Some work needs you.
A lot of it doesn't.
Plainwork watches how you work. It spots what you repeat. Then it asks if it should just handle that. Nothing leaves your machine. Nothing to configure.
macos, windows coming soon · your data stays on your machine
Most repeated work never gets automated.
Not because it isn't worth automating. Because the setup always costs more than just doing it again. So you do it again. And next week. And the week after.
Until something notices for you.
no setup. no flows. no code.
- Mon · Mar 3Flag invoices past net-603 flagged, 1 escalated1m 12s
- Tue · Mar 4Catch and remove duplicates before export3 caught0m 48s
- Wed · Mar 5Screen new applicants against the must-haves49 screened, 3 flagged3m 22s
- Thu · Mar 6Check the offer paperwork before it goes out6 reviewed, 1 held2m 11s
- Fri · Mar 7Merge duplicate candidates across the ATS and inbox14 checked, 2 merged2m 09s
- Mon · Mar 10Update the tracker from the signed contract2 mismatches found0m 57s
- Tue · Mar 11Draft the candidate update, worded right5 sent, 1 held2m 38s
- Wed · Mar 12Fix the entries that look off and log the changes56 reviewed, 2 flagged4m 49s
The first automation tool you
don't have to set up.
Every other tool starts with a blank canvas. It asks you to describe what you want before it does anything. Plainwork starts by watching. The work is the setup. The detection is the design step. You keep working. Habits appear.
It learns by watching, not by being told.
Plainwork runs on your machine and observes what you do. The apps you switch between. The data you copy across. The steps you repeat. Nothing leaves your device. It builds a private picture of how you actually work.
- 09:04Chromeopened quickbooks.com
- 09:05QuickBooksfiltered invoices past due
- 09:07QuickBooksopened 4 overdue invoices
- 09:12Gmaildrafted follow-up to 4 clients
- 09:18Gmailsent 4 emails, tone adjusted per client
It surfaces what's worth automating.
When a pattern repeats, Plainwork shows you what it saw. A couple of examples, plain English. Accept or reject. Approved habits run in the background. Rejected ones are never brought up again.
seen Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri · 9:45 AM ±2m
Show it once, and it learns.
Some workflows are too rare to detect on their own: the quarterly report, or that once-a-month handoff. Show it once, do the work normally, and Plainwork captures the whole sequence as a habit. You approve it once and it handles it from there.
- 1open finance.app - done
- 2export Q3 numbers → CSV - done
- 3paste into report.xlsx - done
- 4recording - active
You don't have to choose between automation and privacy.
Plainwork runs on your computer. The work it watches, the patterns it finds, the habits it proposes...all of it stays there. Yours, on your machine, where it belongs.
Local capture
All data is processed on your device. No frames or recordings ever touch our servers.
Local detection
Pattern matching runs in the app. Your machine does the thinking, not the cloud.
You decide what syncs
Only the habits you approve sync. Never your data, only the habit itself. The rest stays local. Always.
- 01observe
Watches how you work
Captured and processed locally. Nothing leaves your machine.
- 02detect
Spots what you repeat
“You've done this 22 times. Do you want me to take over?”
- 03approve
Proposes it to you
One click to approve. You stay in control.
- 04run
Runs it for you
On your machine, without getting in the way.
It runs in any app on your screen.
No connectors required.
Other tools only reach what someone built an integration for. Plainwork works your apps the way you do, locally, so it handles the desktop software, internal systems, and login-walled tools nothing else can automate. Nothing to connect. Nothing to configure. It all stays on your machine.
Common questions.
Everything you might want to know before you install. For the short version, it stays on your machine.
You've done this a hundred times.
Plainwork takes it from here.
Install Plainwork. Work normally. It figures out the rest.
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What happens after you install
day 0
Install
2 minute setup, no configuration.
day 1
First signals
Plainwork starts noticing what you repeat.
day 7
First habit detected
Plainwork suggests a habit. You approve it.
This is the day you'll wonder how you ever worked without it
day 30
Habits running
Daily repetitive work, automated.