a photo

Shipped · September 5, 2026 · 1.13.0 · Checklists

A checklist item can require a temperature, a short note or a photo, and the box will not tick until it has one.

![The Opening checklist being filled in: Walk-in fridge temperature is ticked with 38 °F recorded and Anything that needs fixing is ticked with its note, while Sanitizer bucket strength needs a number and Pastry case stocked and labeled needs a photo, so their boxes stay greyed out and Submit checklist waits.](https://handbook.company/marketing/updates/checklists-that-ask-for-more.webp)

## A tick is not always enough

A checkbox records that somebody said a thing was done. For most work that is the right amount of ceremony. For a fridge temperature, a cleaning photo or a reading somebody will want to look back at, it is not, and teams were writing those into a notes field or keeping them on paper beside the tablet.

## What an item can ask for

Each item in the editor gets an "Asks for" control: a number with a unit you type yourself, a short text, and a photo that can be off, optional or required. An item can ask for any combination alongside its checkbox.

- An item that asks for a number or a text cannot be ticked until it has one, so a run cannot be completed by tapping through it.
- Photos are attached to the item rather than the whole checklist, so a month later it is clear which one the photo was of.
- Everything recorded this way shows up in the checklist reports, where it can be read back over time.

## What people asked for

- Record a temperature against a checklist item, not just tick it.
- Attach a photo as proof that something was done.

Source: https://handbook.company/updates/checklists-that-ask-for-more/

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