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Vigil

How Vigil works

You don't have to know any of this to use Vigil. But if you're curious, here's the shape of it.

Three things Vigil does​

1. It watches​

On a built-in cadence, Vigil looks at how your world has shifted since last time — new emails, calendar changes, project activity, the people you're tracking, the newsletters piling up. It's evaluating state, not acting on it.

2. It reacts to events​

Some things prompt Vigil immediately:

  • You CC your assistant on an outbound email — Vigil watches the thread for follow-ups it can help with.
  • Someone forwards something to your assistant address — Vigil routes it (file it, summarize it, fold it into the right project).

3. It explores on its own​

On its own schedule, Vigil takes a proactive pass — instead of waiting for an event, it walks through your active projects and asks:

  • Has this gone quiet?
  • Is there an external signal I should bring to this?
  • Is the proposal still being read?
  • Has the buying committee changed?

If the answer is interesting, Vigil writes you a note. If not, it stays quiet.

Memory​

Vigil remembers what it learns. The first time it surfaces "Jane at Acme has gone quiet", it stores that — so the next time around, it doesn't tell you again unless something has changed. It also remembers what you engage with vs. dismiss, and tunes accordingly.

Why it stays quiet​

Vigil has hard rules to avoid becoming noise:

  • One nudge per topic per window. A stalled deal doesn't get surfaced again next week unless something new happened.
  • Confidence and impact bars. Weak signals don't surface alone. Vigil combines them.
  • Daily caps. Most days you'll see one or two notes — never more than a handful.
  • Dismiss anything. Tell it to stop on the note and Vigil won't surface that topic again.

What it never does​

  • Reply on your behalf without asking. When Vigil drafts a reply, it offers it to you — it doesn't send it.
  • Loop in external parties. Vigil's notes are between you and Vigil. External replies go through you.
  • Hold onto information you've asked it to forget. Memory is editable.