notion-health-day-board

Use the board as a desktop widget: Linux

Other systems: Windows

Mac

These steps open the board in its own small window with a Chromium-based browser, add it to your app menu, start it at login, and keep it on top. They work on most desktops, such as GNOME (Ubuntu, Fedora), KDE Plasma and Xfce.

Time: about 10 minutes.

You need

• A Chromium-based browser: Google Chrome, Chromium, Microsoft Edge or Brave. Firefox has no app window mode.
• Your board link, YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL (README, step 2).
• To be signed in to claude.ai in that browser. The board is private.

Step 1. Test the app window

Open a terminal and run the line for your browser, with your own board link:

Browser	Command
Google Chrome	google-chrome --app=YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL
Chromium	chromium --app=YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL (on some systems chromium-browser)
Microsoft Edge	microsoft-edge --app=YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL
Brave	brave-browser --app=YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL
Chrome from Flatpak	flatpak run com.google.Chrome --app=YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL

The board opens in its own window, with no tabs and no address bar. Sign in to claude.ai if asked. Keep the command that worked: you need it in Step 2.

Step 2. Add it to your app menu

1. Make a new text file at ~/.local/share/applications/day-board.desktop.

2. Paste this into it. Replace the Exec line with the command that worked in Step 1.

   [Desktop Entry]
   Type=Application
   Name=Day board
   Comment=Tasks, focus, wellbeing and health
   Exec=google-chrome --app=YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL
   Icon=web-browser
   Terminal=false
   Categories=Utility;
   

3. Save the file.

Or do it in one go in a terminal (change the Exec line first):

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
cat > ~/.local/share/applications/day-board.desktop <<'EOF'
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Day board
Comment=Tasks, focus, wellbeing and health
Exec=google-chrome --app=YOUR-BOARD-ARTIFACT-URL
Icon=web-browser
Terminal=false
Categories=Utility;
EOF

Day board now shows in your app menu or app grid. If it does not show at once, log out and in again.

Step 3. Make it small and dock it

1. Open Day board from the app menu.
2. Snap it to the right: Super + Right arrow on GNOME, Meta + Right arrow on KDE.
3. Drag the left edge until the window is about as wide as a phone.

Step 4. Keep it on top (optional)

Desktop	How
GNOME	Right-click the window’s title bar, or press Alt + Space, and choose Always on Top.
KDE Plasma	Press Alt + F3, then More Actions, then Keep Above Others.
Xfce	Right-click the title bar and choose Always on Top.

Step 5. Start it at login

Copy the file into your autostart folder:

mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart
cp ~/.local/share/applications/day-board.desktop ~/.config/autostart/

On GNOME you can also use Startup Applications (or GNOME Tweaks), and on KDE System Settings, Autostart.

Step 6. Pin it to your dock or panel

With the board open, right-click its icon:

• GNOME: Pin to Dash (or Add to Favorites).
• KDE Plasma: Pin to Task Manager.
• Xfce: add a Launcher to the panel and choose Day board.

Updates

The board link never changes. When the board is updated, the same window shows the new version. Close the window and open it again to load it.

Notifications

The board cannot send desktop notifications itself. The daily messages are Claude scheduled tasks. They arrive as push notifications in the Claude app, and can also be sent by email.

If it does not work

You see	Fix
“command not found”	Your browser has a different command name. Try the others in Step 1, or run which google-chrome chromium chromium-browser microsoft-edge brave-browser.
Day board is not in the app menu	Check the file is in ~/.local/share/applications/ and ends in .desktop. Log out and in again.
It opens as a normal browser tab	Check the Exec line has --app= right before the link, with no space after the =.
The board asks you to sign in every time	Sign in once in the normal browser window with the same browser profile.
No Always on Top in the menu	Some desktops hide it. Search your desktop’s settings for “keep above” or “always on top”.

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