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How to Get the Most Out of Slarti

7/21/2026Slarti Team, Editor
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How to Get the Most Out of Slarti

Slarti is a goal architect, not another to-do list. Give it a result, your starting point, real availability, and recurring commitments. Slarti turns that information into a route and fits it around the rest of your life.

1. Create a Goal With a Finish Line

A useful goal describes a result you can complete.

Compare:

Get better at running.

Run my first 10K without stopping by October. I can currently run 3K, and I can train on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

The second version gives Slarti a finish line, a starting point, and constraints. When creating a goal, include:

  • what success looks like;

  • your current experience;

  • relevant limitations or preferences;

  • the days and time you can reliably use.

You do not need to design the tasks. Slarti asks follow-up questions, researches the subject when useful, proposes a deadline, and builds the structure:

  1. the goal and deadline;

  2. chapters that divide the route into milestones;

  3. practical tasks sized for your available sessions;

  4. a schedule for those tasks.

Use your normal week when choosing availability. Three reliable 30-minute sessions give Slarti better planning data than seven one-hour sessions you are unlikely to complete.

2. Follow the GOAL Architecture

GOAL stands for Goal setting, Ongoing feedback, Adaptive planning, and Looping adjustments. It tracks three signals:

  • Distance: how much of the route remains.

  • Time: how close the deadline is.

  • Required pace: how quickly you need to progress to finish on time.

Chapters make a long goal manageable without hiding its full scope. Work from the current chapter, start the next scheduled task, and mark it complete when finished. Accurate completion data lets Slarti measure distance and pace correctly.

Use the goal page to see the route for one ambition. Use the Schedule to see what to do and when across every goal, module, Calendar event, and Reminder.

How Time Slotting Works

Slarti schedules work in time slots, not just at start times. A 45-minute task needs a continuous 45-minute opening, When choosing that opening, Slarti avoids time already reserved for Calendar events, Reminders, modules, or other tasks. The exception is a micro-task lasting 1–5 minutes: it may overlap an item longer than five minutes, so actions such as taking medication or doing a brief eye exercise can remain scheduled during a longer work session without forcing either item to move. Two micro-tasks still compete for the same slot, and tasks lasting six minutes or more continue to require free time for their full duration.

3. Connect Apple Calendar and Reminders

Granting optional Calendar and Reminders access gives Slarti an accurate view of your existing commitments. Meetings, appointments, and personal reminders then appear in the same Schedule as your Slarti tasks.

Siri is the fastest way to capture new items:

"Hey Siri, remind me to send the proposal tomorrow at 3 p.m."

"Hey Siri, add a dentist appointment to my calendar on Thursday at 10 a.m."

Include a date and time in a Reminder so Slarti can place it in the Schedule. Once Siri creates the item, Slarti detects it automatically; there is no need to enter it again.

Resolve Conflicts in Slarti

If a Calendar event or Reminder overlaps with a goal task, module, or another external item, Slarti posts a conflict card in the Schedule chat. It identifies the overlap and suggests free time slots. When two movable items conflict, choose which one to move. Slarti writes the selected time back to Apple Calendar or Reminders.

Reminder completion is also synchronized. Complete or reopen an imported Reminder in Slarti, and its status changes in Apple Reminders.

4. Put the Schedule on Your Apple Watch

Add the Slarti complication to your Apple Watch face to keep today's plan on your wrist. It shows:

  • the next active task and its time;

  • completed and total tasks for today;

  • a control for completing the current task.

The widget includes supported goal tasks, modules, Calendar events, and Reminders. The Slarti Watch app's Today screen shows the full list and opens task details, including descriptions and Slarti tips.

On the rectangular widget, tap the circle beside the current task to complete it without opening the app. After synchronization, the circle becomes a green checkmark and daily progress updates. If the widget has no current data, open Slarti on the Watch once to sync the schedule.

5. Add Repeating Work as Modules

A goal has a finish line and changing steps. A module represents an action that repeats on a schedule.

Goal Module Run my first 10K Go to bed at 11:00 p.m. Publish my portfolio Review my inbox every Friday Unique chapters and tasks Recurring schedule slots

For maximum planning accuracy, add every existing recurring commitment that occupies time: sleep, meals, exercise, meditation, reading, household routines, or weekly planning. Slarti creates the recurring occurrences, reminds you about them, and treats their time as occupied when fitting or rescheduling new work.

Represent each commitment once. If it already appears through Apple Calendar or Reminders, do not duplicate it as a module.

Prepared Sleep and Nutrition Modules

Slarti includes two ready-made flows:

  • Sleep: set bedtime and wake time. Slarti protects the sleep window and adds bedtime and wake-up actions to the Schedule.

  • Nutrition: set your meals and their times so Slarti can plan other work around them.

Create a Module

  1. Open Schedule.

  2. Tap Menu below the chat field, or type /.

  3. Choose Create schedule module.

  4. Select Sleep, Nutrition, or Create your own module.

  5. For a custom module, describe the recurring action.

  6. Choose its days, time, and duration.

Slarti generates the title and description. The same menu lets you view, edit, or delete existing modules. Enter routines that already occupy time first; add new habits gradually.

6. Invite Friends to a Goal

Shared goals provide accountability without creating separate copies of the plan. Invited friends join the same route and task structure, while each participant keeps an independent completion state.

If you own the goal:

  1. Tap the participant row to open the leaderboard.

  2. Choose Invite friend.

  3. Copy the invite link or open the system share sheet.

  4. Your friend opens the link and confirms that they want to join.

Invite people who want the same outcome and can work with a compatible rhythm. Agree on what completion means and whether you are collaborating or progressing in parallel.

Once this setup is complete, daily use is simple: capture outside commitments through Siri, follow the next item in Schedule or on Apple Watch, and record completion. Slarti handles the route, timing, and progress signals around those actions.

7/21/2026Slarti Team, Editor
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