Programs

A Program groups a small set of actions around a situation you want to handle. You describe what is happening, review possible approaches and choose the actual tasks or routines to create. Those actions then run in their own Tasks, Habits, Flows or Prep Lists surfaces.

For example, “I keep leaving for class without the things I need” can become a prep list, a single reminder task, or a short preparation flow. Review the proposed shape before creating anything.

Describe the situation#

Open Programs from the list panel or the tools selector. Enter what is happening, what you want to change, or both. Choose Show me three ways Glob can help.

The initial routes can be produced without waiting for AI. Use Glob AI to tailor these requests tailored routes when a provider is available. Show 3 more asks for another set. Recent situations let you return to earlier input.

What Glob heard shows the interpretation used for those routes. Correct your source description or choose another route when it misses the situation. An interpretation is a draft, not a task already added to your day.

If tailoring fails, the screen can say it is Using offline fallback. That means the routes use general patterns rather than a successful tailored AI response. Your words remain available for editing.

Choose and refine a route#

Selecting a route opens its draft. All routes takes you back to the choices. Answer clarification questions when present, then inspect the action workbench and day preview.

The supported action shapes are Task, Practice, Flow and Prep List. A Practice creates a habit-style recurring check-in. A Flow creates an ordered flow; a Prep List creates checklist steps. The generated flow steps can wait for your action rather than count down a duration. Changing the shape changes the draft you are preparing.

Develop your actions lets you edit an action, create it separately, or open an existing created item in its native panel. The action editor includes its title, what it helps with, type, recurrence, day placement, effort, coverage, details and a lighter or rescue version. Flow and prep-list actions also have editable steps.

AI can help expand steps, but review the resulting wording and schedule. A proposed step can be inappropriate even when it is valid enough for the editor to display.

Review before creation#

Read Before you add it. This is where you inspect the concrete actions the creation button will add. A Program can include up to three support actions.

When Similar active task found appears, choose Use existing or Create separately. The choice determines whether the Program links the existing task or creates another one. Do not leave this ambiguous merely because the two titles look alike.

Use Create Program with … actions for a new Program, or the corresponding Add … to … action when adding support to an existing one. A disabled creation button can mean the draft has already been created or the required action collection is unavailable.

If the screen reports “Glob could not finish setting up every action. Existing items were left unchanged,” inspect Tasks, Flows and Prep Lists before retrying. Earlier actions in the same attempt may already have been created. The message does not promise that every part of the attempt was rolled back.

Use the created support#

Created actions remain ordinary items in their native tools. Complete tasks in Tasks, check in to a Practice through its habit row, and start flows or prep lists in their respective panels. A Program's Today card can also expose a next action.

The Program is a way to organise this support. It is not a second independent copy of every timer or task. Editing a linked item's own schedule is the way to change when that item runs.

Manage the Program#

The Programs collection offers New, Edit and Add Support. Editing the Program's name or situation does not automatically regenerate every linked action. Open the action itself when that is what you want to change.

Delete Program removes it from this collection and Today. Its Tasks, Practices, Flows and Prep Lists stay intact. Delete or reschedule those items separately if you intend to stop using them too.

Durable draft and activation controls#

The beta also exposes Create Durable Draft for a Program. This creates an inactive, editable Program draft from its existing support. It does not itself activate the Program or schedule another set of items.

Review & activate components opens Activate Program. Review Existing items to link, then use Adopt & activate. This action records links to the existing items; it does not create a new copy of each one. A draft with no support needs support added before activation.

An active Program offers Pause Program and Retire Program. A paused one can offer Resume. Those lifecycle changes leave the linked actions' own schedules and settings alone. If a linked component is missing, A linked component needs review leads to component repair instead of an ordinary resume. Repair chooses an existing replacement and changes the link.

Evidence opens the Program's evidence review. Keep the distinction between linking an action, reviewing evidence, and requesting AI tailoring: they are separate actions with separate effects.