Sunsama
Sunsama is a daily planning tool that unifies tasks, calendar events, and to-dos pulled from other apps into a single guided daily planning workflow, with lighter AI assistance layered on top of a manual, intentional planning ritual.
Definition
Sunsama is a daily planning tool that unifies tasks, calendar events, and to-dos pulled from other apps into a single guided daily planning workflow, with lighter AI assistance layered on top of a manual, intentional planning ritual.
Overview
Sunsama's design philosophy differs from fully automated schedulers like Motion: rather than having an algorithm decide task placement, it centers on a guided daily and weekly planning ritual where the user consciously reviews their tasks each morning and deliberately drags them into time blocks on their calendar. The tool pulls tasks in from connected apps — such as Asana, Trello, Jira, Slack, Gmail, and Google Calendar — into one unified view, so a user doesn't have to open five different apps to plan a day. A core Sunsama feature is capping daily workload: it shows a running total of planned time versus available time and nudges the user to avoid overcommitting, plus at the end of the day it prompts a short reflection asking what got done and what should roll over to tomorrow. This is intended to build a sustainable, realistic planning habit rather than an ever-growing unmanaged backlog. Sunsama has increasingly added AI features, such as AI-assisted task breakdowns (splitting a large task into smaller subtasks) and smart suggestions for how to fit tasks into open calendar time, but these augment rather than replace the manual planning ritual — the user retains control over final placement, distinguishing it from fully automated calendar optimizers. It's positioned for knowledge workers and freelancers who juggle tasks across many disconnected tools and want a single daily planning surface with built-in workload discipline, rather than users who want the scheduling decision made entirely for them.
Key Features
- Unifies tasks from apps like Asana, Trello, Jira, Slack, and Gmail into one view
- Guided daily planning ritual where the user manually places tasks into time blocks
- Shows planned time versus available time to prevent overcommitting
- Prompts end-of-day reflection and automatic rollover of unfinished tasks
- AI-assisted task breakdown into smaller subtasks
- Smart suggestions for fitting tasks into available calendar time
- Keeps the user in control of final scheduling decisions
- Integrates directly with Google Calendar for time-blocking