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-status: raw
+status: built
tags:
- software
+- productivity
title: convo-flow
type: idea
updated: 2026-04-11
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# convo-flow
-conversation tracking tool with statuses and highlighting.
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+a conversation tracking tool with statuses and color highlighting — built and shipped. the problem it solves is managing multiple ongoing conversations across different threads and contexts without losing track of where each one is. each conversation gets a status (waiting, replied, needs follow-up, done) and a color that visually communicates state at a glance, so you can see the full landscape of your social/professional threads without having to open each one.
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+the key design insight is treating conversations like tasks — giving them lifecycle states rather than just treating them as a flat stream of messages. most chat apps optimize for recency, which buries conversations you haven't replied to yet but care about. convo-flow inverts that: priority and status, not recency, drives what you see. highlighting adds another layer — you can mark specific things someone said that you want to remember or act on.
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+connects to [[info-exchanger|info exchanger]] for the pre-conversation setup idea, and to [[discord-connections-mapper|discord connections mapper]] for the broader relationship graph vision. the status-tracking approach shares DNA with [[universal-habits|universal habits]] — both are about making invisible states visible so you can act on them. [[oncue|OnCue]] solves an adjacent problem (interview prep) but both come from the same root: human conversations are high-stakes and under-tooled.
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