How Mission Mode works

What it reads

• —Due dates, including overdue work and what is coming next.
• —Priority, so an important card can outrank a merely convenient one.
• —Estimates, so the plan fits the number of minutes you have rather than an imaginary eight-hour day.
• —Staleness, because a card that has not moved deserves a closer look.
• —Blocked state and its reason, so blocked work is visible without pretending it can be completed today.
• —The cards assigned to you, across the projects you can access.

Generate a plan

1. 01

   Set your capacity

   Use the slider for the time you genuinely have, not the time your calendar says you should have.

2. 02

   Plan the day

   Tarsen ranks the accessible work and creates a draft mission with an explanation for why the cards made the list.

3. 03

   Review the order

   Follow the rationale, open the cards if context has changed, and remove anything that is no longer the right work.

4. 04

   Accept or regenerate

   Accept the draft when it reflects the day. Regenerate if a due date, capacity limit, or project priority has changed.

Deterministic first, AI optional

The ranking is deterministic and works without an API key. If a workspace has an AI provider configured, Tarsen can improve the prose explanation after the plan is generated. AI does not silently choose a different set of cards.

Ask Tarsen is a separate capability. It can answer questions about the accessible workspace and propose card changes, but Mission Mode remains useful when AI is disabled.

Keep the input useful

• —Add estimates when the size of a card will affect what fits today.
• —Mark a card blocked and say why instead of leaving it looking active.
• —Give urgent work a due date and priority rather than expecting the title to carry both.
• —Regenerate when a meeting, incident, or new commitment changes your capacity.