Get the most out of Insyst

What is Insyst

Insyst is a shared reminder platform. Keep personal reminders to yourself, or collaborate with a team: reminders live in collections, collections live in workspaces, and everyone gets notified on the channels and devices they choose — at the right local time, in the right timezone.

It's one app everywhere: use it on your phone, tablet, or in the browser at https://insyst.debos.opsonspot.com/app.

Create your account

1. Sign up with your name, email, and a password (at least 8 characters).
2. Verify your email by entering the 6-digit code we send you. Didn't get it? Tap Resend. Verifying also signs you in.
3. You're in. A personal workspace and a “My Reminders” collection are created for you automatically.

Forgot your password? Use Forgot password — we email a 6-digit code, then you set a new password right in the app. No links to chase.

Opening the app

Open Insyst in your browser at https://insyst.debos.opsonspot.com/app, or install the mobile app on your phone/tablet. Your data syncs across all of them.

Core concepts

So the hierarchy is simply: Workspace → Collection → Reminder. In a shared workspace, roles decide who can do what (see Workspaces & teams).

Your first reminder

1. Tap the + button.
2. Give it a title (e.g. “Call the plumber”).
3. Pick a date and time. The time is shown in your timezone.
4. Optionally choose a collection — or leave it blank to drop it in My Reminders.
5. Save. You'll be reminded when it's due.

That's it for a quick reminder. Everything below is optional power.

Reminders in depth

Repeat (recurring reminders)

Turn on Repeat to have a reminder recur — daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, with intervals (“every 2 weeks”), specific weekdays, month-days (including the last day of the month), and an end condition (a stop date or a number of times). Each occurrence fires at the right local time, even across daylight-saving changes.

All-day & important

Mark a reminder all-day when the time of day doesn't matter, or flag it important to surface it in the Important list.

Event vs deadline

Pre-reminders (a heads-up)

Add a pre-reminder to get a heads-up a set time before the main one — e.g. 15 minutes before a meeting.

Auto-snooze

If you don't respond when a reminder fires, Insyst can auto-snooze and re-ring so it isn't missed. An event eventually gives up; a deadline escalates to overdue nudges until it's done.

Timezones

Times are stored precisely and always shown in your timezone. A shared reminder fires at the correct local time for each person. A collection or workspace can set its own default timezone, and you can override the zone on an individual reminder.

Assign & completion policy (shared reminders)

In a shared collection you can assign a reminder to a specific member, and choose who needs to complete it:

• Anyone — the first person to close it completes it for everyone.
• Everyone — each member completes their own.
• Specific — only the assignee.

Managing reminders

• Complete a reminder when it's done — or reopen it if you closed it early.
• Snooze from the reminder or the alert, with one-tap presets or a custom time.
• Search across all your reminders by title or description.
• Browse by Today, Upcoming, Overdue, Important, and Completed.
• Bulk actions — select several reminders to complete, delete, flag, or move them to another collection at once.

Collections

Collections keep related reminders together. Create as many as you like inside a workspace, rename them, and give each a default timezone if its reminders belong to a particular place.

• My Reminders is your private personal collection — it can't be shared.
• In a shared workspace, a collection can have members with View, Edit, or Manage permissions.
• Each member picks which of their channels a collection's reminders notify (see below).

Workspaces & teams

A workspace groups collections and people. You always have a personal workspace; create more to collaborate.

Roles

You can't grant a role at or above your own, and you choose exactly which collections each member can access.

Invitations

Invite teammates to a workspace by email with a role. They'll find the invite in their in-app inbox — no link to click — and can accept or decline it. Managers can resend or revoke pending invites from the workspace's Members view.

Notification channels

Choose where reminders reach you by adding contact points:

• Send a test to a channel to confirm it works.
• Per-collection routing — pick which of your channels a given collection uses.
• Per-reminder override — pin a single reminder to specific channels.
• Shared team channels — a workspace or collection can have its own channels that fire in addition to members' personal ones (e.g. a team Slack).

Push and mobile push are provided by Insyst. Email, Slack, Telegram, and webhook are “bring your own” destinations you configure on each contact point.

Alerts & history

• When a reminder is due it notifies your chosen channels. On Android, an important reminder can ring with a full-screen alarm you can snooze or complete right there.
• Acting on a reminder on one device silences it on your other devices automatically.
• Review what fired in Notification history, and tune what you receive in Notification preferences.

Settings

• Profile — update your name; change your email (confirmed by a 6-digit code to the new address).
• Timezone — your account default, used to show and schedule times.
• Notifications — toggle push, email, and reminder alerts.
• Appearance — System / Light / Dark.
• Security — change your password.
• AI Tool Access — tokens for AI tools & IDEs (see below).
• Delete account — permanently remove your account and data (requires your password).

AI tools & IDEs (MCP)

Insyst speaks the Model Context Protocol (MCP), so you can create and manage your reminders straight from an AI tool — Claude, Cursor, or VS Code Copilot. Ask “remind me to renew the domain next Tuesday at 9am” and it just happens.

Two ways to connect: Claude on the web/desktop connects with a one-time sign-in (no token — jump to it). Command-line & IDE tools (Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code Copilot) use a token you generate below.

1. Generate a token (for Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code)

1. Open Settings → AI Tool Access.
2. Tap Generate new token, give it a name (e.g. “My laptop Claude”).
3. Copy the token now — it's shown only once. Treat it like a password; it can act as you. Revoke it anytime from the same screen.

The same screen shows your MCP server URL — https://insyst.debos.opsonspot.com/mcp.

2. Connect a command-line / IDE tool

Paste the token you generated as a Bearer header.

Claude Code (CLI):

claude mcp add --transport http insyst https://insyst.debos.opsonspot.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer <your-token>"

Cursor — add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "insyst": {
      "url": "https://insyst.debos.opsonspot.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <your-token>" }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot) — add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "insyst": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://insyst.debos.opsonspot.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <your-token>" }
    }
  }
}

3. Connect Claude (web & desktop)

Claude uses a secure one-time sign-in — no token to paste. You approve access once, like connecting any other app.

1. In Claude, open Settings → Connectors (under Customize).
2. Click Add → Add custom connector.
3. Set Name to Insyst and Remote MCP server URL to https://insyst.debos.opsonspot.com/mcp. Leave the OAuth client fields blank, then click Add.
4. Click Connect. If asked, sign in to Insyst, then tap Authorize on the Insyst consent screen.
5. Done. Ask Claude things like “get my reminders” or “remind me to renew the domain next Tuesday at 9am.” The first time it uses a tool, Claude asks your permission — choose Allow.

No token needed for Claude web/desktop — it signs in over OAuth. Disconnect anytime from Claude's Connectors page, or revoke access in Insyst under Settings → AI Tool Access. Custom connectors require a Claude plan that supports them.

What the AI can do

Once connected, the tool can create, list, search, update, complete, snooze and delete reminders; browse and manage your workspaces and collections; and read your settings — all scoped to your account and permissions, exactly like the app.

Your token only reaches these reminder tools — it can't change your password or delete your account. Revoke it anytime in Settings → AI Tool Access.

FAQ

Why didn't my reminder ring?

Check that you've added at least one notification channel and allowed notifications on your device, and that the reminder's time is in the future in your timezone.

Can I use Insyst on the web?

Yes — the full app runs in your browser at https://insyst.debos.opsonspot.com/app, alongside the mobile apps.

What happens to a shared reminder when a teammate completes it?

It depends on the completion policy: Anyone closes it for the group; Everyone means each person completes their own; Specific means only the assignee.

Is there an API?

Yes — the full REST API is documented at /swagger.