Complete thinking sessions

Purpose

Some work is not ready for direct execution. A thinking task gives you space to clarify a decision, outline a direction, or dump useful notes before Brik turns that session into next steps.

When to use it

Use this page when:

• Today shows a task with a Thinking badge
• you picked a task that needs outlining before action
• Brik shows Thinking session complete after a focus block

Step-by-step flow

1. Choose the thinking task from Today.
2. Press Start focus block and spend the block clarifying, outlining, or dumping notes.
3. Press Complete when the session is done.
4. When Brik shows Thinking session complete, review the objective and output guidance.
5. Paste your notes into the follow-up box.
6. Press Generate action tasks to turn those notes into executable work.
7. If you are not ready to expand them yet, press Skip for now and come back later.

What Brik is doing in the background

Brik treats thinking work differently from linear execution. Instead of assuming that one focus block finishes the whole task, it captures the notes from that session and uses them to produce smaller action tasks that are easier to schedule, choose, and complete later.

Common gotchas and reassurance

• The notes do not need to be polished. Bullets, fragments, and rough decisions are enough.
• A thinking session is still real progress, even if it did not end with a finished deliverable.
• If you want Brik to generate action tasks, do it from the Thinking session complete screen before discarding the draft notes.
• If a task keeps returning as thinking work, that is a signal that the problem needs structure before speed.