No JIRA. No nested projects. Just a system that meets you where you are.
Check your energy in the morning — full, some, or low. Today’s Plan surfaces tasks that match. Calendar events show as fixed blocks. Free gaps appear automatically so you can see exactly where work fits. One-tap scheduling snaps tasks into those gaps.
After 3 snoozes, Action Tether doesn't nag — it coaches. Four paths appear: Split it into smaller steps, Delegate it to someone else, Defer it with a real date, or Delete it entirely. Scary tasks get extra warmth. AI adds a fifth path: think it through in a conversation that understands why ADHD makes things hard.
Most task managers send email nobody reads. Action Tether lives where you already are — and it converses. DM it in plain English: “what’s left today?”, “move the dentist thing to Friday at 2”, “remind me to water the plants every Tuesday.” It answers, acts, and confirms the risky stuff with a button before doing it. Reminders still arrive as interactive Done/Snooze messages; the morning kickoff and evening wrap bookend your day.
Invite someone to be your Tether Partner. They get full Focus features for free — it's a growth mechanic and a genuine incentive to stay partnered. Send morning intentions, end-of-day wrap-ups, nudges, and celebrations. No chat, no noise — just presence and accountability.
Choose your AI provider — Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI, Google Gemini, or xAI (Grok) — and even route different features to different models: a fast cheap model for parsing, a warmer one for coaching. AI parses natural language captures, breaks tasks into steps (first step always under 5 minutes for scary tasks), generates daily plans fitted to your schedule, and writes your Sunday Review with warmth and no shame.
ADHD time-blindness doesn’t just eat deadlines — it eats friendships. Add the people who matter, and Action Tether quietly tracks the gap since you last connected. When it’s been too long, you get a gentle nudge, not a guilt trip. The assistant knows who’s who: coaching about texting your sister sounds different than coaching about emailing a client.
Most AI forgets you between messages. Action Tether’s assistant keeps a private weekly journal of how things actually went — what got stuck, what moved, how your energy ran — and carries yesterday’s conversation into today’s. It also pays attention to what you ignore: dismiss the morning check-in enough times and it switches to a quieter mode instead of nagging harder.
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