Guide
How to use Remi
Everything you can do, with real examples
Getting started
Once you're approved everything happens inside WhatsApp — no app to download, no account to create.
Your welcome message
Remi sends you a first message to activate the conversation. You don't need to do anything first.
Hi! I'm Remi 👋 Your WhatsApp assistant for reminders, todos, and lists. Just text me like you'd text a friend — no commands needed.What do you want to remember first?
Your first message
Just say what you need. Plain English always works.
Remind me to call Dave tomorrow at 9am
Done ✓ Tomorrow at 9:00amCall Dave
Greetings work too
Say hello on its own, or combine a greeting with a request in one message.
Hi, remind me to call Dave at 9
Hey! Done ✓ Today at 9:00amCall Dave
How Remi responds
Remi always confirms what it understood. If it needs clarification it asks, then confirms after you reply.
remind me about the thing with James
What would you like to be reminded about with James, and when?
Call James tomorrow at 11am
Done ✓ Tomorrow at 11:00amCall James
Reminders
One-off, recurring, or multiple at once — set and manage them all in plain English.
Set a reminder
Say what and when. Remi understands natural language dates, times, and relative expressions like "in two hours" or "next Friday".
Remind me to call Dave tomorrow at 9am
Done ✓ Tomorrow at 9:00amCall Dave
No time given — Remi asks
Leave out the time and Remi will ask. Reply with a time in any format.
Remind me to pay electricity
Sure — when should I remind you?
Tomorrow at 8am
Done ✓ Tomorrow at 8:00amPay electricity
Multiple reminders at once
Give multiple dates or days in one message — Remi creates a separate reminder for each.
Remind me Monday and Thursday at 8am to check emails
Done ✓ Created 2 reminders at 8:00amMonday · Thursday — Check emails
Recurring reminders
Describe the pattern — daily, weekly, every weekday, or a specific day. You can also add an end date or a number of repeats.
Every weekday at 7am remind me to check email
Set ✓ Every weekday at 7:00amCheck email
Remind me to take vitamins every morning for 30 days
Set ✓ Daily at 9:00am · 30 timesTake vitamins
View upcoming reminders
Reminders?
Your reminders:
• Mon 8:00am — Check emails
• Thu 8:00am — Check emails
• Fri 6:00pm — Pick up dry cleaning
Edit a reminder's time
Remi confirms before updating.
Move dentist to Friday at 2pm
Change dentist reminder to Friday at 2:00pm?
↩ Yes
↩ No
Delete a reminder
Cancel the dentist reminder
Deleted ✓Dentist — Friday at 2:00pm
Clear all reminders
Clear all my reminders
Delete all 3 reminders?
↩ Yes
↩ No
When a reminder fires
Remi sends a notification with a snooze menu. Tap an option, or just reply with any time — "tonight at 8", "in 20 min", "next Monday".
⏰ Reminder
Call Dave
Due now — Tuesday, 9:00am
≡ Snooze options
Snooze options✕
⏱5 minutes
Remind me in 5 min
⏱30 minutes
Remind me in 30 min
⏱1 hour
Remind me in 1 hour
⏱3 hours
Remind me in 3 hours
⏱This afternoon
Today at 2:00pm
⏱This evening
Today at 6:00pm
⏱Tomorrow morning
Tomorrow at 9:00am
⏱Next week
Monday at 9:00am
Todos
Tasks without a specific time. Add them fast, view them anytime, clear them when done.
Add a todo
Add pay electricity to my todos
View todos
Remi sends back all open items, grouped by list.
Todos?
Your todos:
Personal:
• Pay electricity
• Book haircut
Work:
• Send quarterly report
Mark an item done
Say "done", "sorted", "klaar", or "finished". Remi matches the closest item.
Mark all done
Remi confirms before clearing everything.
Mark everything done
Mark all 3 todos as done?
Yes
Delete an item
Different from marking done — removes it entirely.
Bulk add — mixed todos and reminders
Send a multiline list. Items with times become reminders, items without become todos. Remi confirms before saving.
Buy groceries
Call dentist Friday at 3pm
Pay electricity
Team meeting tomorrow 10am
Got it — I'll add:
Todos: Buy groceries · Pay electricity
Reminders: Dentist (Fri 3pm) · Team meeting (tomorrow 10am)
Looks right?
Yes
Done ✓ Added 2 todos and 2 reminders.
Lists
Named collections — shopping, packing, books, anything. Add items in a message or block, mark things done by tapping.
Add items to a list
Remi creates the list if it doesn't exist. After adding you get Show list and Undo buttons.
Add milk, bread and butter to my shopping list
Added 3 items to Shopping ✓
↩ Show list
↩ Undo
You can also send a heading followed by a block:
Shopping:
Milk
Bread
Butter
Coffee
Added 4 items to Shopping ✓
↩ Show list
↩ Undo
View a list
Tap "Open items" to mark things done without typing. After the last item is ticked, Remi asks whether to keep or delete the list.
Shopping list
Shopping
1. Milk · 2. Bread · 3. Butter
Tap an item to mark it done.
≡ Open items
Open items✕
Tap to mark done
Actions
Share list
Invite someone to shopping
Delete list
Remove shopping and all its items
Browse all lists
My lists
Your lists
1. shopping (3 items)
2. packing (7 items)
3. work (2 items)
≡ See all lists
See all lists✕
Your lists
Actions
New list
Create a new list
Show everything
View all items across all lists
Show everything
Show everything
Here's everything:
Shopping:
1. Milk · 2. Bread · 3. Butter
Work:
1. Send report · 2. Call client
Mark done by text
If you have multiple lists, name the list to avoid any ambiguity.
Rename a list
Rename shopping to groceries
Renamed ✓ Shopping → Groceries
↩ Show list
Move an item between lists
Move milk to groceries
Moved ✓ Milk → Groceries
↩ Show list
Merge two lists
Merge shopping and groceries
Merge Shopping (3 items) into Groceries (5 items)?
↩ Yes
↩ Swap order
↩ No
Delete a list
If it has items Remi confirms first. Empty lists are removed immediately.
Delete holiday list
Delete Holiday and its 4 items?
↩ Delete
↩ Keep
Find an item
Where's milk?
Milk is on your Shopping list.
Sharing & contacts
Save people, share lists, and set reminders together — all from within WhatsApp.
Contacts
Add a contact by number
Add Sarah +27821234567
Saved ✓ Sarah — +27 82 123 4567
Add a contact by sharing a vCard
Share any contact from your phone into the Remi chat. Remi asks before saving.
Save Sarah Mokoena (+27 82 123 4567) as a contact?
↩ Yes
↩ No
Shared lists
Share a list
The other person receives a Join / Decline invite. Once they accept they can add and check off items.
Share my shopping list with Sarah
Done ✓ Sarah will get an invite on WhatsApp.
Shopping list invite
You've been invited to join a shared list.
↩ Join
↩ Decline
Remove a member
Only the list owner can remove members.
Remove Sarah from shopping list
Done ✓ Sarah has been removed from Shopping.
Leave a shared list
If you're the owner and others are still on the list, ownership transfers automatically.
Leave shopping list
You've left Shopping. Sarah is still a member and the list stays active.
Shared reminders
Remind you and someone else
The other person receives Accept / Decline buttons. Once they accept, both of you get reminded.
Remind me and Sarah to bring snacks Saturday at 2pm
Done ✓ I'll send Sarah an invite. Both of you will be reminded on Saturday at 2:00pm once she accepts.
Reminder invite
Bring snacks — Saturday at 2:00pm
↩ Accept
↩ Decline
Remind someone else only
You get no reminder. Only the other person does.
Tell Sarah to call me at 3pm
Done ✓ Sarah will get a reminder for 3:00pm today.
Reminder from Remi
Call back — Today at 3:00pm
↩ Accept
↩ Decline
Power features
Shortcuts and smart behaviour once you've got the basics down.
Undo
Say "undo", "actually no", or "scratch that" within 10 minutes of any action to reverse it. An Undo button also appears after adding items to a list.
Undo
Undone ✓ Removed 3 items from Shopping.
Wrong list correction
Wrong list — I meant the groceries list
Moved ✓ 3 items → Groceries
↩ Show list
Duplicate detection
Remind me to call Dave tomorrow at 9am
You already have "Call Dave" set for tomorrow at 9:00am. Add another one anyway?
No
Set your timezone
Set timezone to Africa/Johannesburg
Done ✓ Timezone set to Africa/Johannesburg (SAST, UTC+2)
Help
Help
Here's what I can do:
Reminders — "Remind me to… [time]"
Lists — "Add [items] to [list]"
Todos — "Add [task] to my todos"
Just talk normally — no commands needed.
Tips & tricks
🗣️
Plain English, always
Formal phrasing not needed. "remind me abt the gym tmrw" and "lekker, remind me to check the braai at 6" both work fine.
↩️
Reply to alerts to snooze
When a reminder fires, tap Reply and send any time: "tonight at 8", "in 20 min", "next Monday". No need to use the picker.
⏪
Undo within 10 minutes
Say "undo", "actually no", or "scratch that" after any action and Remi reverses it. No questions asked.
😊
Gratitude
Say "thanks" or "cheers" and Remi will say it back. Small thing, but it's there.