Your sidekick today
Press ⌥ Space anywhere on your Mac and type, or ⌥ ⇧ Space and say it. orma answers, saves what you tell it, or does it for you, using your memory and the accounts you connect.
What it works with
| Ask, for example | It can also | |
|---|---|---|
| Your memory | “What did we decide about pricing?” · “What’s new since yesterday?” | Answer from your notes, meetings, documents and saved reads, with sources. Add up amounts: see Totals. |
| Tasks and reminders | “What’s due this week?” | Make a task or reminder from a sentence. |
| Google Calendar | “When am I free on Thursday?” | Add, move and rename your own events. Invite, answer invitations and cancel, asking first. |
| Gmail beta | “Anything from Liz I haven’t answered?” | Archive, label and mark read. Write a reply, then send it, unsubscribe and trash, asking first. |
| Google Contacts | “What’s Anne’s email?” | Work out who you mean. |
| GitHub | “Which pull requests are waiting on me?” | Label, file, comment, close and assign, asking first. |
| Linear | “What’s in my Linear inbox?” | Update, create, comment, move and assign, asking first. |
| Travel times | “When do I need to leave for lunch?” | Tell you when to leave for an in-person meeting, using Apple Maps. Turn it on first. |
Connect each account under Connectors. What the assistant can use shows what orma may read and do in each, and everything it did.
Where to find it
- The notch. The bar opens at the top of your screen and short answers appear there. Continue moves the conversation into the app. See The island.
- The app. ⌘ K opens the same bar.
- Needs you. Anything waiting for your yes.
What it asks first
Changes only you see happen at once, with Undo. Anything another person receives, or that cannot be undone, waits for your tap. Archiving and labelling email ask first until you allow them. See What orma asks before it acts.
What’s next
We are building and adding more tools and capabilities.
Docs last updated for release 0.5.1, an alpha.