# Getting Started

## Install and connect

Yaffi needs permission to read and edit your Apple Reminders. The first time you open the app, grant Reminders access when asked — without it, Yaffi can't see anything.

## Set up the Shortcut

iOS doesn't let apps run continuously in the background, so Yaffi relies on the Shortcuts app to wake it up. During onboarding, Yaffi installs a small ready-made Shortcut and helps you attach automations to it — for example, running it a few times a day, or triggering it whenever the Reminders app closes. These automations are what actually bring your reminders into Yaffi; without at least one, syncing only happens when you open the app yourself.

## Optional: tidy up what you already have

Onboarding also offers a one-time, free tidy-up of up to 10 of your most recent existing reminders, so you don't start with an empty timeline.

## Just keep adding reminders as usual

Once set up, add reminders however you normally would — Siri, Apple Watch, CarPlay, or typing directly into Reminders. Yaffi catches all of them on the next sync. Every sync does a full diff against what it last saw, so nothing slips through, even if several reminders piled up between syncs.

Typical delay from creating a reminder to seeing it enriched is a few minutes, not seconds. If you don't want to wait for the next automation, open the app and tap **Run Now**. Every new reminder shows up in the timeline immediately as a loading card, so you always know something is in progress.

See [How Enrichment Works](/en/docs/how-enrichment-works.md) for what happens next.