Settings and account

Appearance, connections, sync, writing style, standing instructions, billing, and security.

The Settings page is organised into sections accessible from the sidebar (or as a drill-down on mobile).

General

Appearance

Choose between System, Light, and Dark themes. The theme applies per device.

Text size

A slider scales all text in the app from 85% to 150%. The setting is per device, so it can be tuned separately on a Mac, iPhone, and iPad. A sample sentence shows the effect in real time.

Timezone

All dates and times throughout the app (calendar events, email timestamps, assistant responses) are shown in the selected timezone.

Notifications

Enable push notifications on the current device for event reminders, overdue task nudges, and the morning briefing summary. Notifications work even when the app is closed. The reminder lead time before events is configurable (5 minutes to 1 hour).

Emails from us

Toggle tips and product emails on or off. Account emails (receipts, payment issues, security notices) always come through regardless.

Briefing

A button to regenerate the briefing immediately, outside of its normal schedule.

Your assistant

Set the assistant's display name (default is Nell) and choose a speaking voice. Preview a voice before selecting it with the Play sample button.

Connections

Connected accounts

All linked email and calendar accounts are listed with their status:

  • Connected (green) means syncing normally.
  • Paused means sync is stopped for this account. Resume it with the Resume button.
  • Needs reconnecting means access was withdrawn (usually a password change or revoked permission). Reconnect and everything picks up where it left off.
  • Having trouble means sync is experiencing errors. It keeps retrying automatically, and reconnecting usually clears it.

Each connection shows the last sync time and can be disconnected.

Adding accounts

Google connects Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs in one click.

Microsoft connects Outlook mail and calendar (personal and work/school accounts).

CalDAV connects Apple Calendar (iCloud), Fastmail, Nextcloud, Synology, or any CalDAV server.

IMAP connects any email provider that supports IMAP: Fastmail, iCloud Mail, self-hosted mailboxes, and others.

Vault export

Download the entire vault as a ZIP, ready to open in Obsidian.

Sync and storage

Sync frequency controls how often connected accounts are pulled automatically (every 5 minutes to every hour, or manual only). Sync now triggers an immediate pull.

History window controls how much mail and calendar history the app keeps (7 days to 6 months). Widening it backfills the extra history on the next sync. Older mail is removed locally as it ages out, but the email provider always keeps the full archive.

Briefing editions

The times of day when the briefing publishes a fresh edition. Default is 07:00, 11:00, 15:00, and 19:00. Every edition after the first of the day includes a look at tomorrow. Content refreshes with every sync regardless; edition times reframe the briefing (morning setup, midday update, and so on).

Email signature

Set a signature appended to every outgoing email, both from the composer and from assistant drafts. Paste HTML for a formatted signature or type plain text. A preview shows how it appears at the end of emails.

AI Engine

Models and routing

The assistant runs on managed models included with the plan. There are no API keys to bring and nothing to configure. Each request is routed automatically: quick lookups go to a fast model, everyday work to the standard one, and hard problems to the smartest. The available tiers depend on the current plan.

Voice

Voice conversation is included and managed. No keys to set up. Choose a voice and name the assistant in General.

The assistant can search the web and read pages using DuckDuckGo, which works out of the box. For higher quality results, add a free Tavily API key.

Writing Style

Setup with the assistant

The quickest way: click "Talk it through" and the assistant interviews you, reads a few of your sent emails, and writes a personal style guide. Approve the result and it's live.

Manual editing

Write or paste a style guide in markdown. The assistant follows these rules whenever it writes something that goes to another person: email drafts, replies, composer AI assist, and documents.

A markdown file can also be uploaded directly.

The rules can be cleared to go back to the default style.

Standing Instructions

Standing instructions are plain English rules the assistant carries out on every new email as it arrives. One rule per line.

How they work

Each rule's action goes to the Approvals page for sign-off before anything happens. Once a rule has proven itself trustworthy, add the word "automatically" to the line and it runs without asking (actions still appear under Recent on the Approvals page for visibility).

What can be asked for

  • Draft a reply. "When someone I know asks a question, draft a reply for my approval."
  • Hold a proposed time. "When an email proposes a meeting time, hold the slot on my calendar tentatively."
  • File and label. "File receipts under Receipts." (Archives at the provider, out of the inbox.)
  • Forward. "Forward receipts to books@yourfirm.com."
  • Call a webhook. "POST bug reports to https://your-endpoint.example.com/hooks/mail."
  • Newsletter digest. "Follow the Odd Lots newsletter into my briefing." (New editions get summarised in the briefing.)
  • Spam and unsubscribe. "Spam-folder obvious junk automatically. Unsubscribe from newsletters I ignore when it's safe."

Rules can also be created through chat: "Always forward my receipts to my bookkeeper" and the assistant writes the rule here.

Compiled rules

A read-only section shows how the assistant interpreted each rule: the action and whether it's automatic. This is useful for confirming the rules do what's intended.

Recent activity

A log of what the standing instruction engine did recently.

Plan and usage

This section appears when the platform manages billing.

Your plan shows the current subscription, with options to change plan or manage the subscription through the billing portal.

Usage this cycle shows how many of the plan's included actions have been used in the current billing period.

Daily activity is a chart of daily credit usage across the billing period.

Top-ups are extra credits that carry across billing cycles, available for months that run heavier than usual.

Credit history is the full ledger of credits earned and spent.

Security and account

Email address

Change the email address associated with the account. A verification link is sent to the new address; the change takes effect when the link is confirmed.

Two-factor authentication

Enable TOTP-based two-factor authentication for an extra layer of security at sign-in. Setup generates a QR code to scan with an authenticator app (Google Authenticator, 1Password, Authy, and similar). Backup codes are provided in case the authenticator is lost.

Signed-in devices

A list of every device where the account is currently signed in, with browser and location details. Individual devices can be signed out, or "Sign out everywhere else" revokes all other sessions at once.

Download your data

Request a ZIP export of everything the app holds: notes, conversations, usage history, and settings. A download link is emailed and works for 24 hours.

Delete account

Deleting an account makes it dormant immediately. Permanent deletion happens after 30 days. Signing back in any time before then reactivates everything. Mail and calendar always stay with the providers, and a data export can be prepared before leaving.

Activity

A log of what the assistant has been doing: tool calls, vault writes, email drafts, and calendar changes. Useful for understanding what happened behind the scenes during a chat session.