Screen activity becomes a readable journal. Before you begin, consider the information that appears in your work.
Review your organization’s screen-capture policy
Pause capture when activity should stay out of the journal
Keep confidential material outside any unapproved workflow
Use the timeline to revisit captured context
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ANALYSIS
Choose your AI provider deliberately.
Dayflow can use Claude Code or Codex CLI through an existing account. Relevant activity information is sent to that provider.
Install and sign in to your chosen provider’s CLI
Select the provider in Dayflow
Check the terms and usage limits for that account
Confirm that your work can be processed there
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REFLECTION
Ask a question. Follow the evidence.
Chat helps you understand the activity you recorded. Its answers can lead back to the timeline that supports them.
Ask about a work session or part of your day
Inspect the cited activity for more context
Use read-only answers to reflect on your work
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HOSTED CONTEXT
Understand the cloud alongside the local record.
Your timeline is stored on your Mac. Optional hosted features have their own data boundaries.
Cloud Wiki organizes observations into reference pages
A local mirror makes those pages available offline
Hosted features can upload screenshots or use cloud storage
Include both destinations in your review
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Questions for your workflow
The activity
What information appears on screen?
The provider
Where can that information be processed?
The context
Which hosted features fit your policies?
Capture permission
Provider account
Local storage
Hosted processing
Sensitive content
Internal policy
YOUR REVIEW
Local-first is a starting point.
Review the complete workflow against your requirements. The local timeline, selected AI provider, and optional cloud features each matter. No government authorization, security certification, or air-gapped deployment is claimed here.