Akiflow

· #350 most-used

Route every action item into one time-blocked day

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Akiflow is a time-blocking digital planner that consolidates tasks from 30+ tools — Gmail, Slack, Notion, Asana, ClickUp, Jira, Linear, and more — into a single inbox, lets you schedule them onto your calendar, and syncs the plan with Google Calendar and Outlook. Its Command Bar lets you create and schedule tasks from anywhere on your desktop without touching the mouse. Connect Akiflow to Actionist and your agents handle the capture layer automatically: detecting action items across every tool you use and routing them into your Akiflow inbox as labelled, prioritised tasks with due dates — so your daily Akiflow review becomes a focused time-blocking session rather than a manual inbox-assembly exercise.

Average time saved
8 hours
per person · per month
≈ 1 workdays back

Eliminates manual work. Agents eliminate the manual step of transferring action items from Slack, email, and project tools into Akiflow — removing the capture-and-re-entry loop that interrupts focused work multiple times daily.

Schedule

What your Akiflow agent runs on autopilot

A week of scheduled jobs your Actionist agent will execute on your behalf.

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7Agents at work
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Multi-app workflows

Akiflow × every other app you use

End-to-end automations that span multiple apps — each one a real business outcome.

6Workflows
7Apps spanned
~12 hrsSaved / week
6Personas served
For sales
Featured4 apps

Proposal follow-up task created and time-blocked in Akiflow at send

When a deal moves to Proposal Sent in HubSpot, the agent creates an Akiflow task for the rep to follow up in two days, blocks time on their calendar for the call, and posts a Slack notification to the sales channel — the rep never manually logs a follow-up reminder.

~2 hrs

Time saved for your team — every week, on autopilot

The flow
Trigger·When a deal stage changes to Proposal Sent in HubSpot
Result
Create Task: follow up with [contact] on [deal] proposal — due in 2 daysBlock 15 minutes on day 2 for proposal follow-up callPost deal name, contact, and Akiflow task link to #sales channel
The win
Saved per run
8 min
Runs / week
~15×
Every sent proposal has a follow-up already time-blocked
Driven bySales Agent
ROI

Savings

What your team gets back — two angles: what you stop doing manually, and what that's worth.

Without Actionist

What you do manually today

With Actionist

What your agent runs for you

  • Sales
    25 min / week
    Manual follow-up task creation after every proposal

    Reps manually create a follow-up reminder in Akiflow, their CRM, and calendar after each proposal — three tools, one step, every time, often skipped when things get busy.

    Sales Agent
    0 min
    Agent creates follow-up tasks the moment a deal moves stage

    When a deal reaches Proposal Sent in HubSpot, the agent creates an Akiflow task with the contact name and a 48-hour follow-up deadline — the rep's Akiflow calendar already has the slot blocked before the email lands.

  • Marketing
    30 min / week
    Manual Akiflow task entry from the content calendar

    The content team manually creates Akiflow tasks from the Notion content calendar each Monday, spending 20–30 minutes re-entering information already tracked in Notion.

    Marketing Agent
    0 min
    Agent loads this week's content tasks into Akiflow on Monday

    Every Monday the agent reads the Notion content calendar and creates labelled Akiflow tasks for every content item due this week — the team opens Akiflow and can time-block immediately.

  • Customer Support
    20 min / week
    Manual escalation task and calendar entry

    Support leads manually create an Akiflow task and calendar block every time an escalation is raised in Slack — a two-minute step that gets skipped in the heat of a live incident.

    Customer Support Agent
    0 min
    Agent creates a priority Akiflow task for every escalation within about a minute

    When a Slack escalation fires, the agent creates a high-priority Akiflow task for the support lead and blocks 30 minutes on their calendar — the response is planned before the lead even sees the Slack message.

  • Human Resources
    15 min / week
    Manual interview prep task creation

    HR coordinators manually create prep tasks in Akiflow for each interviewer after scheduling every interview — a step that gets overlooked for late-schedule additions.

    Human Resources Agent
    0 min
    Agent pre-builds the interviewer prep task list for every scheduled interview

    When an interview is added to the recruiting calendar, the agent creates an Akiflow prep task for each interviewer due the day before, with the candidate brief link already in the description.

  • Finance
    20 min / week
    Manual invoice payment task entry

    Finance team members manually create Akiflow tasks for each new invoice in the AP sheet — a five-minute step repeated for every invoice that is often batched to Friday, creating late-payment risk.

    Finance Agent
    0 min
    Agent creates an Akiflow payment task for every invoice logged

    When a vendor invoice appears in the AP spreadsheet, the agent creates an Akiflow task due on the payment date and blocks a calendar slot — no invoice payment slips because the task and time exist from the moment the invoice is recorded.

  • Operations
    30 min / week
    Manual weekly slippage review

    Ops leads manually scan Akiflow label by label to identify overdue tasks, copy the list, and paste it into the weekly status report — a 30-minute process that often misses items from less-visible labels.

    Operations Agent
    0 min
    Agent generates a full cross-project overdue digest every Wednesday

    Every Wednesday morning the agent lists overdue tasks across every project label in Akiflow and posts a grouped report to #ops — operations leads see slippage before the Thursday leadership sync.

  • Legal
    10 min / week
    Manual signature follow-up tracking

    The legal team relies on memory or inbox searches to identify contracts awaiting signature, manually creating Akiflow tasks when they remember to check — signatures get missed during busy contract cycles.

    Legal Agent
    0 min
    Agent auto-creates pending signature tasks after 48 hours

    Contracts unsigned for more than 48 hours trigger a high-priority Akiflow task labelled 'legal' with the counterparty name and send date — the legal team follows up without a reminder from the requester.

+ 100s of other Akiflow automations
Average time saved
15 hrs / person / month
Calculator

Calculate what your team saves

Team size
5 people
Hourly rate
$75 / hr
Hours saved / week
11
Hours saved / year
525
Annual ROI
$39,375

Based on Akiflow's typical team usage — the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~2.1 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.

Connect

How to plug Akiflow into Actionist

Pick the connection method that suits your environment.

Connect Akiflow to Actionist using an API key from your Akiflow settings. Once connected, agents can create labelled, prioritised tasks in your Akiflow inbox from any workflow trigger.

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Open Akiflow API Settings

Log in to your Akiflow account and go to Settings → Integrations → API.

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Generate and copy the API key

Generate an API key and copy it. Treat it like a password — store it in a secrets manager rather than plain text.

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Paste into Actionist and test

Paste the key into the field below and click Test connection. Actionist runs a read-only verification call to confirm the handshake.

Credentials you'll need
API Key*
Log in to Akiflow, go to Settings → Integrations → API and generate your API key.
Actions

15 actions your agent can call

Read and write operations available to your Actionist agent.

Triggers

0 events your agent can react to

Events your agent watches for, and the actions it kicks off in response.

This app has no triggers yet.
FAQs

Questions about Akiflow + Actionist

How does Actionist connect to Akiflow?
Go to the Apps tab in Actionist, find Akiflow, and click Connect. Actionist connects via the Akiflow API using an API key you generate in your Akiflow account settings. Once you paste the key and click Test connection, Actionist runs a read-only verification call. After confirmation, the agent can create tasks, read your inbox, and retrieve task details from Akiflow — all without you visiting the Akiflow dashboard.
What can Actionist agents actually do inside Akiflow?
The primary action Actionist agents use with Akiflow is creating tasks in your Akiflow inbox. When you connect tools like Slack, Gmail, Notion, ClickUp, Asana, or Todoist through an Actionist workflow, the agent can push new tasks into Akiflow with a title, description, due date, and label. This means all the items captured across your other apps land in one unified Akiflow inbox for you to triage and time-block.
Can I use Actionist to push tasks from other apps into Akiflow?
Yes — Akiflow's strength is being the single inbox that consolidates tasks from 30+ apps. In Actionist, you can build workflows where triggers from Gmail, Slack, Linear, Jira, Asana, ClickUp, or Notion create tasks in Akiflow automatically. This way the Actionist agent handles the capture-and-route step for you, ensuring that action items detected across all your tools end up in Akiflow ready for time-blocking.
What kind of app is Akiflow and how does it fit with Actionist?
Akiflow is a desktop-first time-blocking planner that syncs with Google Calendar and Outlook. Its core workflow is: capture tasks from all your tools in one inbox, triage via the Command Bar, then drag tasks onto your calendar to block time. Actionist agents complement this by handling the automated capture step — so your Akiflow inbox surfaces only real, agent-triaged tasks rather than raw noise from every connected tool.
How does the Akiflow Command Bar work alongside Actionist agents?
Akiflow's Command Bar (ALT/OPTION + SPACE from anywhere on your desktop) lets you create and schedule tasks without touching the mouse. When Actionist agents push tasks into Akiflow with structured titles and dates, those tasks are immediately available in the Command Bar for fast time-blocking. The agent handles the inbound noise; you handle the scheduling decisions — which is exactly the division of labor the Command Bar is designed for.
Can Actionist set due dates and labels when creating Akiflow tasks?
When Actionist creates a task in Akiflow, it can populate the title, description, due date, and label fields. Due dates set by the agent will appear in Akiflow's planning view and sync to your connected calendar as time blocks if you configure Akiflow to do so. This means an agent detecting an urgent Slack message can create an Akiflow task with a suggested due date, and that date will show up in your calendar view for time-blocking.
Do I need a specific Akiflow plan to use it with Actionist?
Akiflow offers one plan at approximately $19/month billed annually (or $34/month billed monthly), with a 7-day free trial. All features are included in the single plan. Actionist connects to Akiflow on any paid plan — there is no separate API tier. You will need an active Akiflow subscription and an API key from your Akiflow account settings to complete the connection.
What is the best workflow pattern for combining Akiflow with Actionist?
The most common pattern is using Actionist as the capture layer and Akiflow as the planning layer. Actionist agents monitor your communication and project tools — Slack mentions, Gmail flagged emails, Asana tasks assigned to you, Jira tickets, GitHub issues — and route the ones that need your attention into Akiflow as tasks. You then open Akiflow once a day, triage your inbox, and time-block the tasks onto your calendar. The result is a cleaner inbox and a calendar that reflects your actual planned work.