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Panel Types

Pithy offers various panel types to display information from different services.

Google (requires sign-in)

Gmail - Your email inbox. Filter by label, show unread only, or display recent messages.

Calendar - Upcoming events from your Google Calendar. Choose which calendars to show.

Tasks - Your Google Tasks lists.

Drive - Recent files from Google Drive.

Microsoft (requires sign-in)

Outlook - Email from your Microsoft account.

Outlook Calendar - Events from your Microsoft calendar.

News (no login needed)

BBC News - Headlines from BBC News feeds.

Hacker News - Top stories from Hacker News.

RSS - Custom RSS feed from any URL.

Social (requires sign-in)

Bluesky - Your Bluesky timeline.

Mastodon - Posts from your Mastodon instance.

Productivity

Readwise - Highlights from your Readwise account (requires API key).

Slack - Messages from Slack channels (requires sign-in).

Built-in (no login needed)

Weather - Current conditions and forecast. Set your location.

Web Content - Fetch and display content from any public URL. Useful for status pages, documentation, or any webpage.

Panel Settings

Every panel has configurable settings:

  • Title - The name shown in the panel header
  • Additional Instructions - Guide how content should be displayed or summarised
  • Auto-refresh Interval - How often to update (0 = manual only)
  • Icon - Optional custom icon

Integration-specific settings vary. For example:

  • Gmail lets you filter by label or unread status
  • Calendar lets you choose which calendars to include
  • Weather asks for your location

Customising Display

The Additional Instructions field lets you guide how content appears. Examples:

  • “Show only the subject line and sender”
  • “Summarise in bullet points”
  • “Highlight anything urgent”

This is processed by AI, so plain English works well.