Scene I of VI
INT. KITCHEN — DAY
Morning, no ceremony
(A phone on the counter. No app opens. The chat is already where you left it.)
you
Starting today's review block. Cardiovascular pharm.
relayrecording
Recorded — 9:04. Second pass on that deck. Cards are due at 9:40.
you
Move the mock exam to Saturday morning.
relayrecording
Moved to Saturday, 9:00. Thursday's light block absorbed the difference.
Scene II of VI
INT. LIBRARY — AFTERNOON, INTERRUPTED
The plan meets reality
(A shift opens up at work. Four hours you had planned are gone.)
you
Picked up a shift. Lost the afternoon.
relayrecording
Today drops to 40 minutes. Thursday takes the overflow, Sunday stays free.
you
I'm behind on renal. Fix it.
relay
Renal gets two blocks before the mock. Nothing moved past your exam date.
Scene III of VI
EXT. BUS — EVENING
Transit counts too
(No desk. No laptop. A voice note, seven seconds long.)
you
[voice note · 0:07] On the bus running cards on my phone — count it as review, twenty minutes.
relay
Logged 20m review. 38 cards, six wrong — those are queued for tomorrow.
Scene IV of VI
INT. DESK — LATE
The day, read aloud
(One slash command. No charts to configure first.)
you
/today
relay
2h 41m — pharm review 1h 20m · renal 48m · cards 33m. One block ahead of the plan.
you
What do I do tomorrow?
relay
Two blocks before 11:00. The six wrong cards come first, while you're fresh.
Scene V of VI
EXT. ANYWHERE — LATER
The syllabus, read for you
(You hand it three hundred pages. It hands back a calendar.)
you
Here's the syllabus PDF. Exam is 14 November.
relayrecording
Sixteen topics, 41 sub-topics. 63 days, 2h a day — 126 hours. Week one is on your calendar.
you
My study partner is sitting the same exam.
relay
Invite them to the workspace. One plan, one calendar, nothing counted twice.
Scene VI of VI
INT. NIGHT — WRAP
Lights down
(The rarest line in exam prep.)
you
Done for today.
relay
Closed at 2h 41m. Tomorrow starts with the six you got wrong. Sleep is on the schedule too.
Appendix A of II
Props: five commands
/tasksEverything open, ranked by what's slipping.
“Three topics behind. Renal is the one that slips first.”
/todayThe day so far, told back in your own entries.
“2h 41m across three blocks. Pharm was the longest sit.”
/reportWeekly rollup, formatted how you asked once, months ago.
“18h 20m this week. Five of seven days hit their block.”
/remindersEvery armed nudge, editable by sentence.
“Two armed: mock exam Saturday 9:00, cards at 21:00.”
/helpThe whole manual, but conversational.
“Ask me things like ‘how do I pause everything?’”
Appendix B of II
Director’s notes
Speak in ranges. “About two hours” logs honestly — precision theater is optional.
Correct mid-session. History reconciles instead of duplicating.
Study partners can share a workspace. Prefix @Relay and the room stays out of your record.
Timezones travel with you. The 8:00 brief means your 8:00, wherever you woke up.
Goals grow teeth: mock targets, streak counts, and a coach that mentions both.
When stuck, ask “what am I avoiding?”. It answers from your own record.
Production notes
If it needs a form, it will not get filled.
Your words are a better data model than categories.
Good software waits. It does not interrupt.