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How Reattend works

The desktop app on every employee's computer, and the dashboard for the people who run the organisation. Nothing to connect.

Dashboard:https://reattend.com

Overview

Reattend is an organisation's memory. The desktop app captures work on each computer and keeps the raw activity there, in an encrypted store. Only derived knowledge is shared with the organisation. The dashboard is where admins and leaders see what the organisation knows, who holds it, and what happens when people join, move or leave.

Getting started

An admin creates the organisation on reattend.com, sets up the structure and adds people. Each person gets an email with their licence and download links, installs the desktop app and joins. From then on the app captures work in the background, and the dashboard fills as shared knowledge arrives.

Free for organisations up to 20 employees. See pricing for Business and Government. For yourself only, get the desktop app for individuals.

DESKTOPDesktop app, first launch

Join your organisation

An admin adds you on the dashboard and you get an email with your licence and the download links. Install the desktop app, then join with one button from that email, or type your work email in the app and enter the 6-digit code it sends you.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
Join from the emailYour inboxEmployeeOne button in the email your admin sends. The app opens and joins.
Join with a codeDesktop appEmployeeType your work email, then the 6-digit code sent to it.
LicenceDashboard, Desktop seatsAdminOne licence per employee who uses the app, for up to 3 of their computers.
DESKTOPDesktop app, runs in the background

How capture works

The desktop app captures work as it happens, on the computer. An AI model that runs on your computer turns the day into memories: a title and summary, facts, tasks, decisions, and the people and organisations involved. There is nothing to connect.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
Screen textWork appsAutomaticText on screen in apps and sites that count as work.
DocumentsFolders you chooseYouDocuments in the folders you pick are read and indexed.
MeetingsOn the computerYouRecorded and transcribed on the computer, with speakers told apart.
DictationAnywhereYouSpeak, and it types.
Scanned paperOn the computerYouScans are read on the computer and become searchable.
DESKTOPDesktop app, Settings

Work and personal

Only apps and sites marked as work count as work, either because you marked them or because your organisation's policy requires them. Personal time never leaves the computer. Only derived knowledge is ever shared: a memory's title and summary, facts, tasks, names and meeting notes.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
Work apps and sitesDesktop appEmployeeMark the apps and sites you use for work.
Required by policySet by your organisationAdminApps your organisation treats as work for everyone.
Never sharedStays on the computerEveryoneScreen text, audio, transcripts, browsing history, clipboard and the documents themselves.
DESKTOPDesktop app, Ask and Recall

Ask, recall, the notch and briefs

Ask answers questions from your own memory and from the organisation's shared memory you are allowed to see, and names who each part came from. Recall opens from anywhere with a keyboard shortcut. A small strip at the top of the screen, the notch, shows what matters.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
AskDesktop appEveryoneAnswers from your memory and the shared memory you may see, with names.
RecallKeyboard shortcutEveryoneLook something up without leaving the app you are in.
NotchTop of the screenEveryoneWhat matters now, including important announcements.
BriefsMorning and eveningEveryoneWhat is ahead in the morning, what happened in the evening.
TodayDesktop appEveryoneAnnouncements, policies to read and accept, an exit interview to answer.
CommitmentsAutomaticEveryoneClose themselves when there is evidence they were done.
DESKTOPDesktop app, What left this Mac

What left this Mac

Every item that went to your organisation, why it qualified, exactly what was sent and who can see it. Any item can be taken back. Switches choose which kinds of item may leave, and a complete list shows everything else the app sends. No analytics, no tracking.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
Sent itemsDesktop appEmployeeWhat was sent, why it qualified, who can see it.
Take backAny itemEmployeeRemove an item from the organisation's shared memory.
SwitchesBy kind of itemEmployeeChoose which kinds of knowledge may leave the computer.
Everything elseComplete listEmployeeEvery other request the app makes, listed.
DASHBOARDreattend.com, Overview

The control room

The dashboard is the organisation's side, used by admins, leadership, HR and the heads and leads of departments. Employees never need it. The control room is scoped by role: the whole organisation for leadership, their vertical for a head, their team for a lead.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
This weekControl roomLeadersWhat matters, written by AI from the organisation's memory. Every number counted, nothing guessed.
OverlapsControl roomLeadersTeams working on the same thing without each other.
Decisions and follow-throughControl roomLeadersWhat followed each decision, the quiet ones first.
RisksControl roomLeadersQuestions left waiting, knowledge held by one person, people leaving, overdue commitments.
Board packPDFLeadersOne page for a board or leadership meeting.
Digest and alertsEmailLeadersA daily digest, and an alert the day a risk trips.
DASHBOARDreattend.com, People

People

Add people one at a time or import a CSV. Each person gets their licence and download links by email. Give Leadership or HR access, and open "If they left tomorrow" for anyone: the topics only they hold, their open commitments, the decisions they own and who is best placed to take over.

CSV columns

ColumnWhereWhoDescription
emailCSV columnRequiredWork email. The only column you must fill.
name, titleCSV columnsOptionalShown in People and on records.
departmentCSV columnOptionalA department that already exists, by name.
department_roleCSV columnOptionalhead, manager or member.
roleCSV columnOptionalmember, admin or guest. Only an admin can assign admin or guest.

Example CSV (the header row is optional)

email,name,title,department,department_role,role
amara@valdora.example,Amara Osei,Head of Finance,Finance,head,member
lucas@valdora.example,Lucas Berg,Analyst,Finance,member,member
DASHBOARDreattend.com, Structure

Structure

Set up departments and teams, what each level is called in your organisation, and roles. Structure decides who sees what in the control room and in shared memory.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
Departments and teamsStructureAdminTeams sit inside departments, the way your organisation is built.
Level namesStructureAdminCall each level what your organisation calls it.
RolesStructureAdminHeads, managers and members in each department.
DASHBOARDreattend.com, Transitions

Transitions

One timeline per person who is joining, moving role or leaving, with the next step. Exit interviews are answered in the desktop app and turned into a handoff document.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
By personTransitionsAdmin, HRWho joined, moved or left, and what is next.
Exit interviewsDesktop appLeaving employeeAnswered in the app, turned into a handoff document.
Handing overTransitionsAdmin, HRA handoff document from memory.
Moving roleTransitionsAdmin, HRKnowledge transfer when someone changes role.
JoiningTransitionsAdmin, HRA first-week packet for a joiner, from memory.
DASHBOARDreattend.com, Decisions and Policies

Decisions and policies

The decisions log keeps what was decided, by whom and why. Policies are published on the dashboard and read and accepted by people in the desktop app, so you can see who has acknowledged each one.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
DecisionsDashboardLeadersWhat was decided, who decided and why.
Publish a policyDashboardAdminIt appears in Today in everyone's desktop app.
AcknowledgeDesktop appEmployeeRead the policy and accept it.
DASHBOARDreattend.com, Announcements

Announcements

Send announcements at three levels to the whole organisation or part of it, and see their reach: who saw it, who acknowledged it, and which team trails.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
NormalTodayAdminShown in Today in the desktop app.
ImportantToday, notchAdminAlso on the notch and as a notification.
Must readToday, notchAdminStays until the person acknowledges it.
ReachDashboardAdminWho saw it, who acknowledged, which team trails.
DASHBOARDreattend.com, Governance

Governance and single sign-on

Manage desktop licences, read a tamper-evident audit log, run compliance exports and erasure, and set up single sign-on. Every person can see who opened their memories.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
Desktop seatsGovernanceAdminLicences for the desktop app, per employee.
Audit logGovernanceAdminHash-chained, so any change to past entries shows.
ComplianceGovernanceAdminExports and erasure.
SSOGovernanceAdminOpenID Connect with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta or Google Workspace. SAML on request.

What the SSO page asks for

Provider       Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace, or other OpenID Connect
Email domain   the domain that should sign in with SSO, e.g. valdora.example
Client ID      from the application you register with your provider
Client secret  from the same application
Redirect URI   shown on the SSO page, to paste into your provider
DASHBOARDEvery answer and every page

Access rules

Access is checked on every record, with eight rules. The AI only ever sees what the person asking is allowed to see.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
AdminsOrganisationAdminAdmins see all records.
PrivateRecordCreatorOnly the person who created it.
TeamRecordTeamMembers of the team.
DepartmentRecordDepartmentThe department, with heads and managers above it.
OrganisationRecordEveryoneAny member of the organisation.
SharesRecordNamedA person, department or role the record was shared with.
SERVERGovernment and regulated organisations

Your own server

Government and regulated organisations can run their own server. Laptops talk only to it, it mirrors the AI models and installers, and Reattend holds nothing. Air-gapped installs are possible, and a trainer can be sent to scan existing paper records, read by an OCR pipeline.

In detail

ItemWhereWhoDescription
Own serverInside your wallsYour ITLaptops talk only to it. Reattend holds nothing.
Air-gappedOn requestYour ITModels and installers are mirrored on your server.
Paper recordsWith a trainerReattendExisting paper scanned and read by an OCR pipeline.

Troubleshooting

ProblemWhat to do
No email arrivedCheck spam, then ask your admin to resend it from People. You can also join by typing your work email in the app.
Code not acceptedCodes expire. Ask the app for a new one and use the latest.
Nothing is sharedCheck which apps and sites are marked as work, and the switches in What left this Mac.
Wrong control roomScope follows your role and department. An admin can fix it in People or Structure.

Announcement levels

Every announcement has one of three levels, set when you send it:

LevelMeaning
normalShown in Today in the desktop app.
importantAlso shown on the notch and as a notification.
must readStays in place until the person acknowledges it.

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