You can open the chat by right-clicking the system tray icon and selecting “Open Chat.”
You can ask anything about the following data tracked by PersonalQuery:
- Window Activities – Which applications were active and when.
- Input Activities – Total keystrokes and mouse movements.
- Productivity – Your self-reported productivity levels (if you have answered the hourly prompts).
If you’re unsure what to ask, you can:
- Type “What can I ask?” in the chat to get suggestions.
- Use the suggested questions shown above the chat input when you start a new conversation.
If you’re unsure what to ask, you can use the Quick Start Suggested Questions shown when you open a new chat.
When you click on one of these suggestions, a pop-up appears where you can pick a time scope.
In this pop-up, you will also see which days you have collected data, so you can choose an appropriate timeframe.
- Auto Approve
- Enabled: All data queries are automatically approved and sent to OpenAI for processing.
- Disabled: You can review, edit, approve, or reject each query before it is sent.
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Limit Results Slider
- Limits the number of records returned in a query.
- A higher limit may make answer generation take longer.
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Auto SQL
- Enabled: Queries are executed immediately without manual review.
- Disabled: You can review and edit the generated SQL query before it runs.
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Granularity
- Low: Concise, high-level answers with key insights only.
- High: Detailed, in-depth answers.
- Auto: The system decides the appropriate level of detail.
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Visualization
- Always: Always include a visualization (e.g., charts).
- Never: Never include a visualization.
- Auto: The system decides whether to include a visualization.
- Backend Process Window
- You might see a terminal window appear when starting PersonalQuery.
- For now, simply minimize this window.
- Backend Process Persistence
- When quitting the app, the backend process may keep running.
- To terminate it manually, open Activity Monitor, search for
pq-backend, and force quit it.