# Get started with Plexii from Attention

> Use Start here on the Attention page to see your most pressing items, ask Plexii about your queue, and open a ready-written chat for any item.

Source: https://plexiidesk.com/help/attention-start-here
Section: Focus and flow > Attention
Plans: All plans
Updated: 2026-10-15

**Start here** sits near the top of the Attention page. It picks the items most worth your time right now, lets you ask Plexii a question about your queue, and links to planning your day. Every way into Plexii from Attention works the same way: it opens a chat with a message already written for you, and nothing is sent until you press send.

Use it when you sit down and do not know where to begin, or when you want help getting a particular item moving.

> **Note:**
> Attention is off until you switch it on. Turn on **Attention layer** in Settings, on the **AI** tab, under **Attention**. See [Turn Attention on or off](https://plexiidesk.com/help/settings-ai-attention).

## Before you start

- **Start here** is available on every plan.
- Open the Attention page: in the Desk area, click **Attention** in the side menu. **Start here** is under the **Analytics** tiles.
- Writing the message uses no AI. Plexii answers once you press send, using your AI credits or your own key in the usual way. See [AI settings](https://plexiidesk.com/help/settings-ai).

## What Start here shows

**Start here** shows up to three items, numbered **1** to **3**, most pressing first. Each card shows the item's title and one short reason.

The order comes from what you have already told PlexiDesk:

- how close the item's due date is, with overdue items first
- how long it has gone untouched
- whether you captured it yourself as something to act on

Closed items, items on the **Detached** shelf, and items Plexii suggested that you have not yet confirmed are left out.

The reason under each title says why it is there. You may see **Past due**, **Due today**, **Due tomorrow**, **Due in 3 days**, **Suggested by Plexii**, **Waiting 5 days**, **Top of your queue** or **Next in your queue**.

When nothing needs you, **Start here** says **Nothing needs you. Capture with ⌘K.**

## Start an item with Plexii

1. Click a card in **Start here**. Its tooltip says **Start it with Plexii — a chat prefilled from this capture**.
2. If the item belongs to a desk, that desk opens first, so Plexii can see what is on it.
3. The Plexii panel opens on its chat, with a message about the item in the message box.
4. Read the message, change anything you like, and press send.

You can do the same from any row on the page: rest the pointer on the row and click **Start it with Plexii — opens a chat prefilled from this capture**.

### What the message says

The message starts with **I need to work on this:** and the item's title. It adds your notes under **What I captured about it:**, then the facts PlexiDesk knows: **Where** (the desk), **Plan**, **Due**, **Urgency** and **Tags**. It ends with a request that fits the item's queue:

| Queue | Plexii is asked to |
| --- | --- |
| **To Do** | help get it done, starting with the first concrete step |
| **Review** | say what to look at first, what usually goes wrong, and what would make it a yes |
| **Decide** | lay out the real options, what each one costs, and what it would pick, with reasons |
| **Respond** | draft a short reply you can edit, in your voice |
| **Meet** | work out who needs to be there, how long it needs, and an agenda |
| **Discuss** | prepare the points worth making, the likely pushback, and a good outcome |
| **Remember** | say whether the idea is worth pursuing and what the first move would be |
| **Know** | explain it and say whether it changes anything you should do |

## Start several items at once

1. Click **Select** at the top right of the page.
2. Tick the items you want to start together.
3. Click **Get started with Plexii**.

One message lists every selected item with its desk, due date and urgency, and asks what order to do them in, what can be done right now, and what Plexii needs from you for each one. See [Reorder, nest and bulk-close items](https://plexiidesk.com/help/attention-organise#select-several-items).

## Ask Plexii about your queue

1. Click the box in **Start here** that says **Ask Plexii about your queue — “what should I do before 3pm?”**.
2. Type your question.
3. Press `Enter` or click **Ask**.

The Plexii panel opens with your question in the message box, followed by **My attention queue right now, most pressing first:** and the items shown in **Start here** with their reasons. Press send when you are happy with it.

## Plan your day

Click **Plan my day →** at the top right of **Start here** to open the Calendar, where Plexii can lay out your day for you. You see a preview first, and nothing books itself. See [Plan my day](https://plexiidesk.com/help/calendar-plan-my-day).

## Tips

- Edit the message before you send it. Add what you already know, or what you want to avoid, and the answer will be closer to what you need.
- Add notes to an item in **Edit item** before starting it with Plexii. The notes go into the message.
- Ask questions that need your whole queue, such as "which of these can wait until next week?" or "what can I finish in the next hour?".

## Common questions

**Plexii did not reply.** Starting an item only writes the message. Press send in the Plexii panel to get a reply.

**Why does a desk open when I start an item?** The item belongs to that desk, so PlexiDesk opens it first. Plexii can then answer with that desk in view.

**Why is an item missing from Start here?** **Start here** shows only three items. Items Plexii suggested stay out until you confirm them, and closed or detached items never appear.

**Does Start here change my items?** No. It only reads them. Nothing is closed, moved or booked.

## Related tasks

- [Attention: everything that needs you](https://plexiidesk.com/help/attention-overview)
- [Close, snooze, archive and edit an item](https://plexiidesk.com/help/attention-work-an-item)
- [Reorder, nest and bulk-close items](https://plexiidesk.com/help/attention-organise)
- [Open, move and resize the Plexii panel](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-panel)
- [Book time for an item from Attention](https://plexiidesk.com/help/attention-book-time)
- [Plan my day](https://plexiidesk.com/help/calendar-plan-my-day)