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General

Sift is an AI assistant that lives inside your productivity system and can act on it. It brings your calendar, tasks, coursework, and projects into a single workspace and helps you plan, execute, and stay accountable.
  • Schedule your day or week
  • Create and manage tasks
  • Sync with Canvas, Google Calendar, Outlook
  • Set up automated reminders and workflows
  • Create single-shot reminders
  • Track focus sessions
  • Remember your preferences (Premium)
See capabilities for details.
Yes! Free users get:
  • ~25-30 messages per day
  • Schedule today only
  • Unlimited task management
  • Canvas and calendar sync (read-only)
  • 1 automation from starter set
  • 10 workspaces, 3 hobbies
  • 3 pending reminders
Everything in free, plus:
  • Unlimited messages
  • Full week scheduling with auto-refresh
  • Task decomposition (break down big assignments)
  • Unlimited automations
  • Memory (Sift learns your preferences)
  • Full calendar read/write
  • Notion integration
  • SMS notifications
  • Unlimited workspaces, hobbies, and reminders

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Scheduling

Just ask: “Schedule my week”
Week scheduling is a Premium feature. Free users can schedule today only.
Frames tell Sift when you’re available. Set them with:
  • “I’m free weekdays 9am-5pm”
  • “Block off weekends”
  • “No scheduling during lunch 12-1pm”
Timeblocks are the scheduled work sessions Sift creates. Each block has a task assigned and appears on your calendar (Premium).

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Integrations

Go to Settings > Integrations > Canvas. You’ll need your institution’s Canvas URL and a personal API token from Canvas settings.Full Canvas setup guide
Free users get read-only calendar sync. Upgrade to Premium for full read/write access.
Yes. You can connect both Google Calendar and Outlook, plus multiple accounts from each.

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Tasks

Just tell Sift:
  • “Create a task for my essay due Friday”
  • “Add a todo to buy groceries”
  • “I have an exam next Thursday”
Premium feature that breaks big assignments into manageable phases. Ask: “Help me plan my research paper”Learn more

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Reminders & Automations

  • Reminders: One-time alerts for specific events (fires once)
  • Automations: Recurring workflows that run on a schedule (fires repeatedly)
Example:
  • Reminder: “Remind me to submit my essay tomorrow at 11pm”
  • Automation: “Remind me about assignments 24 hours before they’re due”
Pick ONE from the starter set:
  1. Morning Briefing (8am daily summary)
  2. Evening Review (8pm tomorrow preview)
  3. Assignment Reminder (24hr before due dates)
  4. Weekly Planning Prompt (Sunday evening)
  • Free: Up to 3 pending reminders at a time
  • Premium: Unlimited pending reminders
Reminders auto-archive after firing, so you can create new ones.

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Account & Privacy

Yes. We use:
  • OAuth 2.0 for integrations (no passwords stored)
  • Encryption at rest for sensitive data
  • Isolated per-user data storage
Yes. Contact support or use Settings > Account > Delete Account.
  • You keep your data
  • Premium features become unavailable
  • Excess workspaces/hobbies are preserved but you can’t add more
  • Memory stops updating but isn’t deleted

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Troubleshooting

  • Try rephrasing your request
  • Be specific about dates and times
  • Check that integrations are connected
  • Verify the calendar is connected in Settings
  • Check that the right calendars are synced
  • Free users see events but can’t create through Sift
  • Check your API token hasn’t expired
  • Verify the course is published in Canvas
  • Try “Sync my Canvas” to trigger manual refresh