Tasks & Activities

Meridian helps you track everything you need to do — whether you created it yourself or it came from an email.

Creating Tasks

Create a task manually by clicking the new task button in your workspace. Each task can have:

• Title — What needs to be done
• Description — Additional context or notes
• Due date — When it needs to be done by
• Priority — How important it is
• Checklist items — Break a task into subtasks
• Time estimate — How long you think it will take
• Recurrence — Set it to repeat on a schedule

Task Status

Tasks move through these statuses:

• Pending — Not started yet
• Ready — Ready to work on
• Working — Currently in progress
• Completed — Done
• Cancelled — No longer needed

Automatic Task Extraction

One of Meridian’s most useful features: the on-device AI scans your emails and extracts action items automatically. If someone asks you to send a report, review a document, or follow up on something, Meridian creates a task for it — complete with context from the original message.

This runs entirely on your Mac. Your emails are never sent anywhere for processing.

AI Prioritization

Meridian’s AI looks at your tasks alongside your calendar to help prioritize your day. Tasks with approaching deadlines, dependencies on upcoming meetings, or explicit urgency get surfaced first. The goal is simple: when you sit down to work, the most important thing is at the top.

Activity Summarization

Need a quick picture of where things stand? Meridian generates a brief summary of your activities — what needs attention, what’s in progress, and what’s been completed recently. Think of it as a daily briefing written by your assistant.

Task Lists

Organize related tasks into lists or projects. Use these to group work by area (personal, work, a specific project) and switch between views quickly.