Start fresh when you fall behind
Unfinished tasks never pile up in red. Each morning, one decision each, then a clean day.
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What the sweep does
If tasks were planned for a day that has passed and are still unfinished, Kairo opens the Fresh start panel the next time you visit Today. It lists each leftover and asks for a single decision.
This replaces the overdue list you'd find in other apps. Nothing rots, nothing turns red, nothing accumulates silently.
Your choices
| Choice | What happens |
|---|---|
| Today | Moves to today. Its carry counter goes up by one. |
| Later | Back to the Inbox with no date, decide another time. |
| Someday | Parked in Someday, guilt-free. |
| Did it | Marked done, and it shows up in your Log. |
| Let go | Deleted. Sometimes that's the honest answer. |
There are also all → today and all → later buttons for when the answer is the same for everything. Anything you don't explicitly choose defaults to Later.
Repeating tasks are different
A repeating task offers three options instead: Today, Did it, and Skip. Skipping jumps to the next occurrence, so missing one gym day never deletes your gym habit. A repeating series can't be lost in the sweep.
When something keeps coming back
Each time you move a task to today from the sweep, Kairo counts it. After a couple of rounds you'll see a ↻ ×3 badge, and a gentle line: *“Keeps carrying over, too big? Try breaking it into steps, or let it go. Both are wins.”*
Dismissing and reopening
Not now closes the panel without changing anything. A small button then appears in the Today header, 🌅 3 from before, to reopen it whenever you're ready. It returns on its own the next morning.