Everything Tack can do to protect your attention
Tack automatically sorts your notifications into three buckets based on what's actually urgent:
Messages that need your attention right away. Tack looks for:
Messages that can wait until your next break:
Check this bucket between meetings. Batch processing saves you from constant context switching.
Messages that can wait until tomorrow:
Review this bucket each morning as part of your planning routine.
Every notification card has fast actions so you can respond without leaving tack:
You've handled it. removes the message from your triage view. the message stays in outlook/teams but tack won't show it again.
Sends the message to your outlook archive folder. use this for emails you might need to reference later but don't need in your inbox.
Acknowledges the message without taking further action. useful for FYI messages or when you've handled something outside of tack.
Deep links to the message in outlook or teams. use this when you need to write a long reply or access attachments.
Drag or click to move messages between Now, Next Break, and Horizon. Tack learns from your choices to improve future triage.
Your personalized command center that brings together everything you need for a productive day:
See your urgent items, next break messages, and horizon at a glance with quick summary pills showing counts for each category.
Set 1-3 daily priorities each morning. Tack tracks your progress and reminds you to set new priorities when the day resets.
See your upcoming meetings and time blocks directly in your Daily Brief. Know when you're free and plan your day accordingly.
Configure your work schedule to help Tack understand when messages should be triaged for today versus tomorrow.
Automatically protects your attention during meetings and calls:
Focus Mode automatically turns on when you're in a meeting or on a call. Non-urgent notifications are blocked so you can stay present in the conversation.
Critical messages still get through — you won't miss a crisis or urgent request from your manager. Everything else waits until you're free.
Turn Focus Mode on or off manually whenever you need deep work time or want to batch process messages during a break.
Fast note-taking without leaving your Daily Brief:
Type a quick note or task directly from your Daily Brief. Perfect for jotting down thoughts during planning sessions or capturing action items.
Quick Tacks appear in your triage buckets just like messages from Outlook or Teams. Review and act on them when the time is right.
Every morning, Tack shows you a summary of what's in your Horizon bucket:
The briefing is a calm morning ritual — no rush, no panic, just thoughtful planning.
Tack understands what each message is asking for:
Messages asking you to do something — respond, approve, review, schedule, etc.
FYI messages, updates, and status reports. no action needed, just awareness.
Someone needs your input or expertise. usually requires a thoughtful response.
Back-and-forth conversations. may or may not need immediate response.
You can filter by intent to focus on specific types of messages.
All your work emails. Tack can read, mark as read, archive, and deep link back to Outlook.
One-on-one chats, group chats, and channel mentions. Deep links take you straight to the conversation in Teams.
Direct messages and channels from your Slack workspaces. Connect your workspace in settings.
See the roadmap for additional integrations coming soon.
Tack knows when you're busy and adjusts notifications:
Tack checks your calendar to see when you're in meetings. non-urgent notifications are held until you're free.
when you're in a teams call or marked as “do not disturb”, tack respects that and holds notifications.
If you block focus time on your calendar, Tack treats it like a meeting and holds non-urgent messages.
Urgent messages still break through — tack won't hide something critical just because you're busy.
Tack learns from your behavior to get smarter over time:
All learning happens for your account only. tack never shares your patterns with other users.
All message content is encrypted with your personal encryption key. Tack admins can't access your messages. Once you mark a message as done or archived, Tack removes the content from our servers.
Read our security whitepaper to learn more about how we protect your data.