Habit details

Click a habit's name in the habits list to open its detail screen. It shows what the habit actually does — the exact steps — not just its name, whether you taught it or Plainwork detected it automatically.

Rename

Click Rename next to the title, type a new name, and press Enter. The new name is used everywhere and syncs to your other devices.

Read the steps

Each step lists what it does in plain language — "Click 'Send' in Slack", "Read the list of issues from Linear" — with a tag for anything that:

• needs review: A best guess Plainwork wants you to confirm.
• needs your approval (⚠): An irreversible step that pauses on every run.

The details section below shows the schedule, when it last ran, and any folders the habit is allowed to read. For a scheduled habit, Run automatically on this Mac controls device-local permission:

• Allowed for this exact version: It can start on schedule.
• Review required: The habit is new here or its executable definition changed. Click Allow this version after reviewing its steps, or turn the switch off to skip automatic runs.
• Off: Plainwork skips its automatic runs on this Mac.

Turning it on authorizes only the version shown. Destructive actions still ask.

For a background browser habit, Background browser shows its approved websites, primary tab/main frame, required storage and Chrome setup status. Set up Chrome access in a signed Plainwork build before running a habit that borrows cookies. Unsupported storage requirements stop execution before it starts.

Browser habits start with bounded recovery enabled. Uncheck Allow AI recovery for this habit to turn it off. After a successful recovery, review its proposed replacement steps before accepting them. The original goal stays fixed, and stale proposals cannot overwrite a newer habit.

Sharing

The Sharing section says who else can get this habit — nobody by default. Change offers Share with the team (it appears in your organization's team library) and, for admins, Make org-wide (every member gets a copy). Sharing publishes the steps, never your runs. See Shared & org-wide habits.

Change a step (re-learning)

Background browser steps cannot be re-learned yet. For other habits:

1. Click Edit on a step.
2. Update its title and/or describe what the step should do.
3. Click Save & re-learn.

Because you've changed what the step should do, Plainwork can no longer trust the element it learned before, so it re-learns that step: the habit drops back to Draft and won't run on its schedule until you run it once and publish it again. This keeps a changed habit from acting on a stale, wrong target.

Delete

Delete removes the habit after a confirmation. You can also pause or resume it from here without deleting.