Daily Check-In

The daily check-in is the smallest possible interaction Soulwise can have with you and still be useful. It exists because:

1. Anything longer than 30 seconds dies in three weeks.
2. Anything more demanding than "pick one of these" turns into a guilt loop.
3. Pattern reads work from sparse data; they do not need essays.

What you do

• Open the app. The check-in card is the first thing on the home screen.
• Tap one of 14 chips: Building, Recovering, Holding it together, Drifting, Restless, Tender, Tracking, Hosting, Hiding, Bright, Heavy, Curious, Tired, Showing up.
• Optionally type up to 280 characters in the note field.
• Tap submit. The morning brief surfaces one grounded note in response.

That is the loop. 20 seconds. No score, no streak.

What we deliberately do not do

• No streaks. Streaks turn the ritual into a guilt loop. Pattern works from any density.
• No daily score. We do not rate your day. We do not estimate your "wellness".
• No notifications you did not opt into. See 4-tier-push-fatigue-model.
• No upsell in the check-in flow. The Premium upgrade lives elsewhere.
• No social share prompt. Your check-in is for you.

What the chip means

The chip is not a mood rating on a 1-10 scale. It is a situation tag — a name for what is true today. Two days can both be "Building" and look very different inside; what matters is that the chip becomes a pattern over weeks. The response-engine-four-factor uses your chip plus your cycle phase plus the day's transits plus your archetype to write the one note back.

How it feeds the longer reads

Every check-in adds one point to your private archive. After several weeks, the pattern shows up in your cycle-weather; after several months, in your menstrual-archetype; after several cycles, in your cycle-blueprint.

Privacy

Encrypted on-device. The note never leaves your phone unless you export. See period-privacy.