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Cadence Documentation

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Documentation for Cadence, a mindful time-tracking app designed to help users understand their rhythms and live intentionally. Features include activity tracking, a visual timeline and calendar system, note-taking, reflections, and Sage, an AI companion for discovering patterns in time usage. Includes guides on data encryption, privacy commitments, and an API overview.

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What's inside Cadence

  1. Overview of Sage AI assistant

    Sage is an AI-powered chat assistant built into Cadence that transforms time tracking data into conversational insights. It acts as a personal data analyst with access to tracked activities, notes, and historical patterns, allowing users to query their data using natural language without needing technical query syntax.

  2. Overview of Cadence Insights and Analytics

    Insights in Cadence transform raw activity data into visualizations and metrics to reveal trends, habits, and time-spending patterns. They provide a quantitative understanding of user behavior, complementing the qualitative, personal observations found in 'Reflections'.

    Available insight types include:

    • Activity Distribution: Pie charts, percentages, and time totals grouped by activity categories.
    • Time Analysis: Daily patterns, weekly trends, monthly overviews, and streak tracking.
    • Calendar Visualization: Monthly calendars with completion gauges, streak indicators, heat maps, and gap detection.

  3. Overview of Cadence time tracking philosophy

    Cadence is a time-tracking tool designed to move away from the 'time as currency' paradigm (typical of stopwatch-based trackers like Toggl) and instead focus on presence, balance, and natural rhythms. Rather than controlling time, it encourages users to 'listen' to it by capturing how time unfolds in 30-minute blocks, recording what was done, how it felt, and what it meant. The goal is to help users identify patterns in focus, rest, and creativity to better orchestrate their lives and work based on human energy and attention rather than a traditional workday framework.

  4. Overview of Cadence time-tracking

    Cadence is a mindful time-tracking application designed to help users discover natural rhythms and energy patterns rather than optimizing for productivity. Key features include a color-coded visual timeline for daily activities, end-to-end encrypted mindful notes for reflections, and a privacy-first approach where data is encrypted and not shared.

  5. Overview of Cadence.day

    Cadence.day is a mobile application designed for tracking daily activities and discovering time-spending patterns to help users become aware of their daily rhythm.

  6. Overview of Sage AI assistant in Cadence

    Sage is a personal AI assistant integrated into Cadence that allows users to analyze their time tracking data, activities, patterns, and habits using natural language conversation. It is currently a read-only tool, meaning it can provide insights and analysis based on existing data but cannot create or modify activities.

  7. Understand the Cadence timeline interface

    The timeline is the primary interface for tracking activities in Cadence. It uses a grid of 48 time slots per day, where each slot represents a 30-minute period. Activities are displayed as color-coded blocks. Users can tap any time slot to log an activity, and all changes are saved automatically. Navigation is handled via vertical scrolling for hours and horizontal scrolling for days.

  8. Understand the types of notifications Cadence sends

    Cadence provides several categories of notifications to help users stay on track:

    • Activity reminders: Prompts to log activities.
    • Reflection reminders: Encouragement to reflect on the day.
    • Pattern insights: Alerts about interesting trends in data (sent sparingly, max 1-2 per week).
    • Streak celebrations: Recognition for consistency.
    • Update announcements: Information regarding new features.

  9. Understand activity properties in Cadence

    Activities are the primary building blocks for tracking time in Cadence. Every activity consists of a name (e.g., "Work"), a visual identification color, and a category used for organization.

  10. Analyze weekly patterns using Reflection view

    The Reflection screen provides a high-level overview of the week, contrasting with the Timeline (Home screen) which is used for real-time daily logging. The Reflection view displays all 7 days side-by-side in a grid, allowing users to identify rhythms, analyze balance, and see total time spent per activity. Tapping any day within this view will open the detailed timeline for that date.

  11. Understand Cadence Time Tracking data collection practices

    Cadence follows a minimal data collection approach. It does not collect personally identifiable information (PII) unless explicitly provided, does not access device contacts, photos, camera, microphone, or location, and does not track users across other apps or websites. Data is stored locally on the device by default unless the user explicitly opts-in to cloud synchronization.

  12. Understand the purpose of Reflections in Cadence

    Reflections are long-form thoughts used to synthesize insights from multiple activities over a specific period (typically weekly, but can be daily or monthly). Unlike quick activity notes, reflections focus on understanding patterns, growth, and awareness to help users recognize what is working and where course correction is needed.