🤖AI Assistant

Ellie's AI Assistant helps you manage tasks, organize your schedule, and stay on top of your daily planning: all through natural conversation.

Getting Started

Enabling the AI Assistant

1. Navigate to Settings → Power Features

2. Find the AI Assistant card

3. Toggle it on

4. That's it! You'll see a chat bubble in the bottom-right corner of your screen

Note: AI Assistant is a Pro feature. If you're on the free plan, you'll need to upgrade to access it.

Opening the Assistant

• Click the chat bubble in the bottom-right corner

What Can It Do?

Here are the most popular ways people use the AI Assistant:

1. Bulk Task Creation

Try: "Add a task 'Go to grocery' and buy milk, bread, and cheese" The AI will create the main task with subtasks for each item—perfect for breaking down complex projects.

2. Smart Organization

Try: "Label all my tasks that don't have labels" It'll intelligently categorize your tasks based on their content, saving you tons of manual organizing.

3. Time Estimation

Try: "Add time estimates to tasks that don't have them" The AI analyzes each task and suggests realistic durations, helping you plan more accurately.

4. Automated Scheduling

Try: "Timebox my day" or "Schedule my tasks for today" It creates an optimized schedule that works around your calendar events and preferences.

5. Recurring Tasks

Try: "Add recurring task to water plants every 3 days" It understands complex scheduling patterns and creates recurring tasks with ease.

6. Finding Free Time

Try: "When am I free this week for a 2-hour deep work session?" It checks your calendar and tasks to find available time slots.

7. Priority Guidance

Try: "What should I focus on right now?" Get intelligent recommendations based on deadlines, importance, and your current context.

8. Bulk Updates

Try: "Move all my personal tasks to this weekend" Update multiple tasks at once without clicking through each one individually.

Customizing Your Experience

AI Assistant Settings

Navigate to Settings → AI Assistant to customize how the assistant works for you.

Confirmation Mode

Toggle "Require confirmation before modifying data" if you want the AI to ask for your approval before creating or modifying tasks. This is great if you want to review changes before they're made.

Timeboxing Preferences

Help the AI create better schedules by describing your ideal work routine. For example:

• When you typically start and end your workday

• Your preferred times for deep work vs. meetings

• Break preferences and lunch times

• Any scheduling quirks unique to you

Example: "I typically start at 9am and prefer deep work in the morning. I like to schedule meetings after 2pm and take lunch from 12-1pm. I work best in 2-hour focused blocks."

Tips for Better Results

Be Specific

The more details you provide, the better the AI can help. Instead of "schedule my tasks," try "schedule my work tasks for tomorrow morning, keeping meetings in the afternoon."

Use Natural Language

Don't worry about special commands or syntax. Just type like you're talking to a helpful colleague.

Experiment with Commands

The AI understands many variations of requests. "Timebox my day," "Schedule my tasks," and "Plan my day" all work!

Check Before Big Changes

If you're making significant changes (like rescheduling many tasks), consider enabling confirmation mode first.