Receive suggestions
Where suggestions appear, how often they come, and what you can do with one.
A suggestion is Pantaray telling you what it thinks is worth doing next. It arrives on its own, based on what it has seen you doing.
Where suggestions appear
A suggestion appears as a small panel in the top-right corner of your screen, over whatever you are working in. If more than one is waiting, they stack.
They are not macOS notifications, so they will not appear in Notification Center or be affected by Focus modes.
How often they come
From the recording, Pantaray keeps track of what you are working on now, what is still open on your to-do list, and where the work seems to be heading. It suggests something when it judges the interruption worth it, and quiet stretches with no suggestion are normal.
Suggestions come at most once every fifteen minutes, and that gap holds even if you quit and reopen the app.
What you can do with one
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Accept | Starts the work. See Hand work to Pantaray. |
| Dismiss | Declines it. It stays in your history, marked as dismissed. |
| Additional instructions (optional) | Opens a box to add conditions before you accept, up to 8,000 characters. |
| Reply to this suggestion | For a suggestion that is just telling you something, replies as a normal conversation. |
| Hide Notification | Puts the panel away without deciding. Nothing changes; it is still in your history. |
Dismiss is an answer, and Pantaray takes it into account. Hide Notification only clears your screen.
When suggestions stop
Suggestions stop when recording is off. Settings → Computer activity recording says so directly: Suggestions are paused too.
They also stop when macOS permissions are missing. See macOS permissions.
If you are not getting any
- Check that recording is Active in Settings → Computer activity recording.
- Check Settings → AI connection. If Current route reads Not set up, Pantaray has no AI to think with.
- Give it time. Fifteen minutes is the minimum gap, not the schedule.
- Check your recording filter. If it is set to record only a short list of apps, Pantaray sees little. See Stop recording, or limit what is recorded.
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