Serena is an AI-powered productivity assistant that consolidates tasks, notes, and deadlines into a single, realistic daily plan, replacing the need to juggle multiple tools like Notion, Asana, and Todoist.
What is Serena?
Serena is a web-based AI assistant that takes work items from various sources—including manual entry, direct integrations, and natural language messages—and generates a personalized daily plan and weekly review. It analyzes priorities, deadlines, and existing workload to propose an actionable schedule, adapting as priorities shift. Serena is developed by the team at WithSerena.ai and is available as a free tier with optional premium features.
Key Features
- AI Daily Plan — Automatically creates a prioritized list of recommended actions and a summary each day, displayed in the "Serena's Corner" section. It highlights overdue and high-priority tasks.
- AI Project Planning — Transforms goals into a structured project plan with tasks, deadlines, and dependencies. For example, a "Japan Trip - April 2025" project is broken into research, flights, accommodation, cultural bookings, and language prep.
- AI Writing Assistant — Offers inline text manipulation (polish, summarize, elaborate, fix grammar, etc.) within notes and documents, leveraging context from active projects.
- One-Click Rescheduling — Rebalances the entire week’s schedule when priorities change, syncing to a calendar view that shows daily and weekly time blocks.
- Task Overview & Progress Tracking — Displays tasks by status (To Do, In Progress, In Review, Done) with a completion rate percentage and progress per project. Supports due dates, time estimates, tags, and custom labels.
- Calendar View — Integrates tasks with a monthly/weekly/daily calendar, showing time-blocked events and unscheduled tasks.
- Ask Serena — A conversational Q&A interface where users can ask for re-prioritization, clarification, or next-step guidance. Serena responds with concrete, context-aware advice.
- AI Templates — Pre-built templates for project briefs, sprint retrospectives, launch checklists, research summaries, weekly reviews, and decision memos.
Who is it for?
- Product managers — Centralize product launch tasks, track dependencies, and get AI-suggested next steps to unblock teams.
- Freelancers and creatives — Manage multiple client projects, personal goals, and learning schedules in one place without manual replanning.
- Team leads — Keep hiring, marketing, and development tasks visible and balanced across the week, with automatic rescheduling when meetings or priorities shift.
- Individuals juggling work and personal life — Coordinate work projects with travel planning, home organization, and side projects (e.g., learning React Native) using a single, adapting daily plan.
Use cases
- Manage a product launch — Use Serena to track feature specifications, beta feedback, marketing campaigns, and hiring interviews, with AI-generated daily priorities that adapt to deadlines.
- Plan a trip — Create a project for a two-week Japan trip: Serena suggests tasks for flight booking, hotel research, cultural experiences, and language prep, each with recommended deadlines.
- Keep side projects on track — Set a goal to learn React Native: Serena breaks it into environment setup, navigation components, and build steps, integrating them into the daily plan alongside work tasks.
- Organize home and events — Add tasks for buying furniture, organizing office space, and planning a party; Serena schedules time blocks and reschedules when other priorities come up.
How does it work?
- Capture — Add tasks manually, import from integrated tools (Notion, Jira, Asana, Google Calendar, etc.), or write notes and goals in natural language.
- Plan — Serena analyzes your workload, deadlines, and priorities to generate a daily plan with recommended actions and a summary.
- Execute — Follow the plan, mark tasks as done, and track time using the Focus Timer.
- Adapt — When priorities shift, ask Serena to rebalance the week via chat or use the reschedule button. The calendar view updates automatically.
Pricing
Serena is freemium: a free tier provides core planning and AI features; premium tiers offer advanced capabilities (specific pricing not detailed on the page).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Serena free to use?
Yes, Serena offers a free tier that includes daily plan generation, task management, and basic AI features. Premium upgrades are available for additional functionality.
What makes Serena different from Notion, Asana, or Jira?
Unlike traditional project management tools that require manual scheduling, Serena proactively builds a daily plan from your tasks and notes, and it can reschedule everything when priorities change—no manual drag-and-drop.
Does Serena work with my calendar?
Yes, Serena includes a calendar view that syncs with your tasks and time blocks. It can also integrate with external calendars (like Google Calendar) to show events alongside your plan.
Can Serena help me get unblocked?
Yes. Use "Ask Serena" to request clarification on next steps, break down a task, or re-prioritize your week. The AI responds with specific, actionable suggestions based on your actual workload.
