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Vigil

Vigil keeps watch so you don't have to

Vigil is the part of Deck that doesn't wait to be asked. Think of it as the most attentive teammate you've ever had — the one who skims the room while you're heads-down, catches the email that slipped past you yesterday, notices the deal that's gone quiet, and slides a note into your inbox before you've even noticed there was something to chase.

You don't summon Vigil. It's already paying attention. Most days that means one or two short notes. Some days, nothing — when there's nothing worth telling you, Vigil stays quiet. By design.

Vigil · Note in your inbox
VigilToday · 9:14 AM
Acme renewal has gone quiet — and there's a signal worth checking.
What I noticed
Sam hasn't replied in 11 days. Your last message asked about Y2 pricing.
Why it matters
Their CFO posted on LinkedIn last week about a procurement freeze. That likely affects renewal timing.
Next move
A short check-in — *"any update on Q2 budget timing?"* — would re-open the thread without pushing on price.
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What Vigil notices​

  • A thread that's gone quiet. Jane at Acme hasn't replied in 18 days, the proposal hasn't been re-opened, and she's hiring a Head of RevOps — worth a check-in?
  • A teammate's question you missed. You CC'd your assistant on a thread; the other side asked a follow-up; Vigil answers in your inbox so you can decide whether to send it.
  • A newsletter that connects to your Friday meeting. Twenty-three issues piled up this week. Vigil read them all and pulls out the three that actually matter for you.
  • Anchored to your objectives. Vigil reads the objectives you set in Personalize your assistant and quietly keeps progress against them visible — even when you're heads-down on something else. If "land the Acme renewal" is on your list, Vigil's watching the threads, the calendar, and the signals tied to it, and it tells you when a nudge is worth making.

How Vigil decides what to surface​

Vigil builds a model of what matters to you from how you use Deck — the projects you keep adding to, the people who show up in your threads, the topics you keep forwarding in. When something changes (a reply lands, a deadline approaches, a thread goes quiet, a relevant article drops), it weighs the change against that picture and decides whether it's worth your attention.

The bar is high on purpose. You'll see one or two Vigil notes a day, never more than a handful. If Vigil isn't sure, it stays quiet. The more you use Deck, the sharper Vigil gets — there's no settings panel to fill in; it learns from what you engage with and what you dismiss.

What you'll get​

Notes from Vigil land in your inbox like any other email. Each one tells you:

  • What it noticed — the change, signal, or pattern that caught Vigil's eye
  • Why it matters — connecting it to a project, a person, or a pattern Vigil's seen in your work
  • The next move — usually a one-line action you can take, with an offer to draft it