The unit Tabatha runs on is the intent — a short answer to "what am I doing right now," turned into a focus with a clock. Here's how to start one, close it out, branch a sub-intent, and share it with teammates or display it on a big screen.
The Gatekeeper overlay asks "Why are you here?" Type into What are you working on? and press Continue for a real focus — or pick ⚔️ Side Quest, 🍬 Sugar Box, 🅿️ Park, or 🔖 Later for anything less than one.
Type into What are you focusing on? and press Set Focus (dashboard) or ▶ (sidebar).
Focus tab → the "🎯 Set focus" card → type into What are you focusing on? (or tap the mic to speak it) → ▶ Set focus.
Extension: ✓ Resolved on the FocusBar — on the dashboard, the sidebar, or a queue row. Sidecar: ✓ Resolve on the active-focus card, or the ✓ icon on a queue or sub-intent row.
Extension: 📌 Sub-focus on the FocusBar → type a name → + Add. Sidecar: the 📌 Sub-intent toggle on the Focus tab → type into Sub-intent under this focus… → Add sub-intent.
Sub-intents show under their parent with ▶ (switch to it) and ✓ (resolve it) — the parent focus's clock keeps running underneath.
Sidecar → the active-focus card → 🔗 Invite button generates a shareable link. Teammates can open it, sign in to their own account, and see the same focus added to their queue. Both of you now track it together — progress updates sync across all invited members in real time.
If you're in the same organization (Team in Settings), you can also assign a focus to teammates directly from the queue view, and they'll see it pinned to their focus list.
Context View is a landscape, ambient display of your current focus and timer — designed for a TV, second monitor, or screensaver. It shows your focus name, time remaining, next focus in queue, day-reset countdown, and real-time reflections of your work clock state.
TV or big monitor: open Context View (built-in to the sidecar at https://tabatha.pondocean.co/sidecar, or via the Flux Refocus screensaver app) → tap 🔗 Sign in with pairing code → enter a 6-digit code from your extension or Sidecar. Once signed in, the big screen stays live — it auto-updates whenever your focus or timer changes, and uses Phone Focus Mode to alert you if your phone goes away during a focus.