Goals Page

What this page is for

The goal page is where you choose and work through your ToDos. Open “See all ToDos” to view your goal tree in a dialog. Adding and decomposing goals, adding them to your ToDos, asking AI, and completing can all be done on this screen too.

Open it from "Goals" in the sidebar.

How ToDos work

There are two lists: "ToDos" on the goal page and "All ToDos" in a modal.

• ToDos: Goals you chose to work on now. They stay until you complete them or remove them yourself
• All ToDos: A modal opened with "See all ToDos". It displays your goal tree; add goals to "ToDos" with the "＋" at the start of a row

Three things people often ask about:

• ToDos stay when the date changes. Items in ToDos remain until you complete them or remove them with “−”. You don't need to choose them again every morning
• Completed ToDos stop appearing the next day. They remain visible on the day of completion, then disappear from the list at 4 a.m. the next day in your organization's time zone
• A goal due today isn't added automatically. The due date only shows as a badge at the right end of the row. If you'll do it now, add it with "＋"

Goals added by a template routine go into the assignee's ToDos automatically on the scheduled day. Unfinished ToDos from the previous run also stay until completed or removed. (→ For recurring work, use routines).

Screen layout

It consists of two parts: "ToDos" on the goal page and "All ToDos" in a dialog.

① ToDos

A list of the to-dos to work on now. The line under the heading is a progress bar (completed ○/○), so you can tell progress at a glance. To the right of the heading are the following buttons.

• "?": Opens the goal page's concept tour
• "Everyone's goals" (desktop): Opens the goal tree of the whole organization
• "Hide completed": Collapses completed to-dos. Bring them back with "Show ○ completed"
• "…": Besides removing everything from ToDos, Google Calendar integration, and setting routines, you can use Start your ToDos with AI (have the AI work through your ToDos from the top)

The following kinds of to-dos are mixed here:

• To-dos you added yourself: To-dos registered with the "＋" in the goal tree and so on
• Routine to-dos: To-dos auto-added on a set rhythm from a template routine

Press "See all ToDos" at the very bottom of the upper "ToDos" list to open the "All of ◯◯'s ToDos" dialog (◯◯ is your name).

When to-dos are in progress, "○ in progress" appears at the bottom right of the screen. Press it to open the list of in-progress to-dos, and choose one to jump to that row.

② All ToDos (dialog)

Press "➕" at the start of a row in "All ToDos" to add it to "ToDos." The dialog stays open after each addition, so keep selecting ToDos. When finished, close the dialog with "×", the Esc key, or a click outside the dialog, then check that the selected ToDos appear in the upper "ToDos" list.

Open the operation guide (icon meanings, click operations, and keyboard operations) from "?" in the heading. Use "Ask AI" on a row to ask AI to work on it, and the "…" menu to add goals or access other actions.

Due dates are seen via the badge at the right end of each row. They show "Today," "in ◯ days," or "◯ days overdue"; past-due ones are shown in red, and ones due within 3 days from today in orange. Press a badge to change the due date on the spot. Rows with no due date yet get no badge.

Press "Ask AI" to the right of the heading and choose "Organize goals". The AI asks what you want to aim for and where you're stuck now, then works with you from creating goals through to your ToDos. To find missing goals, choose "Gather information and add needed goals". The AI gathers information and shows a list of missing goals. When the tree is empty, a large "Organize goals with AI" button also appears at the bottom.

Goals already there when you first start

For people who created a new organization and people who joined an organization by invitation, the goal page starts with "Set up Addness" and the following 4 goals under it (all of them start out in your ToDos).

1. Connect your AI to Addness
2. Connect your work tools
3. Break "◯◯" down into goals (the name of your organization's biggest goal goes in "◯◯"; invited people get "3. Break your own responsibilities down into goals")
4. Decide your ToDos

People who finished sign-up in the mobile app also get a 5th goal, "5. Ask your AI from your phone".

From "Ask AI" on the first row, press "Open in Claude Code" (or "Open in Codex"), and the app opens with an instruction for connecting the AI to Addness. All you do is press "Allow" in the browser and talk with the AI. The AI works through every row and completes it, and once the last row is done, the AI completes "Set up Addness" too. For steps starting from installing the AI app, see Install an AI app and connect it to Addness; for a detailed explanation of connecting to AI, see MCP integration.

Creating and advancing to-dos

You can add goals to ToDos and work through to completion directly in the list.

You can keep up to 800 items in ToDos. You can remove ToDos you won't work on now with “−”.

What happens when the date changes?

ToDos you add stay when the date changes. Each day starts at 4 a.m. in your organization's time zone (Japan time in Japan). Work after midnight still counts as the same day until 4 a.m. After 4 a.m.:

• Completed ToDos (✓✓): Remain visible on the day of completion and stop appearing the next day
• Unfinished ToDos: Stay in the list. Let's remove ToDos you won't work on now with “−” on the row. The goals remain in “All ToDos” even after removal
• Goals added from routines: When the set rhythm comes, a full template set is newly added (daily reports, regular meetings, etc.). Unfinished ToDos from the previous run also stay until completed or removed.

Decomposing into actionable to-dos

To split a goal into child goals, use one of the following.

• The row's “…” → “Add a child goal”: Creates a child goal under that goal
• Keep typing with Enter: While editing a title, press Enter to enter the next goal. On desktop, drag a row onto another row to make it that row's child. On mobile, swipe a row to the right to move it one level down
• “…” → “Add from template”: Adds child goals all at once from a template pattern

For the child goals you split out, set the owner with “…” → “Assignee & members” and the due date with “…” → “Set due date.” For what you'll do now, put it into your ToDos with the “＋” at the start of the row. Write the state the goal should be in once it's achieved in the goal's “Ideal” (→ Goal detail page).

Decomposing together with AI

• Brainstorm: A goal row's "Ask AI" → "Brainstorm." The AI lays out the ideal and the current gap, organizes things while asking you questions, and shows a list of proposed child goals (with the ideal). Only the ones you OK are created
• Work on it: With "Ask AI" → "Work on it," the AI goes ahead as-is, creating the child goals it needs

How to read a row (the meaning of icons and displays)

The icons on a goal's row each have a set meaning and operation. Check the actual look.

On a goal the AI is working on, the icon of the member doing the work and the AI's mark (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) appear to the left of the row's "Ask AI." The dot's color is green for working, yellow for waiting for confirmation (reply and it continues), and gray for no response (no report for 2 hours or more). Press the mark to open the AI's conversation or jump to the comment with the AI's question. You can clear your own AI's display with "Hide" (it shows again the next time the AI reports).

Each goal row's "…" menu

From the "…" (three-dot) on the right of a goal's row, you can do almost every operation on that goal (desktop order).

On desktop, the goal detail page opens from the icon at the right end of the row ("View goal details"). Press the memo icon to open that goal's details (the ideal, resources, memo, etc.) without leaving the screen.

On mobile, pressing "…" opens an actions screen that gathers changing the assignee and due date, adding to and removing from ToDos, "Ask AI," "More actions," and more. Open the goal detail page from "Goal page" there.

Ask AI

The ✦ ("Ask AI") on the right of a goal's row is the entry point for handing work to AI. Hover over it or click it, and three options appear: "Work on it," "Brainstorm," and "Ask."

• Work on it: The AI moves that goal forward. It decides what to do next from the gap between the ideal and the current state, splits the work into child goals when it's large, and completes the goal once it reaches the ideal
• Brainstorm: The AI organizes things while talking with you. It asks you about the issues and options, shows a list of the child goals it proposes (with the ideal), and creates only the ones you OK.
• Ask: A small window opens; write what you want to ask about this goal and press "Choose where to send." The AI only reads the goal and answers; it doesn't change the goal's status, body, comments, or child goals. Handing it over doesn't put the goal in progress either

When you choose "Work on it" or "Brainstorm," the destinations "Copy instruction," "Open in Claude Code," "Open in Codex," and "Open in ChatGPT" appear.

• Open in Claude Code / Open in Codex: That AI's app opens with the instruction already filled in (assuming you have the app installed). If you press it in a browser and the app doesn't open, "◯◯ didn't open" appears; install the app, or paste the instruction into the AI with the "Copy instruction" that appears
• Open in ChatGPT: ChatGPT opens in another tab with the instruction already filled in. The instruction is also copied, so if earlier text remains in ChatGPT's input field, delete it and paste (assuming you've added the Addness plugin to ChatGPT. → MCP integration)
• Copy instruction: Paste it into another AI like Cursor and use it

To make it one click instead of choosing every time: From "Set a handoff and make it one click" at the bottom of the menu, you can choose the "Instruction handoff" under "AI" in Personal settings (Choose each time / Open in Claude Code / Open in Codex / Open in ChatGPT / Copy instruction). Once it's set, just pressing "Work on it" or "Brainstorm" opens that AI. The bottom of the menu shows the current setting, like "Handoff: Claude Code" with "Change" next to it.

On desktop, you can also do the same from "Work on it with AI," "Brainstorm with AI," and "Ask" at the top of the row's "…". On mobile, the ✦ doesn't appear on rows, so open it from the row's "…" → "Ask AI."

The instruction includes the goal's URL and how to proceed. The flow is: read the goal's context via MCP (ideal, memo, parent and children, comments, AI memory) → decide what to do next from the gap between the ideal and the current state → proceed while creating child goals if needed, and write what's learned into the goal's memo. The AI asks you its questions in the conversation with the AI, and checks with other members by mentioning them in an Addness comment. The AI reports start, waiting-for-check, and finish to the goal, so the mark on the row tells you how things stand (→ How to read a row). If a workspace is registered, the instruction is annotated to run in that workspace.

Use the “…” beside ToDos → “Start your ToDos with AI” to have AI work through today’s list in order.

The feature for building your own widgets is still in development and doesn't work yet. Custom widgets you've placed show "Custom widgets are in development" (they used to show "Preparing. Available in the next update" or "Review required"). There's nothing for you to approve. The ready-made widgets you can choose from "Add widget" can be used.

When the AI stops and asks you to check something

When you ask with "Work on it," the AI works toward the goal's ideal, researching and doing the work on its own. If the goal is large, it splits it into child goals and keeps going until it reaches the ideal, completing each child goal as it finishes. It writes what it learns and decides into the goal's body as it goes.

Even so, the AI stops and comes back to you in the following cases. When the AI reports that it's waiting for a check, the dot on the row's AI mark turns yellow.

• Operations that need permission: permission prompts from the AI app (changing files, running commands, etc.), sending emails or messages, and deleting data
• Choices for you to make: things only you can decide, such as when the ideal is still vague or when choosing between possible approaches
• Things for you to check: when it wants you to look at what it made or at intermediate results

Work that only a person can do — such as logging in, identity verification, or approvals — also comes back to you. The AI may leave such work as a child goal with the steps written down.

To have it continue, do one of the following.

1. Answer in the same conversation: Answer the AI's question, or send "continue." To return to the conversation, press the AI mark on the row and choose "Open in Claude Code" or "Open in Codex" (if it doesn't appear, open the conversation inside the AI app)
2. Press "Work on it" again: If you closed the conversation, press the row's ✦ ("Ask AI") → "Work on it" again. The instruction is the same as the first time. The AI rereads the goal's body, child goals, comments, and AI memory, and continues the remaining work from the gap between the ideal and the current state

If the goal's ideal is empty or vague, the AI aligns with you on it before starting the work.

For recurring work, use routines

Work that repeats daily or weekly (morning meetings, daily reports, weekly regulars, etc.) can be added automatically with the "Routines" on the templates page.

Choose a template and decide where, on what rhythm, and under whose ownership to add it. When the set day comes, the full template set is added to the tree automatically.

• The entry point is the templates page's "Routines" tab → "Create routine." You can also create one from "Add periodically" on a template card or from the "Routines" field on the goal detail page. The ToDos heading's "…" → "Set up routines" opens the Routines tab
• The rhythm is daily, weekly (by weekday), or monthly (by date; month-end is possible too)
• An added goal gets a "From the routine of ◯◯" chip, and you can check the template name, rhythm, next run date, and assignee

The detailed how-to and operation (pause, resume, delete, notifications on failure) are collected on the Templates page.

For longtime users: The recurring goals you set on goals have migrated to routines. Migrated settings can be checked and edited on the templates page's "Routines" tab.

Other handy features

Google Calendar integration

From the ToDos heading's "…", turn on the "Google Calendar integration" switch and grant permission with your Google account, and today's events line up in "Today's schedule" on the goal page. If you haven't connected yet, a "Connect Google Calendar" button appears in "Today's schedule."

• Events can also be set to in progress or complete with the button at the start of the row, just like to-dos
• To read the calendar of a Google account other than the one you log in with, add that account from "Connect Google account" in My Settings › Integrations (an added account is labeled "Calendar only"). Choose the account to read events from in "Account to read" and the calendars to read in "Calendars to read"
• When events don't appear: What's read is the primary calendar of the Google account chosen in "Account to read." Events from other calendars, such as shared calendars, appear when you choose them in "Calendars to read" under My Settings › Integrations. To read your company's Google Calendar, have the company calendar shared with your connected Google account with "See all event details," then choose it in "Calendars to read"
• The previous integration via iCal / ICS URL will end soon. If you registered one, turn on the same switch to move to the new integration

Streak (consecutive-achievement days)

The flame counter 🔥 at the top right of the screen is your streak. Complete even one to-do that day and the consecutive-day count grows. Click to open the details, and the longer you keep going, the more a "Top ◯% in the world!" display appears too. It shows your position among Addness users worldwide.

The streak has the following features.

• Streak freeze: Days you decide "I won't do it today," like days off, can be excluded from the count. The streak is kept even without achieving a goal (the target is that day's 4 a.m. to the next 4 a.m.)
• Streak revival: Even if it breaks, there's a revival chance once a month. You can cancel yesterday's non-achievement and continue the streak
• Share your streak: Create a share link and show your consecutive record on social media or to peers