Smart Return

Return to the actual work, not just the app.

Smart Return brings you back to the file, the tab, the note, the message, and the thought you were holding, not the app you happened to last touch.

Last thread
Onboarding · Frame 4
Figma · empty state, frame 4
Linear · ONB-218
Notion · design notes ¶6
What comes back

The work, not the app.

Most tools hand you a list of what you last opened. Recall hands you the thread you were holding.

What other tools remember
  • App names, last opened
  • Time stamps and streaks
  • Reminders that nag without context
  • Notifications that survived your inbox
What Recall remembers
  • The file, the open question
  • The tab you were reading when the call came
  • The note paragraph you were rewriting
  • The thread you opened, the one that pulled you out
What a return looks like

One card, and the thread is back in your hands.

When you step away, Recall holds the session. When you come back, it hands you a single card with the artifact, the open question, and the exact place to resume, not a pile of notifications.

How Recall works →
Recallpaused 62m ago
recall://session/onboarding-review
Onboarding v3 · empty state
You were comparing two empty-state variants in Figma. The open question was whether to keep the secondary CTA.
Figma · Onboarding v3 / Frame 4
Linear · ONB-218, empty state
Notion · Design notes, paragraph 6
Slack · #design-review, last unread
Return to where you were
Three real returns

Different work, same kind of return.

The shape changes by role. What comes back does not: the exact stopping point, not the app you last touched.

Designer · onboarding flow
Lunch, then a sprint review pulled you 90 minutes off course.
Before the break

You were comparing two empty-state variants in Figma, frame 4. The open question was whether to keep the secondary CTA.

What Recall hands back
  • FigmaOnboarding v3 / Frame 4 · empty state
  • LinearONB-218 · empty state · viewed 41m ago
  • NotionDesign notes · paragraph 6 · half-typed
Back inLands back on frame 4. The Notion paragraph is one click away.
Engineer · feature branch
An incident in #ops drained the next two hours.
Before the break

You were mid-PR on the auth refactor, three files touched, one test failing on the boundary case.

What Recall hands back
  • VS Codeauth/session.ts · L142 · failing test pinned
  • Terminalvitest --filter session · last run 4 fails
  • GitHubPR #2148 · last review thread unread
Back inEditor opens to the failing test, already filtered.
Founder · investor update
Three Slack DMs and a vendor call scattered the morning.
Before the break

You were drafting the metrics section, paragraph two, sourcing numbers from Stripe and Mixpanel tabs.

What Recall hands back
  • NotionInvestor update · Q2 · paragraph 2
  • StripeMRR dashboard · last 30 days view
  • MixpanelActivation funnel · saved view
Back inLands in paragraph two. Both number tabs reopen behind the doc.
The Loops view

Every open loop, waiting for you.

The threads you stepped away from stay in one place. Resume the one that matters, snooze the rest, and let go of what no longer does.

Recall Loops listing stalled threads waiting to resume, each with Resume, Snooze, Done, and Let go actions.

Pick up exactly where you stopped.

Recall holds the thread while life interrupts, then hands it back the moment you return.

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