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Remind me about something

Time-bound nudges, alfred_ pings you at the exact moment you specified, on whichever surface you check.

Web ChatSMS

The prompt

Remind me [WHEN] to [DO X].

A reminder is a one-shot nudge at a specific time. Once it fires, it’s done, unless you set it up as recurring.

What alfred_ does

  1. Parses the time from your prompt (“Friday”, “in 28 days”, “at 3pm”, “tomorrow morning”)
  2. Stores the reminder
  3. Pings you at that time, on whichever surface you’re most likely to see (SMS by default for SMS users; in-app for web users)
  4. The reminder shows what you said, verbatim

Time formats that work

Absolute:

  • “Friday at 3pm”
  • “May 8 at 9am”
  • “Next Monday morning”

Relative:

  • “In 28 days”
  • “In 2 hours”
  • “Tomorrow at noon”

Recurring:

  • “Every Monday at 9am”
  • “Every weekday at 8am”
  • “First of every month”

Reminder vs. task vs. calendar event

WantUse
Nudge me once at this time, then forgetReminder (this)
Track until I mark it done, possibly with no timeTask: see Add a task
Block time for it on my calendarCalendar event: see Add to my calendar

The lines blur, "remind me Friday to talk to Sam" could be a reminder OR a task with a due date. Pick by what you want the experience to feel like. Reminders interrupt; tasks wait for you to check.

Where reminders show up

  • SMS users: texted at the reminder time
  • Web users: surfaced in-app and (optionally) emailed
  • Both: set in your notification preferences

Editing or canceling

  • “Cancel the reminder for Friday”
  • “Push the dentist reminder to next week”
  • “What reminders do I have?”

Variations

  • Remind me Friday to talk to Sam about saac bank account setup
  • Remind me in 28 days to evaluate if I want to cancel alfred_ or keep
  • Remind me at 3pm to call the dentist
  • Remind me tomorrow morning about the client deck
  • Every Monday at 9am, remind me to review the metrics

Best for

Time-bound nudges that should fire once, then disappear, different from a task (which lives until you mark done) and different from a calendar event (which takes up time).