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Today

Today is your default daily view in Tana, combining meetings, pinned work, and an Ask or Capture bar scoped to the day.

TL;DR

See your meetings and pinned work for the day, jump to any date, and sync events from Google Calendar or Outlook so everything lives in one place.

  • The default screen when you open Tana: your meetings, tasks, and pinned items for the day
  • Pin any document to a date from the Search button or from any document's context menu
  • Navigate between days with the arrows, or jump to any date with the mini calendar
  • Past meetings show outcome preview cards inline with taglines, summaries, and captured artifacts
  • Start an AI chat tied to the day from the Ask or Capture bar
  • Synced events from Google Calendar or Outlook appear automatically

Your daily view

Today is the first screen you see when you open Tana. It shows the day's meetings, pinned items, and an Ask or Capture bar for starting AI conversations tied to the selected date.

The Today view reacts to the clock. The greeting flips through the day, events roll from Now to Next up, Upcoming, and Past as time passes, and midnight rollover happens without a reload.

The day is organized into groups:

  • Now: Meetings in progress
  • Next up: The very next meeting coming up
  • Upcoming: Meetings later in the day
  • Past: Meetings that have ended. Each past event shows outcome preview cards, so taglines, summaries, and captured artifacts appear inline on the event. Past events are listed newest-first, so the most recently ended meeting sits closest to Now and Next up.
  • Pinned: Documents, tasks, and other items you have pinned to this date

Each meeting card shows the time, title, attendees, and either a Join button (for Tana calls) or the external meeting provider (Google Meet, Zoom, Teams). When someone is already in a call, the card shows who is in it.

The Join button appears once a meeting is within 10 minutes of its start time. Hovering it opens a device-check preview with the camera feed and mic, camera, and settings toggles; clicking joins the call directly without going through the Get Ready screen. Event cards can also be dragged into the sidebar to pin them to a space, or dropped into another document to create a reference. Right-clicking opens the standard context menu (Pin to space, Pin to date, Copy URL, and so on).

Navigating between dates

Use the arrow buttons next to the date heading to step to the previous or next day. The calendar icon opens a mini calendar for jumping to any date. When you are viewing a different day, a "Go to Today" button appears to return to the current date.

Pinning items to dates

Any document, task, or other item can be pinned to a date. Pinned items appear in the "Pinned" section alongside your meetings.

Ways to pin:

  • Create from Today: Items made with the Create button on the day are automatically pinned to that date. Meetings are not pinned because they appear on their scheduled date automatically.
  • Pin an existing item: Use the Search button below the date header to find and pin any existing document.
  • Pin from a document: Use "Pin to Date" from any document's context menu.

To unpin, right-click a pinned item and select "Unpin."

Ask or Capture from Today

The Ask or Capture bar below the date header lets you start an AI conversation tied to the selected date. Type a message and press enter. A new chat is created and pinned to that date. See AI chat for what you can do in a conversation.

Creating from Today

Below the Ask or Capture bar, three buttons let you add content to the selected day:

  • Meet: Start a new Tana meeting on the selected date. Pick the time and duration in natural language (for example, "tomorrow at 3pm" or "45 minutes"), so you do not have to open a date or duration picker.
  • Create: Open the full create menu for notes, canvases, tasks, chats, types, skills, and any custom types. Items created this way are automatically pinned to the selected date.
  • Search: Pin an existing document to the selected date by searching for it.
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