Context, not categories
Slack can be work. A browser can be a distraction. Oithere is an AI coach that judges what you are doing against the intention you named, not against a blocklist.
Most focus tools sort the world into two piles: allowed apps and blocked apps. That model is easy to build. It is also a poor match for real work.
The same browser can hold a spec and a rabbit hole. Slack can be the project, or it can be the thing that pulls you out of it. A calendar is useful until it becomes a place to hide.
The intention is the rule
Oithere starts with one sentence from you: what you intend to do, and for how long. Then it looks at the activity on your Mac and asks a narrower question.
Does this still support the task you chose?
That is context. It is not a category. Research for a proposal can stay relevant even when the same window also knows how to waste an afternoon.
Why this takes AI
A list of apps cannot answer that question. To know that a pivot table tutorial serves the Q3 report and a cat video does not, something has to read the screen and understand the task. A person looking over your shoulder could do it. Until recently, software could not.
That is the job of the AI in Oithere. It does not rank your apps or score your day. It reads what is in front of you, holds it up against the one thing you said mattered, and decides whether the two still belong together.
When the answer is unclear
Sometimes the signal is weak. A new document, a quiet desktop, a meeting that might be the work. In those moments Oithere does not guess loudly.
When the evidence is unclear, Oithere stays quiet.
A false nudge is worse than a missed one. The product should feel like a good coach, not a hall monitor with a list.
Work as usual
You do not have to pretend your job lives in one app. Switch between the pages, threads, and tools the task actually needs. Oithere is not trying to shrink your computer. It is trying to keep your attention pointed at the thing you already said mattered.