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A goal is an outcome the agent owns until it is finished, even when finishing depends on other people replying. Use one for things like “get a time on the calendar with Maya” or “chase this vendor until the contract is signed.” Goals work in the agent chat (Cmd+/) and in iMessage. To hand off a goal by email instead, see Assistant email.

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Start a goal

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Ask for the outcome

Describe what you want in plain language, for example “Handle scheduling with Maya for next week.”
2

Confirm the goal

When the request needs follow-through over time, the agent proposes making it a goal and asks you first. Reply yes.
3

Or start one directly

Type /goal followed by the objective, for example /goal Get the signed contract back from Acme. That counts as your confirmation.
The agent never creates a goal from your first message alone unless you use /goal.

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What the agent does with a goal

Once you confirm, the goal runs on its own in the background:
  • It reads the relevant threads and your calendar, drafts and sends emails, creates or updates calendar events, and sets reminders for itself.
  • It wakes up when a reply arrives on a thread it is tracking, or when one of its reminders fires.
  • If it needs a private fact only you know, it asks you one clear question and waits.
  • When the outcome is achieved, it tells you what happened.
Goals do not ask before each email. Once you confirm a goal, the agent is authorized to send email from your connected inbox and change calendar events to reach the outcome. Confirm only what you are comfortable with it doing on its own. Normal chat and iMessage requests still ask before sending.
Read Mode still applies. With it on, the agent cannot send email to other people or change your calendar. See Agent autonomy.

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Check on a goal

Ask the agent: “What’s the status of my goals?” It lists recent goals with what each is doing now and how it turned out. To add information or change direction, tell the agent in the same conversation, for example “Maya can only do mornings.” The agent passes it to the goal. A finished goal reopens if the same outcome changes.

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Goal, reminder, or automation?

Slashy can also suggest goals on its own through the Daily Admin Scout.

Assistant email

CC the assistant on a thread to hand it off.

Agent autonomy

What the agent does on its own and when it asks.

Scheduled reminders

Schedule the agent for one-off tasks.

Does Slashy send emails on its own?

How sending is controlled.