Kept User Guide · version 1.8.1
Everything Kept does, and how to do it well.
Written for Kept on iPhone and Mac, with a chapter for the AI you already use. Start with the three moves that run the whole app, then go as deep as you like.
Start here
Three articles, ten minutes.
1Welcome to KeptWhat Kept is, the promise behind it, and the three moves that run the whole app.2Install and sign inInstall Kept on iPhone and Mac, sign in with Apple, Google, or an email code, and finish the five-minute setup.3Get around KeptThe drawer and the title menus on iPhone, the sidebar and command palette on Mac, and the one search that finds anything you kept.
Pick your device
One account. Three places to use it.
Kept on iPhone
The drawer, the Capture dock, widgets, Siri, and the one-handed moves.
Kept for Mac
Capture from any app, the command palette, and every keyboard shortcut.
Kept with your AI
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, or Cursor and let them work in your Kept.
Start
Install, sign in, and learn the three moves that run the whole app.
Welcome to KeptWhat Kept is, the promise behind it, and the three moves that run the whole app.iPhoneMacAI agentsInstall and sign inInstall Kept on iPhone and Mac, sign in with Apple, Google, or an email code, and finish the five-minute setup.iPhoneMacGet around KeptThe drawer and the title menus on iPhone, the sidebar and command palette on Mac, and the one search that finds anything you kept.iPhoneMacSync, offline, and pending changesHow one account stays the same on iPhone and Mac, what happens without a connection, and what the sync notice means.iPhoneMac
Capture
One line in, the right thing out. The habit everything else builds on.
Today and Tasks
Your day, your three, and the work behind them.
Today and your Top 3Today shows the day as it is. The Top 3 names the tasks that lead it, and says why in words that point at the task itself.iPhoneMacTasksThe whole list, sorted Kept's way or by date, with filters, steps, reminders, comments, and Undo on everything that matters.iPhoneMacFocusStart a timer on a task, keep the minutes even if you stop early, and let the session follow you to the Lock Screen or across your Mac.iPhoneMacThe RecordA quiet ledger of what you kept, counted by the day, with the receipts to prove it. Arriving gradually across beta accounts.iPhoneMac
Notes
A calm editor that writes structure as fast as you think.
NotesWhere writing lives after the moment passes. Folders, tags, pins, recents, and a library that stays out of your way.iPhoneMacWriting in the editorType fast, press slash for structure, turn a line into a real task, and trust that every letter lands.iPhoneMacThe daily noteOne note for each day, created only when you start writing, shared between iPhone and Mac, and reachable from Calendar.iPhoneMacNotes on MacThe library column, keyboard-first block commands, hover previews, the dossier, and meeting transcripts that file themselves.Mac
Habits and Goals
The practice you keep, and the reasons you keep it.
HabitsTurn a repeated intention into a rhythm you can keep. Honest timing, groups, weekly targets, and no streak that punishes a missed day.iPhoneMacHabits and Apple HealthLet a measured night of sleep, a burst of active energy, or a walk check a habit in for you, with an explanation you can read and undo.iPhoneMacGoalsThe reasons behind the work. Link tasks and habits to a goal, see what comes next, and decide for yourself what counts as progress.iPhoneMac
Calendar
Apple and Google calendars, side by side with what you plan.
CalendarDay, week, and month views with your Apple and Google events beside what you plan in Kept. Pinch to zoom out, swipe to move, hold to drag.iPhoneConnect Apple and Google calendarsGive Kept your calendars. Apple Calendar stays on the device; Google syncs through your account and can take events back.iPhoneMacCalendar on MacDay and Week grids that fill the window, drag to move and resize, zoom the hours with a keystroke, and an event panel that gets out of the way.Mac
Body
Meals, sleep, training, and the trends that follow.
Ask Kept
The assistant, your briefings, and what Kept remembers.
Ask KeptAn assistant that answers from what you have kept and can act in your account, with a confirmation before anything that touches another person.iPhoneMacBriefings and remindersA morning briefing, a midday refocus, a nightly reflection, and task reminders. Each is a switch you own, and none of them prove delivery.iPhoneMacWhat Kept remembersKept keeps a small set of facts about you so the assistant does not ask twice. Read them, correct them, forget them.iPhoneMac
iPhone
Widgets, controls, Siri, Shortcuts, and the moves worth knowing.
Widgets and controlsTwelve widgets, seven controls, and a Live Activity that keep Kept within reach without opening it.iPhoneSiri, Shortcuts, and automationsTen phrases that work the moment you install Kept, a full catalog of actions for the Shortcuts app, and recipes worth stealing.iPhoneiPhone tipsThe moves that are not labeled on screen. Hold the button, pinch the calendar, swipe a task, format on selection.iPhone
Mac
The desktop workstation: keyboard first, capture from anywhere.
Kept for MacThe desktop is the workstation. Same account as your iPhone, with resizable columns, an inspector, a floating timer, and a keyboard that reaches everything.MacKeyboard shortcutsEvery shortcut in Kept for Mac, grouped by what you are doing. Press Command Slash inside the app for the in-app list.MacThe command paletteOne field that searches, navigates, captures, and asks. Press Command K and start typing.MacMac tipsA handful of moves worth learning once, from the shortcuts sheet's own tips list.Mac
AI agents
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, or Cursor to your own Kept.
Connect Kept to your AIOne sentence connects Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any MCP agent to your Kept. Sign-in happens in your browser, and your agent never sees a password.AI agentsiPhoneMacWhat your agent can doThe tool catalog in plain words. About eighty tools, grouped by what you would actually ask for, and the few things that are deliberately impossible.AI agentsPermissions and safetyWhat each permission means, what the defaults include, how every call is contained, and how to shut it all off in one tap.AI agentsiPhoneMac
Settings and account
Modules, appearance, Cloud AI, sign-out, and deletion.
Settings, explainedEvery row in Settings on iPhone and Mac, what it changes, and where it syncs.iPhoneMacModules and layoutWhich parts of Kept appear, where that is decided, and what a switched-off part leaves behind.iPhoneMacCloud AI, explainedWhich features send text to OpenAI or Anthropic, what they send, what stops when Cloud AI is off, and the separate switch for helping improve Capture.iPhoneMacYour accountOne account, two devices. Sign out safely, delete everything when you mean to, and know what the Founding Practice actually promises.iPhoneMacPlans and billingThere is nothing to pay for yet. What the beta costs, what the Founding Practice promises, and how any future plan would be presented.iPhoneMac
Trust
What leaves your device, what stays, and how to tell us when something breaks.
Privacy and your dataWhat stays on your device, what syncs to your account, what reaches a model provider and when, and how to take it all back.iPhoneMacReport a bugShake the phone, or open Help and feedback. Say what you expected and what happened. Here is what travels with the report and what never does.iPhoneMac
Help
Answers, tips, what changed, and what we know is not finished yet.
Common questionsThe questions beta testers ask in their first week, answered plainly.iPhoneMacAI agentsWhat changed in 1.8The changes in Kept 1.8 that you will notice, in the order you will notice them.iPhoneMacKnown limits in the betaThe rough edges we know about, so you can tell a limit from a bug.iPhoneMacAI agentsPower user tipsTwelve habits of people who get the most out of Kept, gathered from the first months of the beta.iPhoneMacAI agents