Check-ins are the thing everyone means to do and nobody remembers. The fix isn't discipline — it's doing them where you already are, in the words you'd use anyway.

Before you start

• Setup Rhythms in Slack: Getting Started with Rhythms in Slack →

• Have at least one published goal

• Start a check-in rhythm, if you want to be prompted rather than remember

Step 1: Tell it what's true

If you know which goal

Name it, and say what happened.

Try it: @Rhythms check in on my goals

Also works: "update my Q3 revenue goal, we closed the two enterprise deals" · "mark the onboarding project 80% done" · "we're behind on activation, put it at risk"

If you'd rather it prompt you

Ask what's due, and it comes back with the list.

Try it: @Rhythms what check-ins are due this week?

Also works: "what haven't I updated in a while?" · "which of my goals are overdue for a check-in?"

If you have check-in notifications enabled on Slack

Reply to the notification with your check-in updates. Rhythms updates it without you having to leave Slack.

Step 2 : Optional · Turn a conversation into a check-in

A lot of progress gets talked through in a channel before anyone logs it: a thread about how the migration's going, a quick "where are we on renewals" back-and-forth. Tag Rhythms once that conversation exists and it turns the discussion itself into check-in drafts.

Try it: @Rhythms turn this conversation into check-ins

Also works: "did we cover anything check-in worthy in here?" · "log what we just decided against the right goals"

It only pulls from what was actually said. If the thread doesn't clearly cover a goal, it leaves that one out rather than guessing.

This also handles several goals at once — either ask directly, or let one conversation that touched four goals become four drafts you approve together.

Step 3: Review the draft, then confirm

Rhythms shows you what it's about to log against the goal, and where the number or status is coming from.

Every check-in is a draft until you confirm it. Reply in the thread to correct anything before it saves — that's faster than starting over.

Try it: @Rhythms make it 65% and note the API delay

Also works: "actually mark it at risk" · "change the note to mention the vendor delay" · "wrong goal — I meant the activation one"

Disagreeing with a suggested status is normal and cheap. Say so in the thread and it updates the same draft rather than making you begin again.

Where the draft comes from: what you said in the thread, plus any tools you've connected. When it isn't sure, it asks rather than guesses.

Make it a habit

Get asked, instead of remembering. Once your check-in rhythm is set, Rhythms can prompt you in the channel or in a DM when one is due.

Try it: @Rhythms remind me when my goals are due for a check-in

Ask before you update. Not sure what's changed since last time?

Try it: @Rhythms what's changed on my goals since my last check-in?

Also works: "what did I say last time on this goal?" · "has anything moved on my goals this week?"

Worth knowing

This is the same check-in as the web app. Not a Slack-only shadow copy. Anything logged here shows up on the goal in the product, and vice versa.

In a DM you don't need to tag it. Just talk to it. The @Rhythms prefix is only for channels and threads.

If something didn't work

Try Next

• Manage goals from Slack → When the goal itself needs to change, not just its status

• Work on documents from Slack →