Chronoid
Download

Integrations

Chronoid integrates with the rest of your setup in two ways: the Integrations pane in Settings connects apps and services (Apple Calendar, Screen Time, AI Connectors, and the task tools ClickUp, monday.com, and Linear), and App Intents make Chronoid’s actions available to Siri and the Shortcuts app.

The Integrations Pane

Settings → Integrations gathers app and service connections in one place:

  • Apple Calendar — display your calendar events on the timeline alongside tracked activity. Events are read on demand and never stored. Once you grant calendar access you can choose which calendars appear, hide declined events, and hide all-day events.
  • Screen Time — import iPhone and iPad usage so mobile activity shows up next to your Mac work. See Screen Time Sync.
  • AI Connectors — ask claude.ai or ChatGPT about your tracked time with a personal connector URL. See AI Connectors.
  • Task tools — connect ClickUp, monday.com, or Linear so your tasks become time-entry suggestions, and optionally send your tracked time back. See Task Integrations.

The rest of this guide covers App Intents — Siri and Shortcuts. These are separate from (and in addition to) the global hotkeys documented in Keyboard Shortcuts, and let you trigger Chronoid by voice or build automations that chain Chronoid with other apps.

Available Actions

Chronoid exposes the following App Intents. They can be invoked by voice via Siri or wired into shortcuts in the Shortcuts app.

Pomodoro Timer

  • Toggle Pomodoro Timer to start, pause, or resume a timer
  • Start Pomodoro Timer to begin a focus session
  • Stop Pomodoro Timer to end the current session
  • Trigger Short Break to start a short break immediately
  • Trigger Long Break to start a long break immediately

Web Blocker

  • Toggle Web Blocker to enable or disable blocking
  • Enable Web Blocker to turn blocking on
  • Pause Web Blocker for 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 hour, for today, or a custom number of minutes (1 minute to 24 hours)

Using Siri

Once Chronoid is installed, the actions above are available to Siri. The app-shortcut phrases are provided automatically, so macOS indexes them for you.

Try phrases like:

  • “Hey Siri, start my Pomodoro timer”
  • “Hey Siri, enable the web blocker”
  • “Hey Siri, trigger a short break”

Exact phrasing depends on how macOS indexes the intents, so you may need to experiment with wording that Siri recognizes.

Using The Shortcuts App

Open the macOS Shortcuts app, create a new shortcut, and add a Chronoid action from the action list. You can chain Chronoid actions with actions from other apps, then trigger the shortcut from the menu bar, Dock, or an automation.

Example use cases:

  • A shortcut that starts the Pomodoro timer AND enables the web blocker for a single-tap focus session
  • A shortcut that toggles tracking when you join a specific Focus mode
  • A shortcut that stops the Pomodoro timer and disables the web blocker to end a work block

Shortcuts can also be pinned to the menu bar, assigned a Dock icon, or run automatically based on time of day or other triggers.

Shortcuts vs Keyboard Shortcuts

These two features control the same actions but in different ways:

  • Keyboard shortcuts are global hotkeys you press on the keyboard. See Keyboard Shortcuts.
  • App Intents / Siri / Shortcuts are for voice commands and automation in the Shortcuts app.

Both can be used side by side. For example, you can press a hotkey to start a Pomodoro session during the day and ask Siri to start one when your hands are busy.

Requirements And Permissions

  • Chronoid must be running for the intents to respond.
  • On first use, macOS may ask for permission to control the app. Approve this so Siri and the Shortcuts app can send commands to Chronoid.
  • The intents are available system-wide once Chronoid is installed; no extra setup is required inside the app.

System Automations

Because Chronoid actions are exposed as App Intents, they can also be wired into macOS Focus modes and other system automations. Pair them with the menu bar controls in Menu Bar & Status Bar to keep everything in reach.

For help, email support@chronoid.app

Previous
Keyboard Shortcuts
Next
Filtered Keywords