# Aino LifeOS

> Turn daily notes, task planning, reviews, and AI questions into a local Markdown workspace

## Documentation

- [AI-Powered Note Workflows: 5 Practical Scenarios](https://aino.md/blog/ai-powered-notes.html): Aino LifeOS's AI features aren't just a standalone chat window — they're deeply integrated with your notes. This post covers 5 practical scenarios for weaving AI into your daily note-taking.
- [My Day: Managing Daily Workflows with Aino LifeOS](https://aino.md/blog/daily-workflow.html): This post walks through a typical workday, showing how Aino LifeOS's features connect into an efficient workflow.
- [From a Second Brain to an AI Work System: Building Aino on LifeOS](https://aino.md/blog/lifeos-ai-native-workflow.html): I did not start building LifeOS with the current AI wave. I first published my Obsidian-based personal workflow on GitHub. Over the years, the open-source edition has earned **1,000+ GitHub stars** and passed **50,000 cu
- [Managing a Complete Project with Aino LifeOS](https://aino.md/blog/project-management.html): This post uses "develop a new feature and ship it" as an example, showing how to use Aino LifeOS's PARA, tasks, calendar, and periodic notes to manage a two-week project.
- [Conducting Deep Research with Aino LifeOS](https://aino.md/blog/research-workflow.html): When you need to deeply research a topic — like "evaluate whether to migrate our project to React Server Components" — Aino LifeOS's features chain together into a complete research workflow.
- [How to Do a High-Quality Weekly Review with Aino LifeOS](https://aino.md/blog/weekly-review.html): The weekly review is one of the most impactful habits for personal productivity. This post shows how to use Aino LifeOS's features to complete a thorough weekly review in 30 minutes.
- [Aino LifeOS Changelog](https://aino.md/changelog/): - Connect Gmail with a Google app password in experimental mail settings. - Send Gmail messages over a certificate-verified TLS connection. - Keep existing Gmail accounts connected when updating mail settings.
- [success](https://aino.md/checkout/success.html)
- [Contact](https://aino.md/contact/): Contact us when you need:
- [Get Aino LifeOS](https://aino.md/download/): Aino currently has four entry points: desktop, mobile, Web Clipper, and the example vault. If you are new, you do not need to configure everything first. Open the example vault, try daily notes, tasks, and project review
- [FAQ](https://aino.md/faq/): ProductComparison, ProductBoundaryNotice, ProductDecisionGuide, } from '../../../../shared-site-theme/ProductComparison';
- [Gmail in Aino Desktop](https://aino.md/gmail/): Aino Desktop brings local Markdown notes, tasks and an optional mail application into one workspace. The mail application can connect to Gmail, show your inbox and attachments, and let you reply while keeping the origina
- [AI Apps](https://aino.md/guide/ai/ai-apps.html): AI Apps let you describe a personal tool in natural language and ask AI to generate its interface and logic. The app reads or writes ordinary Markdown notes through a controlled Host SDK. Generated source is validated be
- [AI Smart Chat](https://aino.md/guide/ai/ai-chat.html): In the right panel of Aino LifeOS, you can chat with AI to analyze notes, generate content, and answer questions. The advantage goes beyond chat: in Edit or Agent mode, AI can read a real vault, call local CLI agents, an
- [AI Organize](https://aino.md/guide/ai/ai-organize.html): AI Organize lets you select notes or periodic records first, then hand that scope to the right-sidebar AI for an organization plan. Selecting a candidate does not modify the file directly.
- [AI Review](https://aino.md/guide/ai/ai-review.html): AI Review adds a stable Agent-generated report beside the existing factual review. Your task, note, habit, and project data remains intact, and you can switch between **Data Review** and **AI Report** at any time.
- [AI Workbench](https://aino.md/guide/ai/ai-workbench.html): AI Workbench turns a project, task, topic, or output into a persistent **work scene**. Maintain scene materials in the center, work with AI in the right sidebar, and use the workbench receipt to see what the current run 
- [AI Control of the Current Interface](https://aino.md/guide/ai/app-automation.html): Aino can let the right-side AI Agent control the current desktop app the way a user would. When enabled, AI can observe the current Aino window, click buttons, switch files, type in the editor, and operate web pages open
- [Skill](https://aino.md/guide/ai/lifeos-skill.html): I wrote a skill for LifeOS, and now AI can help manage my notes.
- [LLMs.txt](https://aino.md/guide/ai/llms-txt.html): LLMs.txt is a standardized way to provide AI with structured context about your project or vault.
- [MCP Server Integration](https://aino.md/guide/ai/mcp.html): Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets your AI assistant call external tools -- query databases, search the web, operate files. This guide shows how to configure and use MCP in Aino LifeOS.
- [Voice Conversation (Experimental)](https://aino.md/guide/ai/voice-conversation.html): Ask questions about the vault currently open in Aino Desktop and hear the answers. The speech provider handles recognition and playback; your selected text model or CLI Agent generates the answer.
- [Authoring a Custom Aino Theme](https://aino.md/guide/appearance/theme-authoring.html): An Aino Desktop theme is a local JSON file. It can define separate light and dark surfaces, text colors, accents, borders, corner radii, fonts, controls, shadows, and motion without installing a plugin or executing CSS o
- [Theme variable reference](https://aino.md/guide/appearance/theme-variables.html): Generated from the theme registry: **294 variables**. See the authoring guide for scope and usage. Run `pnpm theme:generate` after changing definitions; the documentation build checks for stale output.
- [Custom Workflow](https://aino.md/guide/best-practice/custom-workflow.html): PARA is just one way to organize Theme Notes in LifeOS -- it's not the only option. LifeOS's underlying mechanisms are flexible enough for you to customize workflows to suit your needs.
- [How to Review](https://aino.md/guide/best-practice/how-review.html): This article provides specific operational steps for each level of review, helping you build a sustainable review habit.
- [Project Lifecycle](https://aino.md/guide/best-practice/project-lifecycle.html): This article describes how to manage a project's complete lifecycle in Aino LifeOS, from creation to archiving.
- [Goal Management](https://aino.md/guide/best-practice/target.html): LifeOS's Periodic Notes naturally form a top-down goal management system: from annual direction to daily action, goals are broken down layer by layer and implemented level by level.
- [Time Management](https://aino.md/guide/best-practice/time.html): Time is a non-renewable resource. Aino LifeOS helps you see where your time goes and consciously allocate your energy through time tracking, Pomodoro timer, calendar, and multi-level aggregation.
- [Built-in Browser](https://aino.md/guide/browser/): Aino LifeOS includes a built-in web browser so you can browse the web while taking notes without switching apps. This guide covers how to use the browser and content clipping features.
- [Aino Web Clipper](https://aino.md/guide/browser/web-clipper.html): Aino Web Clipper turns a selection, readable article, or full page into Markdown and saves it directly to your local Aino Desktop vault. Extraction, editing, preview, and saving all happen on the page you are reading.
- [Core Concepts](https://aino.md/guide/concepts/core-concept.html): Understanding the following core concepts before using Aino LifeOS will help you build a better knowledge management system.
- [Prerequisites](https://aino.md/guide/concepts/pre-knowledge.html): Before you start using Aino LifeOS, you need to understand some foundational knowledge. You don't need to master these -- just having a basic understanding is enough.
- [Primary and Sub-systems](https://aino.md/guide/concepts/system.html): The LifeOS architecture is divided into the primary system and sub-systems. The primary system is the core note-taking framework, while sub-systems are auxiliary tools that serve the primary system.
- [Template Syntax](https://aino.md/guide/concepts/template-syntax.html): When Aino LifeOS creates periodic notes or theme notes, it renders variables in the template before writing the final Markdown file. This syntax is built in and does not require Templater.
- [Advanced Lists](https://aino.md/guide/editor/advanced-list.html): Aino LifeOS supports using LifeOS code blocks in Markdown to automatically index and aggregate data from across your entire vault.
- [My Note](https://aino.md/guide/editor/editor.html): Aino LifeOS uses a WYSIWYG Markdown editor. You write standard Markdown, but see rendered results in real-time.
- [My Note](https://aino.md/guide/editor/obsidian-compat.html): Aino LifeOS is fully compatible with Obsidian Flavored Markdown (OFM). You can directly open an Obsidian Vault and all notes will render and edit correctly.
- [Search](https://aino.md/guide/editor/search.html): Aino LifeOS provides three search methods: full-text search, quick switcher, and in-document find. This guide covers how to use each one.
- [GTD Example Vault](https://aino.md/guide/example-vaults/gtd.html): `LifeOS Pro GTD Vault` starts with execution. Unclear material goes into the inbox, then becomes a next action, waiting-for item, someday item, project, or reference note.
- [Example Vault Guides](https://aino.md/guide/example-vaults/): Aino LifeOS example vaults are working systems you can open directly. The complete package's `Example Vault` folder contains five filled examples—Memos, IPO, GTD, PARA, and OPC. Learn in one, then open its matching `Blan
- [IPO Example Vault](https://aino.md/guide/example-vaults/ipo.html): `LifeOS Pro IPO Vault` is for knowledge work as a production line: collect input, process it through themes, and turn it into output.
- [Memos Template Quick Start](https://aino.md/guide/example-vaults/memos.html): `LifeOS Pro Memos Vault` is designed for people coming from Logseq, flomo, or usememos. Learn continuous capture from two sample daily notes and one sample weekly review, then use `LifeOS Pro Memos Blank Vault` as your o
- [OPC LifeOS Example Vault](https://aino.md/guide/example-vaults/opc.html): `OPC LifeOS Vault` is an example vault for a one-person company. It splits solo operations into a CEO dashboard, seven departments, input/output pipelines, and AI-generated dashboards.
- [PARA Example Vault](https://aino.md/guide/example-vaults/para.html): `LifeOS Pro PARA Vault` is the safest starter vault. Periodic notes keep the timeline; projects, areas, resources, and archives organize long-term work.
- [Home View](https://aino.md/guide/home/): Open the Aino LifeOS home page to see an overview of core features.
- [Obsidian vs Aino](https://aino.md/guide/intro/obsidian-vs-aino.html): ProductComparison, ProductBoundaryNotice, ProductDecisionGuide, } from '../../../../../shared-site-theme/ProductComparison';
- [The Second Brain](https://aino.md/guide/intro/second-brain.html): The Second Brain is an external information management system. It acts as a cache between the first brain (our real brain) and the real world, reducing the memory burden on the brain so it can focus on the task at hand.
- [What is Aino LifeOS](https://aino.md/guide/intro/what-is-aino.html): Aino LifeOS is an AI-native note-taking desktop application. It is not an Obsidian plugin, but a standalone desktop app that is fully compatible with Obsidian vaults.
- [What is LifeOS](https://aino.md/guide/intro/what-is-lifeos.html): LifeOS is a life management system. It helps you manage all aspects of life and work through two core note systems -- Periodic Notes and Theme Notes.
- [Habit Statistics](https://aino.md/guide/periodic-notes/habit-statistics.html): Habit Statistics reads Markdown checkboxes under a configured heading in your daily notes, then summarizes completions, streaks, and trends. The feature is available by default in a new regular vault, while the built-in 
- [Periodic Notes](https://aino.md/guide/periodic-notes/): Periodic notes help you build rhythmic recording habits -- daily notes capture the day, weekly notes review the week, monthly notes summarize the month, quarterly notes set goals, yearly notes plan direction.
- [Quick Capture](https://aino.md/guide/periodic-notes/quick-capture.html): Quick Capture is Aino Desktop’s global capture surface. Whether you are viewing the calendar, editing a note, or talking with AI, you can save a thought or task without leaving the current workflow.
- [Start by Goal](https://aino.md/guide/quick-start/choose-your-goal.html): If this is your first time opening Aino, you do not need to learn the whole system first. Pick the thing that is blocking you now, follow the app path, then return to your daily note, weekly note, or theme note and keep 
- [Configuration Guide](https://aino.md/guide/quick-start/configuration.html): - **Mode** -- Light / Dark / System - **Accent colors** -- Custom primary, secondary, tertiary colors - **Gradient effects** -- Toggle gradient UI effects - **Background** -- Custom app and editor background colors
- [Start from today](https://aino.md/guide/quick-start/getting-started.html): Save a record of your own, create a task, and give it a time in the calendar. AI, sync, and folder organization can wait until this workflow works for you.
- [Migration, Coexistence, and Choice](https://aino.md/guide/quick-start/migration.html): If you are using the Obsidian LifeOS plugin, you can open the same Vault directly in Aino LifeOS. The point is not that you must migrate; it is that you can migrate, coexist, or keep using Obsidian + LifeOS Pro.
- [Open the Example Vault](https://aino.md/guide/quick-start/open-example-vault.html): The filled example vault is the best entry point for new users. It is not a blank folder; it already contains notes, folders, templates, and settings. After learning from it, open the matching blank vault as your own mai
- [Sync Your Aino Vault](https://aino.md/guide/quick-start/sync.html): :::tip First sync Back up important content before first use, verify the connection and cross-device behavior with a test vault, and only then connect your primary vault. :::
- [Usage](https://aino.md/guide/quick-start/usage.html): This page helps you choose the right starting path. Aino LifeOS can open the example vault, an empty folder, an existing Markdown vault, or an Obsidian LifeOS vault. Do not start by changing many settings. Pick the path 
- [Calendar Subscriptions](https://aino.md/guide/tasks-calendar/calendar-sub.html): Aino LifeOS supports external calendars through CalDAV, Google Calendar, and ICS subscriptions. Pick the method by sync direction: CalDAV and Google are better when you need two-way sync and phone reminders; ICS is bette
- [Calendar](https://aino.md/guide/tasks-calendar/calendar.html): Manage your schedules and tasks in Aino LifeOS. Switch to calendar view from the top navigation.
- [Pomodoro & Habit Tracking](https://aino.md/guide/tasks-calendar/pomodoro.html): Aino LifeOS has a built-in Pomodoro timer and habit tracking features. This guide shows how to use them to manage your time and track habits.
- [Task Workspace](https://aino.md/guide/tasks-calendar/tasks.html): Bring tasks from daily notes, projects, and reading notes into one workspace. Tasks stay in their original Markdown files, so you can review and edit them without switching between notes.
- [Theme Notes](https://aino.md/guide/theme-notes/): Theme notes are the basic unit of LifeOS. Every topic in your life and work -- whether it's a project with a deadline, an area requiring ongoing attention, or a topic you're interested in -- can be managed as a theme.
- [Connection](https://aino.md/guide/workflow/connection.html): LifeOS's two core systems -- Periodic Notes (time dimension) and Theme Notes (topic dimension) -- do not operate in isolation. They are interconnected through two mechanisms: tags and projects, forming a complete managem
- [Retrieval](https://aino.md/guide/workflow/retrieval.html): You've written plenty of notes -- how do you find them quickly? Aino LifeOS provides multiple retrieval methods, covering everything from precise lookups to casual browsing.
- [Review](https://aino.md/guide/workflow/review.html): Review is an indispensable part of the LifeOS workflow. Through regular retrospectives, you can assess goal progress, adjust priorities, and distill experience.
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- [Aino Mobile release history](https://aino.md/mobile-changelog/): - Hold to capture voice input, then release to transcribe and continue writing. - Browse notes and conversations with search, sync, and theme navigation.
- [Pricing](https://aino.md/pricing/): Today, Aino has two independent products: Aino Mobile for mobile capture, and Aino LifeOS Desktop for full local Markdown vault work. You can try Desktop Pro free for 7 days before purchasing through the official links b