Didi's four layers: Capture, Celebrate, Clarify, Compose
By Jacob McDaniel
Most apps that add AI bolt a chat window onto the side and call it done. You get a blinking cursor and a blank box, and the burden is back on you to think of what to ask. We did not want that. A task app should not make you stop managing tasks to go have a conversation. So Didi, the AI inside ToDidIt, has no chat window at all. It shows up as four layers, each one wired into a moment you were already in.
The four layers are Capture, Celebrate, Clarify, and Compose. They are not modes you switch between. They are the four jobs an AI partner can actually do well inside the surface where the work lives.
Capture: get it out of your head, fast
The first job is the easiest to underrate. Most tasks die before they are ever written down, because writing them down properly is friction. Capture takes whatever you throw at it, a one-line brain dump or a messy paragraph of notes, and turns it into structured tasks with sensible titles, due dates, and priorities. You open Quick Capture, type the way you think, and Didi does the tidying. The goal is zero excuses for not capturing.
Celebrate: notice what got finished
This is the layer that makes ToDidIt ToDidIt. When you finish work, Celebrate is what reads your completed tasks and reflects them back. It writes your Daily Win Recap in plain language, marks the moment with Celebration Mode, and keeps an eye on your streaks without ever nagging you about a missed one. The principle here is that finishing should feel finished. The app should close the loop out loud, not silently delete the row.
Clarify: decide what matters today
A long list is not a plan. Clarify helps you turn everything you could do into the handful you should do next. It reads your due dates, priorities, and what is slipping, and helps shape a today that is actually doable. It is the difference between staring at a backlog and knowing your next move. Clarify never hides your work or makes decisions for you. It just makes the obvious next thing obvious.
Compose: draft the thing
The fourth layer does the heavy first draft. Describe a goal in a sentence and Compose drafts the full project: tasks, subtasks, priorities, and due dates. That is Project Blueprint. Compose is also what drafts the longer-form artifacts a project needs along the way. A blank project is intimidating; a drafted one you can edit is momentum. You stay the editor, Didi handles the blank page.
The principles underneath
Three rules hold the four layers together. First, Didi lives inside the task surface, not in a separate chat. If you have to leave your work to use the AI, the AI is in the wrong place. Second, Didi acts on your tasks rather than just talking about them. Every layer produces something real: a captured task, a recap, a prioritized today, a drafted plan. Third, Didi is calm. It is specific and warm, never breathless, and never sycophantic. We wrote more about that tone in Working with a calm AI.
For teams, these layers extend into a fifth area we call Team Intelligence on the Business plan, where the same ideas operate across a whole workspace instead of a single person. The individual four are where Didi starts, because the fastest way to earn trust with an AI partner is to help one person finish one more thing today.
Frequently asked questions
What are Didi's four layers?
Capture, Celebrate, Clarify, and Compose. They are not modes you switch between; they are the four jobs an AI partner can do well inside the surface where the work lives.
Does Didi have a chat window?
No. Instead of bolting a chat box onto the side, Didi shows up as four layers, each wired into a moment you were already in, so you never have to stop managing tasks to go have a conversation.
What does each Didi layer do?
Capture turns a brain dump into structured tasks with titles, due dates, and priorities. Celebrate writes your Daily Win Recap and marks finishes with Celebration Mode. Clarify shapes a doable today from your dates and priorities. Compose drafts a full project from one sentence, which is Project Blueprint.
What principles guide how Didi behaves?
Three. Didi lives inside the task surface rather than a separate chat, it acts on your tasks instead of just talking about them, and it stays calm: specific and warm, never breathless or sycophantic.