> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.sonto.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

> The words Sonto uses, and exactly what each one means

Sonto has a small, precise vocabulary. This page is the canonical reference for what each term means.
Where a concept has its own page, follow the link for the full detail.

## Area

An ongoing part of your life or a role you play — like *work*, *family*, or *health*. Areas never
"finish". An area can hold projects and tasks, and carries an [intensity score](#intensity-score). See
[Projects & Areas](/reference/projects-areas).

## Filter

Narrowing a view to one or more [tags](#tag) using the filter bar. Filters are **sticky** (remembered
for a couple of hours) and **view-specific** (each screen remembers its own). See [Tags](/reference/tags).

## Focus

A distraction-free view of a single task.

* **Focus view** (Mac) — a full-screen view showing a task and its scheduled time. Open it with
  <kbd>Cmd</kbd> + <kbd>.</kbd>.
* **Focus mode** (iPhone) — the iOS equivalent.

## Goal

A concrete outcome you set for the **year**, under an [area](#area). Goals are the annual targets your
quarterly [milestones](#milestone) move you toward.

## Group

Sonto uses "group" in two distinct ways:

1. **Planning group** — a grouping in a [quarterly or yearly plan](#plan), usually named after an
   area or theme, that holds the [milestones](#milestone) or goals you set for it. A planning group carries
   an [intensity score](#intensity-score).
2. **Task group** — a named heading *inside* a project or area that you drag tasks into, to add
   structure. See [Projects & Areas](/reference/projects-areas).

## Inbox

The global catch-all. Anything you capture without giving it a home lands here. Empty it regularly —
during daily planning, for instance — by scheduling, filing, or deleting each item. See
[Screens](/reference/screens).

## Intensity score

A numeric guardrail (roughly 1–10) for how much time and energy something deserves. Set on
[areas](#area) during yearly planning and on planning [groups](#group) during quarterly planning, it
helps you set the right workload before you start adding goals or milestones.

## Intention

A short, directional statement of what a [plan](#plan) is about — set at the **year** and **quarter**
level (for example, "a year of building"). Softer than a goal; it sets the tone.

## Milestone

A concrete 90-day outcome set during **quarterly** planning to move a yearly [goal](#goal) forward.

## Natural language input

Typing a task's details — date, time, project or area, and tags — straight into its name, where Sonto
reads them out and applies them, leaving a clean title. See
[Natural language input](/reference/natural-language-input).

## Plan

Used two ways:

* **Plan** (verb) — the core action in Sonto. You *plan* your year, quarter, week, and day.
* **A plan** (noun) — the document you create for a **year** or **quarter**. It holds your
  [intention](#intention), [groups](#group), and [milestones](#milestone)/goals, and lives in your
  sidebar. (Planning a week or day simply means scheduling tasks for it — those don't create a
  document.) See [Plan your Year and Quarter](/reference/planning/quarter-year).

## Planning reminder

The in-app nudge that prompts you when it's time to plan. You choose when it appears.

## Project

A bounded effort with a start and an end and a clear outcome — something you can mark complete and
close. A project can stand alone or sit inside an [area](#area). See
[Projects & Areas](/reference/projects-areas).

## Quick capture

Adding something to Sonto from anywhere, without opening the app — via a global hotkey on Mac, or Siri
and Spotlight on iPhone. Captured items land in your [inbox](#inbox).

## Reflection

A free-form note attached to a horizon — your **day**, **week**, **quarter**, or **project**. Taking a
moment to reflect is a core part of the Sonto method.

## Tag

A label you define yourself that cuts **across** areas, projects, dates, and tasks, so you can group
and focus on related work wherever it lives. A task can carry several tags. The verb is "tag". See
[Tags](/reference/tags).

## Task

The atomic unit of work in Sonto. A task can be flagged important, scheduled to a day or week, placed
on the calendar as a [time block](#time-block), filed in a project or area, tagged, and given notes.
See [Tasks](/reference/tasks).

## Time block

A task scheduled onto your calendar as an event, reserving time to do it. See
[Calendar](/reference/calendar).