Estimate a task and focus on it
Run a full-screen countdown on one task, with pause, minutes on or off, and overtime. The same session follows you from your computer to your phone.
Set an estimate
Open a task, expand Estimate, and scroll the hour and minute wheels. Estimates feed the day's capacity line and unlock the timer.
You can also type one while capturing: review deck ~45m.
Start a focus session
Three ways to start. A task with an estimate wears it as a small ▶ 30m chip on its card: tap it. Any task has Start focus in its three-dot menu. And the task's own sheet has a Start button. Each opens a full-screen countdown, already running.
The controls
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Pause / Resume | Freezes the countdown, or picks it back up |
| −5 and +5 | Takes five minutes off, or adds five, whether running or paused. −5 stops once less than six minutes are left |
| Start the clock over | Back to the full length, running |
| Done | Completes the task and closes focus |
| Minimize | Shrinks to a floating pill that keeps ticking. The pill can pause and resume too; tap its time to come back |
| End session | Ends it, on every device. The task is *not* completed |
Reaching zero
At zero you get a chime and a vibration, and, if Kairo isn't open in front of you, a notification saying ⏱ Time's up. The timer then keeps counting *upward* in overtime, showing +4:20, and the screen warms from green to amber.
Overtime is not a failure state. Nothing nags; the clock simply keeps count until you press Done or end the session.
It survives reloads
- It follows you between devices. The session is kept with your account, so one started on your computer shows up on your phone as the pill when you open Kairo there, and pausing, adding minutes or ending it on one device does the same on the others. Every device measures against the same clock, so they agree to the second even if one device's clock is off.
- While the focus screen is up the screen stays awake, the controls dim after a few seconds so only the clock remains, the task's steps are there to tick off, and the browser tab shows the time left.
- Refresh the page and a running session comes back as the floating pill.
- Because the end time is absolute, the countdown keeps burning while the tab is closed.
- Each account keeps its own timer, so switching accounts doesn't disturb one.
- Completing or deleting the task elsewhere ends the session automatically.