Notifications

Notifications should help you get back to what matters, not create more noise. When setting a reminder, first ask yourself what action it should prompt you to take.

A Real-World Scenario

For example, if you want to review tasks before the end of each day, set a recurring reminder. If you’re just worried about missing something, clean up your inbox first — don’t hand every uncertainty over to notifications.

Reminders Should Point to an Action

In the message reminder settings, the real decisions are when the reminder appears and what it says. If a reminder doesn’t tell you what to do next, it will become background noise in a few days.

How to Decide the Next Step

| Your situation | What to check first | Next step | | --- | --- | --- | | Not sure where to start | Current page title and main entry points | Choose only one item related to your current goal | | Result is not what you expected after an action | Status, empty state, access history, or sync progress | Go back one level, then troubleshoot step by step | | Worried about affecting data | Backups, sync, account, or permissions documentation | Stop first, confirm the scope, then proceed |

The Boundaries

A good reminder usually has a clear trigger time and a clear action. Without an action, a reminder will turn into background noise after a few days.

Next Steps

After reading this section, return to the task you were working on and choose just one minimal action to continue: log an input, check a status, or open a relevant setting to complete a confirmation.