How-To Guides & Tutorials

Actionable, methodology-driven playbooks to help you master personal productivity, habits, AI automation, and team execution with DoneIsGood.

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Foundations ⏱️ 6 min read

Introduction to DoneIsGood: Tasks, Collections & Workflows

Understand the core building blocks of DoneIsGood: how tasks live inside collections, how team sharing works, and when to use Eisenhower, Kanban, or MoSCoW.

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Foundations ⏱️ 6 min read

How to Use the Eisenhower Matrix to Multiply Productivity

Escape the urgency trap, prioritize high-impact deep work, and gain effortless daily focus.

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Foundations ⏱️ 8 min read

Getting Started: PWA Installation, App Preferences & Plan Upgrades

Install DoneIsGood on mobile (iOS, Android) and desktop (Windows, Mac), optimize your settings, and manage account upgrades.

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Execution ⏱️ 5 min read

Creating Meaningful, Actionable Tasks That Actually Get Done

Transform vague aspirations into crisp micro-actions with AI step breakdowns and clear definitions of done.

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Execution ⏱️ 5 min read

Steps, Notes, and Documents: When to Use Which

A clear decision framework for organizing micro-actions, tactical notes, and deep project knowledge.

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Execution ⏱️ 5 min read

Time Recording: Capturing Hours and Eliminating Time Leakage

Effortless time tracking with automatic task completion logging, AI voice inputs, and intelligent leakage audits.

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Habits & Personal ⏱️ 6 min read

Building High-Stakes Habits with the AI Coaching System

Turn fragile resolutions into lasting daily habits with coaching personas, quick journaling, and daily accountability.

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Integrations & AI ⏱️ 6 min read

Connecting Google & Microsoft Calendars and Tasks: 2-Way Sync Guide

Keep your strategic task collections aligned with your daily appointments and mobile widgets across Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.

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Integrations & AI ⏱️ 7 min read

MCP: Using Your Favorite AI Assistant with DoneIsGood

Connect Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, and Gemini directly to your tasks and habits with enterprise-grade governance.

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Integrations & AI ⏱️ 6 min read

AI Features Inside and Outside DoneIsGood: Complete Guide

How native in-app intelligence and external AI assistants work together smoothly.

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Collaboration & Projects ⏱️ 6 min read

Project Management and Team Collaboration in DoneIsGood

Run agile workstreams, delegate tasks, and communicate in-context without heavyweight software bloat.

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Collaboration & Projects ⏱️ 5 min read

Using Contacts to Strengthen Relationships and Automate Follow-Ups

Transform your task manager into a personal and professional relationship engine with event tracking and auto-tasks.

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Collaboration & Projects ⏱️ 9 min read

Planning Studio: Brainstorming, Task Batching & Agile Sprints

Run quick brainstorm sessions, budget realistic work hours, and manage sprint cycles without complex ticketing tools.

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Collaboration & Projects ⏱️ 8 min read

Corp & Project Admin: Organization Governance & Multi-Tier Workspaces

Manage company accounts, pooled licenses, project permissions, and activity audit logs for Project and Enterprise plans.

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Use Cases & Playbooks ⏱️ 6 min read

Organizing Your Household: Chores, Maintenance & Shared Family Life

Cut household stress, stay on top of home maintenance, and coordinate chores easily with a shared family matrix.

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Use Cases & Playbooks ⏱️ 7 min read

Getting Control of Your Life: Reclaiming Focus, Routines & Relationships

Overcome overwhelm, build steady daily habits, and keep your personal and professional relationships strong with regular check-ins.

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Use Cases & Playbooks ⏱️ 8 min read

Running a Project: From Brainstorming to Timesheets

Coordinate deliverables using flexible matrix sharing or Corp workspaces, Planning Studio sprint batching, and integrated time tracking.

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Use Cases & Playbooks ⏱️ 8 min read

Managing a Business Team: Alignment, Delegation & CRM Workflows

Streamline cross-functional operations, eliminate status meeting bloat, empower team delegation, and manage client relationships with built-in CRM contacts.

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Use Cases & Playbooks ⏱️ 7 min read

Brainstorming and Innovation: From Raw Ideas to Actionable Sprints

Turn brainstorming into real progress with a shared ideas matrix, side-by-side planning, and realistic hour budgeting.

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Foundations ⏱️ 7 min read

Setting & Mastering Notifications: Alerts, Device Pushes & Weekly Digest

Configure your Alerts menu, activate OS-level push notifications, choose email delivery channels, and understand your automatic Saturday Weekly Digest.

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Foundations ⏱️ 9 min read

Using DoneIsGood with Your Favourite Productivity Method

Eisenhower Matrix, Eat the Frog, GTD, Kanban, MoSCoW, Checklist, SMART, Time Blocking and Pomodoro: how each one maps onto collections, views and the Planning Studio.

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Use Cases & Playbooks ⏱️ 8 min read

Requirements Planning with MoSCoW & Brainstorming

How to use an unmanaged Ideas matrix, MoSCoW prioritisation, and the Planning Studio to turn raw feature requests into achievable milestones.

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Execution ⏱️ 8 min read

Collection Templates, Custom Kanbans & Task Linkages

How to reuse blueprint collections, design custom Kanban boards with sync shorthands, and link tasks with precedence guards.

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Use Cases & Playbooks ⏱️ 7 min read

Running Team and Company-Wide Processes with Shared Templates

How to turn repeatable workflows—like HR quarterly reviews or a product innovation canvas—into ready-to-use templates your whole team or company can launch in seconds.

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Use Cases & Playbooks ⏱️ 7 min read

A Brief for HR and People Leaders: Sustainable Productivity, Privacy, and Built-In Coaching

How to scale company playbooks, protect employee mental health, and provide on-demand mentorship without micromanagement or surveillance.

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