> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.custral.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> The everyday property types most objects start with.

## Common properties

"Common" properties are the foundational types nearly every object uses, the
handful you reach for first when modelling something new. They cover the most
frequent shapes of data: a label, a category, an owner, and a date.

There is no separate storage for these; each one belongs to a family on the
[Properties overview](/data/properties/overview). This page is a shortcut to
the types you will use most often.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Text" icon="font" href="/data/properties/text/text">
    Free-form short text. The default for names and labels.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Email" icon="envelope" href="/data/properties/text/email">
    A validated email address used to match inbound mail to records.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Select" icon="list-dropdown" href="/data/properties/select/select">
    Pick one or many values from a defined option list.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Status" icon="circle-half-stroke" href="/data/properties/select/status">
    A select with lifecycle ordering and stage semantics.
  </Card>

  <Card title="User" icon="user" href="/data/properties/select/user">
    Assign a record to one or many workspace users.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Date" icon="calendar" href="/data/properties/date/date">
    A single timestamp: created, due, or closed.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## See also

* [All property families](/data/properties/overview)
* [Objects](/data/objects/overview)


## Related topics

- [Overview](/data/properties/general/overview.md)