Start with your Agenda
The Agenda is DayBoard's home: today's calendar events, Google Tasks and Apple Reminders in one list, with unread Gmail underneath. Switch between Today and Next 7 days, search across everything, and use the source checkboxes to focus the view.
Overdue items collect in their own row so they don't crowd your day. Items without a date wait under No date.
Connect your sources
Open Settings (⌘ ,) and choose Sources.
- Google Calendar, Google Tasks and Gmail: click Sign in with Google and approve access in your browser.
- Apple Reminders: turn it on and allow access when macOS asks.
- Turn any source off at any time, and pick the color each one uses.
Changes you make in DayBoard sync back to Google and Apple. If the same to-do lives in both Google Tasks and Apple Reminders, open its details and Link the pair. It then shows up once, and checking it off completes both.
Calendar, Inbox and details
The Calendar has Month, Week and Schedule layouts, with tasks and reminders on their due dates. The Inbox lists your recent Gmail. Under Settings → General, choose whether details open in a pop-up, inline, or in a side panel.
Turn on AI (optional)
AI is off until you choose a provider in Settings → AI. You can use the Claude or ChatGPT account you already have through Claude Code or Codex, or add an API key. Then pick the model and turn individual features on or off.
- Assistant: ask about your day. Any change it suggests waits for your confirmation.
- Brief me, Suggest focus and Weekly Review: summaries of what matters.
- Inbox sorting and reply drafts, saved to your Gmail drafts.
Connect your own AI tools (optional)
DayBoard can run a local MCP server while it's open, so tools like Claude Code and Codex can read your day. It's off by default. Turn it on in Settings → MCP Servers. Clients need the access key shown there, and the server stays read-only unless you also allow changes.
Where your data goes
- On your Mac: settings, linked items and Assistant history. Sign-in tokens are encrypted with macOS's built-in protection.
- Google: DayBoard talks directly to Google's APIs for Calendar, Tasks and Gmail. Google stores that data under its own terms.
- Apple Reminders: read and changed on your Mac through macOS.
- Your AI provider: when you use an AI feature, only the context that request needs is sent to the provider you chose.
- DayBoard's services: none of your calendar, tasks, reminders or mail. The beta signup stores your email address and the time you signed up, plus a keyed hash of your IP address (not the address itself) to limit repeated attempts.
The privacy policy has the full details.
Getting new beta builds
Beta builds don't update themselves. When a new build is ready, you'll get an email with the download link. Install it over the old one, and your settings stay in place.