Lona — Quick Start Guide

01 — Capturing

Just send a message

Text or voice — Lona identifies what it is, links it to your projects and goals, and logs it in Notion.

Prepare investor deck by Friday COB

Lona✅ To-do — linked to Fundraising. Due Friday 5:00 PM.

Coffee with Maya next Thursday morning

Lona✅ Event — Maya added to People. Thursday 9:00 AM.

We should try async standups — cuts context switching

Lona💡 Idea — linked to Operations.

Feeling stretched thin, hard to focus today

Lona📝 Reflection saved.

02 — Refining

Reply to the confirmation to update or remove

Every editing command below targets whatever you replied to — or your most recent capture if you send it standalone.

Continue with ...

Call Alex about the contract

Lona✅ To-do created.

...tomorrow at 3PM

Lona✅ Updated — due tomorrow 3:00 PM.

Push to Google Calendar with /cal

Meet with investors next Tuesday afternoon

Lona✅ Event — linked to Fundraising. Tuesday 2:00 PM.

/cal

Lona📅 1 atom synced to Google Calendar.

Editing commands

/modify <text>

Replace a capture's content entirely.

→ /modify Call Alex about renewal, not the contract

/status <status>

Change status directly — open, in-progress, done, cancelled.

→ /status done

/retype <type>

Fix a wrong atom type or reassign it to a different project/goal/habit.

→ /retype idea · /retype Product

/move <container>

Move a capture to a different project, goal, or habit.

→ /move Fundraising

/delete

Remove a capture entirely.

→ /delete

Replies work best immediately after a capture
For older items, manage directly in Notion
/retype also accepts types: todo · event · idea · reflection · people
/cal skips captures with no due date — set one first by replying with the date

03 — Daily Commands

Your everyday toolkit

/digest

Morning briefing — overdue, today's schedule, top priorities.

→ "2 overdue · 3 due today · Focus: investor deck"

/todo

Interactive task list grouped by Today, Overdue, and Upcoming. Tap any item to cycle its status — once to mark in-progress, again to mark done, again to reopen.

☐ open → ⏳ in-progress → ✅ done → ☐ open · Use ‹ › to page through

/journal

Browse or search your reflections.

→ /journal week · /journal about focus

/milestone <name>

View or update project and goal progress.

→ /milestone Product · /milestone done Beta launch

/cal

Push a capture to Google Calendar. Reply to a specific capture, or send standalone to sync the last one. Requires a due date on the capture.

→ Reply /cal to any event or to-do with a date

04 — Date Shortcuts

Speak naturally

Combine a day word with a time word. Lona resolves the exact date and sets it on the atom.

tomorrow in 3 days next week next Monday morning 9 AM afternoon 2 PM evening 8 PM COB / EOD 5 PM

Send the report tomorrow COB

Lona✅ To-do — due tomorrow 5:00 PM.

Dentist next Thursday morning

Lona✅ Event — Thursday 29 May, 9:00 AM.

05 — Projects, Goals & Habits

Keep containers short and distinct

Pausing, resuming & deleting

Every container type — project, goal, or habit — takes the same three commands.

/pause habit Reading

Lona🔄 Habit paused: "Reading"

/resume habit Reading

Lona🔄 Habit resumed: "Reading"

/delete project Website revamp

Lona🗑️ Project deleted: "Website revamp"

Use 1–2 word names: "Product" not "Product Development Project"
Avoid similar names — "Sales" and "BD" side by side will confuse Lona
Create containers in Notion — they appear in Lona automatically
Set a container to Inactive in Notion to hide it from digests
If a capture lands in the wrong container, reply /move <container name>
/pause <project|goal|habit> <name> stops it appearing in digests without deleting it — /resume brings it back