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 the bound site, origin, primary tab/main frame, and required storage names. It also shows device availability and whether website qualification and Chrome setup are pending. Real websites remain unavailable in this beta; only the built-in tests can run. Unsupported storage requirements stop execution before it starts.

Eligible browser habits can opt into bounded recovery. 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.