Routine Buddy

Routine Buddy is your local-first personal productivity assistant designed to schedule custom reminders, track daily habits, and automate routine website checks. Tired of forgetting to fill out your daily timesheet? Want a simple way to remember to drink water, stretch, or read your favorite newsletter? Routine Buddy solves this by combining powerful scheduling with smart, local website tracking. ✦ USE CASES: • Never Forget a Timesheet: Set up a "URL History Check" for your company's billing portal. If you haven't visited it by your scheduled daily deadline, Routine Buddy alerts you. • Healthy Work Habits: Set repeating break reminders (e.g., stretch, rest your eyes, hydrate) to trigger at regular intervals during working hours. • Structured Daily Routines: Schedule daily once-off tasks or recurring notifications for stand-up meetings, routine checks, or habit goals. ✦ KEY FEATURES: ✔ Smart URL History Checking: Automatically monitors website visits strictly on your local browser. If you complete the visit, the deadline alarm is automatically bypassed for today. ✔ Powerful Scheduling Options: Schedule tasks using simple Intervals (e.g., every 30 minutes), Specific Times (e.g., daily at 9:00 AM), or advanced Cron Expressions for power users. ✔ Active Hours & Days Limits: Ensure reminders only trigger when you want them to. Set active hour windows (e.g., 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM) and choose specific days (e.g., Monday to Friday). ✔ Rich Notifications: Receive clean, native notifications with interactive action buttons. You can immediately open the target webpage, mark a task completed, or snooze it for 1 hour. ✔ Sleek Modern Dashboard: Easily manage, edit, delete, and test-preview your routines in a beautiful dashboard featuring native Dark and Light modes. ✔ Privacy-First & Lightweight: Built on Chrome's Manifest V3 architecture. Operates 100% offline. No servers, no tracking, and zero impact on your device's memory or battery when idle. ✦ HOW IT WORKS: Routine Buddy operates entirely on your local device. If you use the optional URL history check, the extension safely checks visited links in memory. Your browsing history, reminder text, and settings are stored locally on your device and are never sent to external servers. Transform your daily workflow, stay organized, and build better digital routines with Routine Buddy!