Your proactive AI assistant checks in.
A meeting is coming up. A commitment is still open. Ghost checks the work around you and brings back a useful next step—on a rhythm you control.
Context-aware check-ins · Your active hours · Private beta for Mac
Atlas weekly is coming up.
- Calendar
- The next meeting starts in 30 minutes.
- Current work
- The rollout brief is drafted. Your review is still open.
- Useful next step
- Review the linked draft before you walk Maya through the changes.
What is a proactive AI assistant?
A proactive AI assistant checks relevant context without waiting for a new prompt and decides whether there is something useful to surface. In Ghost, that capability is Heartbeat. It connects upcoming events with current work, checks whether you already handled an item, and can stay quiet when nothing needs attention.
A check-in that knows what is still open.
Heartbeat is more than a repeating alert. It checks the context, looks for signs that work is already handled, and surfaces the useful next step on a rhythm you control.
Choose the rhythm that fits the day.
Set the check interval, active hours, and relevant checks. ghost can use your preferences to shape what deserves attention and avoid treating every signal as urgent.
- Rhythm
- Every 30 minutes
- Active hours
- 09:00–18:00 · weekdays
- Local timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Focus
- Upcoming meetings and unfinished priorities
Look across the connected work.
A pulse checks preferences, current to-dos, notes, recent meetings, and calendar context. Available integrations can add relevant messages or other configured signals.
Do not remind you about work you already did.
Before surfacing an item, ghost checks for completion, later notes, and current task state. Already handled or repeated items should be suppressed instead of generating another interruption.
A useful nudge, with enough context to act.
When there is a genuine next step, ghost can surface a concise check-in tied to the relevant meeting. If nothing is worth your attention, the pulse can stay quiet.
Atlas weekly is coming up.
The rollout brief is drafted, but your review is still open. Take a look before the meeting so you can walk Maya through the changes.
Illustrative check-in. Available checks depend on connected sources and configuration. Channel settings and urgency thresholds control where an item appears.
Check the work, not just the clock.
A repeating reminder knows when to appear. A context-aware check-in also needs to know what has changed. Heartbeat checks your preferences, current Focus items, notes, recent meetings, and calendar context before deciding what deserves attention.
Available integrations can add relevant email or other configured signals. The checks depend on connected sources and your settings; Ghost does not have access to every app simply because Heartbeat is enabled.
Your saved preferences and history help shape relevance. A useful check for a product review may be different from one for an engineering handoff.
- Calendar
- Upcoming events, their local time, and useful preparation.
- Focus
- Open work, importance, and signs that an item is already done.
- Notes and meetings
- The recent decisions, drafts, and commitments behind the task.
- Configured checks
- Additional sources and questions you choose to include.
Bring the earlier promise into meeting prep.
The next call is easier to prepare for when the last decision is nearby. Heartbeat can connect an upcoming meeting with a related commitment, a working note, or an unfinished priority. The result should explain what you can do next, not just announce the calendar event.
For example, Atlas weekly is approaching and the rollout brief exists, but has not been reviewed. A check-in can point you toward that draft. When older context matters, meeting memory helps find the original discussion.
Meeting prep works from the records Ghost can actually access. It should not invent an agenda, assume a task is unfinished, or treat an old request as more current than a newer completion.
A reason to open the draft.
- Earlier discussion
- Maya asked for a revised rollout brief.
- Latest evidence
- The brief has been drafted; review remains open.
- Next action
- Open the note, check the recommendation, and prepare the talking points.
A useful nudge knows when to stop.
A task you finished yesterday should not keep coming back today. Before surfacing a candidate, Ghost checks current task status, related notes, and recent meeting history for evidence that the work was handled.
Explicit completion, a sent reply, or a later note can outweigh the earlier request. Heartbeat also uses recent check-in history to reduce repeats. These checks are safeguards, not a guarantee that every interpretation is correct.
When the evidence is unclear, a useful check-in names the uncertainty and a concrete next action. If there is no actionable update, the check can return without interrupting you.
Set your rhythm. Keep the work connected.
Choose the check interval, active weekdays, and active hours. Local time matters: a check-in should relate to your workday, not a guessed timezone. Channel configuration and urgency thresholds govern where relevant items can appear.
Use scheduled AI tasks when you want a particular brief to run at a set time. Use Focus to-dos to keep the work itself visible. Heartbeat has a different job: checking whether the current situation calls for your attention.
- Heartbeat
- Check the context and surface a useful next step.
- Scheduled tasks
- Run a specific, standalone brief later or repeatedly.
- To-dos
- Track the next action, priority, source, and progress.
Product details
Heartbeat, at a glance.
Supported work, useful outputs, and what to check before you start.
- Setup
- A configured check-in rhythm and useful work context give Ghost a reason to look for something worth surfacing.
- Output
- A relevant check-in can connect an upcoming meeting, an earlier commitment, and preparation you can review. Quiet checks do not need to become messages.
- Timing
- Heartbeat is a periodic context check, not an exact-time reminder. A specified future job belongs in Scheduled tasks, with delivery configured separately.
One assistant. Connected work.
Ghost is a personal AI assistant for Mac. Meetings, Notes, To-dos, Browser, and Memory are connected capabilities of the same product, with records you can bring into the next task.
Heartbeat can check a commitment captured in a meeting, the note that holds its draft, and the to-do that tracks its review. Memory adds relevant saved context; browser work can help with the next step when the task calls for it.
Questions about heartbeat.
Is Heartbeat just a recurring reminder?
No. It checks the current context and looks for evidence that an item is already handled before surfacing it. A check-in can stay quiet if there is no useful next action.
Can it help me prepare for a meeting?
Yes, when the relevant calendar and work records are available. Ghost can surface an upcoming meeting with a useful preparation tip and related open work. It does not guarantee that every meeting has a complete prepared brief.
Can I choose when Ghost checks in?
Yes. Heartbeat supports a configurable interval, active weekdays, and active hours. Available channels and urgency settings affect where a check-in appears.
Will it keep reminding me about a completed task?
Ghost checks for newer completion signals and recent repeated items before surfacing a candidate. Those checks reduce stale nudges, but you should still review anything whose status looks wrong.
Does Heartbeat run a report at an exact time?
Use Scheduled tasks for a specific future or recurring run. Heartbeat is a contextual check, not a promise that a particular notification will arrive at an exact minute.
Does it work without connected sources?
It can only check the records and tools available to Ghost. Calendar, email, and other integrations need to be connected and configured for the corresponding context to be useful.
How do I get access?
Ghost is in private beta for macOS. Request access from the homepage and review the current pricing there.
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