Hardcore Mode

What it is

• A look budget. Every time an item needs you, you get a set number of looks at it. Use them up and the item locks.
• A wall with real ways out. A locked item shows a wall instead of letting you click away. You clear it by dealing with the item: reply to it, archive it, turn it into a scheduled follow-up, or ask the AI for help.
• A snooze limit. Snoozing is capped too, so it cannot become the way to put something off forever.
• The opposite of Focus Mode. Focus Mode holds things back so you can concentrate. Hardcore Mode makes you finish what you open.

Where to find it

• Settings: search Settings for Hardcore Mode. The section holds the main on/off switch and every option below.
• In the toolbar: once Hardcore Mode is on, an indicator shows it is active, so the lock never surprises you.

How it behaves

• Off by default. Seeing the Hardcore Mode section changes nothing. Nothing locks until you turn the main switch on.
• All projects or only some. Enforce it everywhere, or pick the projects it applies to.
• You set the strictness. Choose how many looks an item gets before it locks, and how many snoozes it gets before snoozing locks too.
• Forcing past is deliberate. You can always force past the wall. By default that means typing a short phrase first, so it takes a moment of intent; you can change the phrase or turn that requirement off.
• The app never charges you for its own moves. When Omniscio itself moves you to another item, that does not trap you, and a pop-out window never spends a second look.

Related

Focus mode (focus-mode) is the calmer sibling: it batches alerts instead of locking items. Snoozing inbox items (snooze-an-inbox-item) explains the snooze that Hardcore Mode caps.