Features Overview

June 1, 2026 · View on GitHub

Learn about iDO's main features and how to use them effectively.

🎯 What is iDO?

iDO is a local-first AI desktop copilot that:

  • 📊 Tracks your activity - Monitors what you do on your computer
  • 🤖 Summarizes with AI - Uses LLMs to understand context
  • ✅ Recommends tasks - Suggests what to do next based on your patterns
  • 🔒 Keeps data private - Everything stays on your device

Main Features

1. Pomodoro Focus Mode

What it does: Focus Mode with intelligent Pomodoro timer for capturing and analyzing your focused work

How to use:

  1. Navigate to Pomodoro in the sidebar
  2. Left panel shows your scheduled todos - click one to select
  3. Or enter a custom task description manually
  4. Choose a mode: Classic (25/5), Deep (50/10), Quick (15/3), Focus (90/15)
  5. Click Start to begin

Interface:

  • Left sidebar: Scheduled todos with count badge for quick selection
  • Main panel: Timer display with mode selector and task input
  • Task association: Link sessions to AI-generated todos or manual intent
  • Phase display: Shows current phase (Work/Break) and round progress

Features:

  • 4 preset modes with customizable duration
  • Links sessions to AI-generated todos
  • Real-time countdown with circular progress
  • Phase notifications (work/break transitions)
  • Activity capture during work phases
  • Work phase status tracking (activities captured during session)

2. Pomodoro Review

What it does: Review your focus sessions and track your productivity

How to use:

  1. Navigate to Pomodoro Review in the sidebar
  2. View period statistics (weekly total, daily average, completion rate)
  3. Check the weekly focus chart for trends
  4. Select a date using the date picker
  5. Browse sessions and click to view detailed breakdown
  6. Review AI-generated focus analysis in the session dialog

Interface:

  • Statistics Overview Cards: Weekly total, focus hours, daily average, completion rate
  • Weekly Focus Chart: Bar chart showing daily focus minutes with goal line
  • Time Period Selector: Switch between week/month/year views
  • Date Picker: Select specific dates to view sessions
  • Session List: Click sessions to open detailed dialog
  • Session Detail Dialog: Shows focus metrics, activity timeline, LLM analysis

Features:

  • Period statistics with visual overview
  • Activity timeline during each session
  • AI-powered focus quality evaluation (strengths, weaknesses, suggestions)
  • Work type analysis (deep work, distractions, focus streaks)
  • Weekly focus goal tracking
  • Distraction percentage analysis

3. Knowledge

What it does: All long-term knowledge captured from your recent activity

How to use:

  1. Navigate to Knowledge in the sidebar
  2. Use left sidebar to filter by category/keyword
  3. Search or filter (All/Favorites/Recent)
  4. Click a card to view details or edit
  5. Use Smart Merge to find and combine similar knowledge
  6. Create new notes manually

Interface:

  • Left Sidebar: Category filter showing keyword counts
  • Search Bar: Full-text search across titles, descriptions, keywords
  • Filter Tabs: All / Favorites / Recent (last 7 days)
  • Action Buttons: Smart Merge, New Note
  • Knowledge Cards Grid: Scrollable card list with hover actions
  • Detail Dialog: View/edit knowledge details

Features:

  • AI-generated from activities
  • Full-text search across all cards
  • Favorites with quick toggle
  • Category/keyword filtering
  • Smart duplicate detection and merging with configurable thresholds
  • Create manual notes
  • Retry dialog for LLM errors

4. Todos

What it does: AI will automatically generate todos from your activities

How to use:

  1. Navigate to Todos in the sidebar
  2. Toggle between Cards View and Calendar View
  3. Use left sidebar to filter by category/keyword
  4. Click a todo to view details or edit
  5. Drag todos to calendar to schedule
  6. Click Create Todo to add manually
  7. Send todos to Chat for agent execution

Interface:

  • View Mode Toggle: Switch between Cards and Calendar views
  • Left Sidebar: Category filter
  • Cards View: Grid of todo cards with hover actions
  • Calendar View: Full calendar with drag-to-schedule
  • Pending Section: Quick access to unscheduled todos (calendar view)
  • Detail Dialog: View/edit schedule, recurrence, send to chat
  • Create Todo Dialog: Manual todo creation

Features:

  • Auto-generated from activities
  • Manual creation supported
  • Calendar scheduling with start/end times
  • Recurrence rules (daily, weekly, etc.)
  • Keywords and priority levels
  • Drag-and-drop to calendar
  • Send to Chat for AI execution
  • Linked to Pomodoro sessions
  • Filter by category

5. Diary

What it does: Daily journals compiled from your AI activity summaries

How to use:

  1. Navigate to Diary in the sidebar
  2. Scroll through past diaries or use date picker
  3. Click a diary card to view full content
  4. Edit summaries as needed
  5. Select a date and click Generate Diary to create new

Interface:

  • Action Bar: Refresh, Load More, Date Picker, Generate button
  • Diary Cards: Scrollable list of daily summaries
  • Diary Card: Shows date, key highlights, work categories

Features:

  • AI-generated daily summaries
  • Scrollable history with load more
  • Select specific dates to generate
  • Editable content
  • Key highlights extraction
  • Work type categorization
  • Delete diaries

6. Chat

What it does: Conversational interface about your activity history with streaming responses and image support

How to use:

  1. Navigate to Chat in the sidebar
  2. Select an existing conversation or create a new one
  3. Type a question about your activities
  4. Get streaming responses grounded in your data
  5. Optionally drag & drop images to analyze

Interface:

  • Left Sidebar: Conversation list with new/delete actions (desktop)
  • Mobile Overlay: Slide-out conversation list (mobile)
  • Message Area: Scrollable message history with streaming support
  • Activity Context: Shown when conversation is linked to an activity
  • Input Area: Text input with image drag-drop, model selector

Features:

  • Context-aware responses grounded in your activity data
  • Streaming AI responses for real-time feedback
  • Image drag-and-drop support (PNG, JPG, GIF)
  • Model selection per conversation
  • Auto-generated conversation titles
  • Activity context linking
  • Send todos/knowledge to chat from other pages
  • Retry failed responses
  • Cancel streaming responses

Example questions:

  • "What did I work on yesterday?"
  • "How much time did I spend coding this week?"
  • "What were my main activities?"
  • "Summarize my focus sessions from last week"

7. Dashboard

What it does: View Token usage and Agent task statistics

How to use:

  1. Navigate to Dashboard in the sidebar
  2. Filter by all models or select a specific model
  3. View token usage, API calls, and cost metrics
  4. Check usage trends over time with interactive chart

Interface:

  • Model Filter: Dropdown to select all models or specific model
  • LLM Stats Cards Grid:
    • Total Tokens (with description)
    • Total API Calls (with description)
    • Total Cost (single model view)
    • Models Used (all models view)
    • Model Price (single model view)
  • Usage Trend Chart: Interactive chart with dimension and range selectors
  • Trend Dimensions: Focus minutes, LLM tokens, API calls
  • Trend Ranges: Week, Month, Year

Features:

  • Real-time LLM usage statistics
  • Token count and API call tracking
  • Cost analysis per model
  • Usage trend visualization
  • Model performance comparison
  • Currency-aware cost display
  • Responsive layout for all screen sizes

Metrics tracked:

  • Total tokens processed
  • Total API calls made
  • Total cost (currency-formatted)
  • Models used in selected period
  • Per-million-token pricing (input/output)

Interface Overview

IconPageDescription
TimerPomodoroFocus timer with task linking
HistoryPomodoro ReviewSession history and metrics
BookOpenKnowledgeAI-generated knowledge cards
CheckSquareTodosAI-generated tasks
NotebookPenDiaryDaily work summaries
MessageSquareChatConversational AI about your history
BarChartDashboardStatistics and usage tracking
SettingsSettingsApp configuration (bottom of sidebar)

Data Storage

All data is stored locally:

  • macOS: ~/.config/ido/
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\ido\
  • Linux: ~/.config/ido/

Contains:

  • ido.db - SQLite database
  • screenshots/ - Captured screenshots
  • logs/ - Application logs

Privacy Features

What iDO Respects

✅ Local storage - Everything stays on your device ✅ Your API key - Use your own LLM provider ✅ Selective capture - Choose which monitors to record ✅ No telemetry - iDO doesn't phone home ✅ Open source - Audit the code yourself

What to Be Aware Of

⚠️ Screenshots contain visible content - Don't capture sensitive screens ⚠️ LLM sees screenshots - Sent to OpenAI/your provider ⚠️ Database is unencrypted - Store in encrypted volume if needed ⚠️ Logs may contain info - Review before sharing

Performance

  • CPU usage: ~2-5% during capture
  • Memory: ~200-500 MB RAM
  • Disk: ~100-500 MB per day (varies by interval and quality)
  • Screenshot interval: 0.2 seconds (5 screenshots/sec/monitor)

Next Steps

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