How Pathma works

What Pathma is

Pathma turns your private shorthand into real entries in the tools you already use: your calendar, your lists, your work board. You type or say something the way you'd write a note to yourself, like "AK f2f on Tuesday from 1pm to 2pm", and Pathma works out what you mean and does it. It owns no calendar and no lists of its own; everything lands in your existing tools, and you can always keep doing things by hand exactly as before.

Building your rulebook

The rulebook is a page of your standing conventions, written in ordinary sentences, that Pathma reads before interpreting anything you say. It's what lets shorthand work: if the rulebook says your office days are Tuesday and Sunday, then "AK f2f Tuesday 1pm" needs no further explanation.

Two ways to add rules, both equally good. Tell Pathma in the chat: say something like "I only ever use client initials, never names", and it will propose a rulebook entry for you to confirm. Or open the Rulebook page and write rules directly, one per line. Every change is kept in the history at the bottom of that page, so nothing is ever lost to an edit.

Good rules read like things you'd tell a new assistant on their first day: "I see clients at the office on Tuesdays and Sundays, virtually on other weekdays." "We buy the week's groceries on Saturday." "Morning means 8am to me."

Saying things to Pathma

There's no command language to learn. Write the way you already jot things down, and let the rulebook fill in the rest. Some examples of the range:

• "AK f2f on Tuesday from 1pm to 2pm" — a calendar entry, expanded by your conventions.
• "Carnation milk on weekend groceries" — a list item, filed the way you keep your list.
• "Remind me to call the dentist tomorrow morning" — a reminder, at whatever "morning" means in your rulebook.
• "Do I have any open slots on Sunday?" — a question, answered from your schedule and your working hours.
• "From September my office days change to Monday and Thursday" — a rulebook update, proposed for your confirmation.

If what you said could mean two different things, Pathma asks you one short question rather than guessing. If it needs a tool that isn't connected yet, it offers the connection and then completes what you asked; you never have to repeat yourself.

Connecting your tools

Pathma acts through connections you grant on the Settings page, or just-in-time from the chat when something needs one. For tools like Google Calendar you sign in on the provider's own page; Pathma never sees your password. Each connection's page shows exactly what Pathma can do there and everything it has ever done there, and disconnecting takes one click and works immediately.

Receipts and undo

Every action produces a receipt in the chat: what was done, where, and when, with a link to the actual entry in the tool. If a receipt is wrong, tap Undo and tell Pathma what you meant; corrections can become rulebook entries so the same mistake doesn't happen twice. The chat is your record; scrolling back is reviewing everything Pathma has done.

Stuck?

Ask in the chat. "How do I add a rule?", "What can you do?", and "Show me my rulebook" all work; Pathma answers and points you at the right page.