Cadence vs Claude or ChatGPT
Your AI does the thinking. Cadence keeps the record and runs your calendar. Most people get the best result from using both.
Planning your day
| Feature | Cadence | Claude or ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|
| Reads your calendar | ✓ | When asked |
| Writes protected focus blocks into Outlook or Google | ✓ | ✕ |
| Fills each focus block with the work to do in it | ✓ | When asked |
| Re-plans the day when a meeting moves | ✓ | ✕ |
| Quietens your Mac and iPhone during focus time | ✓ | ✕ |
Keeping track
| Feature | Cadence | Claude or ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|
| Commitments, decisions and delegations kept across weeks | ✓ | Within a chat |
| Links daily work to your priorities for the year | ✓ | ✕ |
| Weekly view of where your time went | ✓ | ✕ |
| Shared plan with your EA, with roles and permissions | ✓ | ✕ |
Reading and writing
| Feature | Cadence | Claude or ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|
| Reads your inbox and sent items | Through your AI | ✓ |
| Drafts replies, papers and summaries | Through your AI | ✓ |
| Works in the background without a prompt | ✓ | With scheduled tasks |
| Connects to the other through MCP | ✓ | ✓ |
How Cadence and your AI work together
Claude and ChatGPT are excellent at reading, writing and reasoning when you ask them something. They do not hold your calendar, defend your focus time or keep a record of what you promised last month. Cadence does those jobs, and keeps doing them in the background. Connect the two and your AI reads your inbox into Cadence, while Cadence gives your AI a full picture of your week. You keep the AI you already pay for.
Why use both
- Your focus time sits in your real calendar, where colleagues can see it
- Each focus block opens with the work already inside it
- A record of commitments and decisions that lasts beyond one conversation
- A plan your EA can see and adjust with you
- Works alongside Claude or ChatGPT through MCP, so you keep the AI you use
Day's end
Ready when you are
Give your day a spine.
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