Run your first loop — step by step.

Your first day in Journail

1. 1

   Create your account

   Sign in with email and password or with Google. After signing up, a new account waits for a quick approval, then you're ready to go.

2. 2

   Set up your day

   In Settings, set your interface language, content language (the language the AI writes plans and summaries in — can differ from the interface), and your work hours and time zone.

   Tip

   Journail uses your work hours for the “X hours left in your day” readout and to time your morning and evening emails.

3. 3

   Connect your tools (optional)

   If you already use a calendar or task list, connect them in Settings → Integrations: Google Calendar (events in your calendar, RSVP, Google Meet) and Todoist (tasks merge with your internal ones).

   Note

   Everything works without integrations — Journail has its own tasks and projects.

4. 4

   Plan your first morning

   Open Today. In the morning you're greeted by the Morning Brief. Pick a starting point — Goals first, One deep task — or write your own. The AI suggests priorities, helps you pick today's tasks, and drafts a plan. When it looks right, confirm it.

   Tip

   The steps show at the top — Priorities → Review & select → My plan. You can always step back.

5. 5

   Work the plan

   Once confirmed, Today turns into a workspace: a plan card, your active tasks, and gentle AI nudges through the day. Check tasks off with a single click.

6. 6

   Close the day

   In the evening, Journail invites you to an evening debrief. The AI reviews what got done, adds a short reflection, and writes your journal entry. You close the day — it's saved to your archive.

   Tip

   The “Close the day” link in your evening email takes you straight into this debrief.

Plan a morning with AI

1. 1

   Start the morning

   Open Today in the morning and pick a starting chip, or type what you want to focus on.

2. 2

   Move through the steps

   Follow the flow Priorities → Review & select tasks → My plan.

3. 3

   Select tasks

   In the select step, check the tasks that belong to today; reschedule the rest.

4. 4

   Confirm the plan

   Review the plan and confirm it. This becomes today's journal entry.

   Tip

   You can revise the plan during the day — the same flow reopens in edit mode.

Talk to the AI Assistant

The AI Assistant is a side conversation reachable from every page. It knows your goals, recent journal entries, tasks, and calendar, so it can answer concretely.

1. 1

   Write freely

   Ask anything about your day, goals, or tasks.

2. 2

   Use slash commands

   When you want an action, the AI prepares a one-click button: /task add|edit|complete|delete|move (tasks), /goal add|edit|complete|delete (goals), /event add|edit|delete|move (events), /note (a note), /journal search (search), /today · /yesterday · /tomorrow (navigation).

3. 3

   Confirm the suggestion

   Type e.g. “add a task prep the deck by 11” and the AI offers /task add Prep the deck · today 11:00 to confirm.

   Note

   The AI never runs a command on its own — it always shows a suggestion for you to confirm.

Set and track goals

1. 1

   Pick a cycle

   Open Goals. You keep goals in three cycles: weekly, monthly, yearly.

2. 2

   Add a goal

   Add a goal with a title, an optional description, and a due date.

3. 3

   Link tasks

   Link tasks to a goal to see progress in one place.

4. 4

   Track status

   Move a goal's status across active → partial → done; you can also pause a goal.

   Tip

   Reorder goals by dragging; the order saves automatically.

Manage tasks and calendar

The Tasks & calendar page shows three columns: Today, This week, Someday.

1. 1

   Quick add

   In the title, add due:2026-06-30, time:11:00, goal:<goal>, project:<project>, or a priority p1–p4.

2. 2

   Move a task

   Drag a task to another day.

3. 3

   Add an event

   Google Calendar events show next to tasks; create them with /event add in natural language (“Monday at 4pm, location Strelec, meet”).

4. 4

   Filter

   Filter by All · Today · This week · Someday · Done, or by project or goal.

Catch up on an unfinished day

If a day is left open, Journail asks what to do with it next time.

1. 1

   Skip it

   Skip and start today — the past day is auto-closed with a note.

2. 2

   Or wrap it up

   Wrap up <day> — opens the evening debrief for that day.

   Note

   Some days don't need wrapping up — that's OK too.

Find and export your journal

1. 1

   Browse by month

   Open Journal. Entries are grouped by month with a timeline rail for quick navigation.

2. 2

   Search and filter

   Search across entries, tasks, and goals, or filter by date range.

3. 3

   Export

   Export any period to Markdown for a backup.

   Tip

   You can export all your data (JSON) anytime in Settings → Privacy.