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Getting started with ConnyAI

ConnyAI is an AI assistive tool for neurodivergent adults.


This guide covers what ConnyAI can do today. We are still in pilot. The current version is a chat-based assistant with read access to your calendar - narrower than the finished product will be, but already useful for the things most people get stuck on. If you are joining the pilot, this is the page to keep open during your first day.


What ConnyAI is not, in this version: a planner, a calendar editor, a coach, or a chat companion. It does not write tasks into your calendar. It does not generate motivation. It will not message you unprompted. The proactive nudges, the structured routines, and the supporter loop are on the roadmap, being built, and are not in this build.


1. Signing in


Open the app. The first screen offers two ways in: Sign in with Google, or sign in with email and password. Either works. If you create an account by email, the password is just for the login flow — ConnyAI does not ask for or store anything else.


If you sign in with Google, ConnyAI will ask for permission to read your Google Calendar at the next step. You can decline; the app still opens, but the calendar features in the rest of this guide will not work until you connect a calendar.


2. Connecting your calendar


ConnyAI reads your calendar so it understands the shape of your day — the events that are already on it, the timing of your obligations, and the gaps between them. The connection is read-only. ConnyAI cannot create events, move them, delete them, or write anything back. If something is on your calendar, ConnyAI knows about it. If it is not, ConnyAI does not.


To connect or check the connection later, tap the three-dot menu on the home screen and open your profile. Connected services show a green tick. To remove the connection, the same screen has a Delete your account control that revokes everything in one step.


3. The home screen


After sign-in, ConnyAI lands you on a home screen with your first name and one button. That is the entire interface. There is no dashboard, no streak counter, no list of unread items. The lack of clutter is intentional — most apps designed for productivity bury the actual action under five layers of navigation, which is exactly what neurodivergent users tell us makes those apps unusable on a hard day.

​​Figure 1. The home screen. One button. No menus.


Tap ConnyAI chat to begin. Tap the three dots in the top right to reach your profile, calendar settings, and account controls. Those are all the controls.


4. Asking about your day


Inside the chat, you can ask about your schedule in plain language. There is no syntax to learn, no slash commands, no buttons to press. Type the way you would talk. ConnyAI reads your calendar in the background and gives you a direct answer, with the relevant events shown as cards beneath the text reply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2. Asking ConnyAI about your day. Calendar events appear inline.


Useful questions to start with: “What's on my schedule today?” — “What time is the meeting with Anna?” — “When am I free this afternoon?” — “When can I rest?” The last one tends to surprise people. ConnyAI will look at the gaps in your day and tell you when you are not booked, which is a different question from what is on your calendar, and a more useful one if you are tired.


5. Asking for help starting something


The other thing ConnyAI is built to help with is the gap between intention and action. If a task feels too large to begin, tell ConnyAI what you are stuck on. ConnyAI will offer a smaller starting step — usually small enough that you can do it without thinking about the rest of the task. Then another step, and another, in a conversation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 3. Asking ConnyAI to help you start something.


There is no right way to phrase this. “I need to reply to an email but I keep avoiding it” works. So does “Help me start cleaning the kitchen,” or “I have a deadline and I can't move.” Tell ConnyAI when you have done the suggested step, in any words, and the next step will follow. If a step still feels too big, say so — ConnyAI will offer something smaller. If you decide the task is wrong for today, you can stop. Nothing carries over as a guilt-trip the next time you open the app.


6. Things to ask ConnyAI today


If you are not sure where to start, the chat works well for three kinds of question.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 4. Things you can ask ConnyAI today.


These are not the only things ConnyAI can help with. They are the patterns the pilot group has used most. Anything in plain language is fair — ConnyAI is good at parsing rough phrasing, missing punctuation, and short messages.


7. What is not in this build yet


This is a pilot version. Some of the features that define the long-term shape of the product are still in development and are not in your app today. Worth knowing about, so you do not go looking for them:


Structured routines. Repeating sequences for mornings, evenings, transitions, and other moments where the same script helps every time.


Proactive nudges. ConnyAI noticing when an event is starting soon, or when there is a long empty stretch in your day, and reaching out first.


The supporter loop. A consent-based way to share what you choose with a partner, parent, friend, or support worker.


Quiet mode toggle. A one-tap way to silence the app and pause anything proactive.


None of these are in your app yet today, but are being built. If you are part of the pilot, what you tell us about the current build is what shapes which one comes first.


Feedback and support. Anything that feels off, missing, or wrong, we will appreciate to hear from you. You can write to team@conny.ai.

Thank you!

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