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What to say

You don’t learn Dorinda — you just talk to your AI like you’d talk to a good assistant. Here’s the plain-English version of everything it can do.

Works the same in ChatGPT or Claude.

The only rule

Talk normally. One ask at a time. Dorinda reads your record first, does the follow-through behind the scenes, and always shows you before it sends anything. You never need special words.

The opener

Start every chat with this

What happens: your AI switches to Dorinda, reads your record, and leads with what’s overdue, due soon, at risk, or waiting on someone. Short enough to type on your phone.

The phrases

Then just say what you want — grouped by the job

You want to…	Just say…	What Dorinda does
Remember / track something		Opens a tracked loop with a clear “done when” — it won’t scroll away.
Get reminded until it’s actually done		Persistent, escalating reminders until you close the loop.
Chase a person for you		Tracks who you’re waiting on and nudges them (staged for your OK).
See what needs you		Answers from your real record — overdue, due-soon, at-risk, open loops.
Draft & send — with your yes		Stages the message; nothing leaves your account without your approval.
See what you’re waiting on		Surfaces stalled replies so nothing rots silently.
Recall a past decision		Pulls it from your durable memory — even across different chats/AIs.
Prep for your day		Reads your calendar and preps you; flags what’s at risk.
Set a routine		Creates a recurring routine that keeps running.
Close a loop		Closes the loop and logs it on the timeline.

Tap any phrase to copy it, then paste it into your AI.

Family plan

Sharing with your household

Everything you track is private until you say otherwise. When you do share, you share one thing with one person — and Dorinda tells you who will actually see it.

You want to…	Just say…	What Dorinda does
See who's in your household		Lists the people who've joined and what each of them can see.
Let one person see one thing		Gives that person access to that one loop — nothing else.
Let them change it, not just look		They can add to it, change it, and mark it done.
Put something in front of the whole family		Hands it to everyone who's joined — kids included, by name, so nobody is quietly left out.
Check who can see something		Answers with names: who sees it, who doesn't, and why not.
See everything you've handed out		Lists every loop you've shared and who has each one.
See what's been handed to you		Lists what other people in your household shared with you, and who shared each one.
Take it back		Removes their access right away — and tells you straight that it can't unshow what they already saw.
Hand something up (kids and helpers)		Sends your own thing to the person who runs the household — they can take it from there.
Fix a name mix-up		Asks which person you mean instead of guessing, and shares nothing until you say.
Loop in someone who isn't in your household		People in your address book can't be given access — so it drafts them an email for your OK instead.
Keep something to yourself		Everything starts private; this makes sure it stays that way.

Everything starts private. Nothing you track is visible to anyone else until you say so.
Family-wide isn't automatic for kids. Teens and helpers only see what's shared with them by name. When you say “everyone,” Dorinda names them individually so they're really included — and if something is family-wide without them, it'll tell you exactly who's missing.
Un-sharing isn't un-seeing. Taking access back stops them seeing it from now on. If they'd already read it, they'd already read it — Dorinda won't pretend otherwise.
Loops only, for now. Notes, calendar events, reminders and routines can't be shared yet. Dorinda will say so rather than quietly do something else.
A contact isn't a household member. The contractor or teacher you've saved is in your address book, not your household — they can't be given access, but Dorinda will offer to email them.
Kids and helpers can hand things up. They can send their own things to the person who runs the household; sharing it wider is that person's call.
One thing at a time. There's no bulk share — so a slip is one item, never your whole list.

Why it works

A few things that make it feel effortless

You never need exact wording — “chase the roofer,” “nudge the roofer,” “follow up with Alvarez” all work.
It reads before it answers, so it’s grounded in what’s actually true — not guesses.
It never sends, spends, or contacts anyone new without showing you first.
Forgot where you left something? Just ask: “What did I promise Bill?”

Make it automatic

Set up a project named “Dorinda” once, and every chat starts already caught up. Here’s the 60-second setup →

Just say it. Dorinda handles the follow-through.

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