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An Await is something you’re waiting on from someone else: a reply, a contract, a callback. It isn’t yours to do yet, so Tuck keeps it apart from your todos. Awaits have their own page and never show up in todo lists or counts. An Await can wait on people, a calendar event, or a thing you describe. A parked Await waits on no one. Use it for something you want to set aside and look at again later. Each Await can have a check-on date, the day Tuck brings it back to you.
Awaits are made and managed in the web app for now. On iPhone and Mac, an await:, waiting:, or park: line stays as plain text in the thought.

Start an Await

From the composer

  1. Switch the composer to Await.
  2. Type what you’re waiting on and @mention the people you’re waiting on. With no one mentioned, the Await is parked.
  3. Add a day if you want one, such as fri, next tue, in 3 days, or !2026-11-20. Without one, Tuck uses your default check-on date.
  4. Press Enter.
For example, contract from @sam fri becomes “contract from sam”, waiting on Sam, with a check on Friday. Chips under the field show who it’s waiting on, or Parked, and when you’ll check on it.

With a line in any thought

Start a line with:
  • await: or waiting: to wait on the people that line mentions.
  • park: to park it. People it mentions still link to the thought, but it waits on no one.
As with todo lines, each of these lines becomes its own Await and leaves the thought’s text. In Thought mode, a chip such as +1 Await inside shows before you tuck. These don’t start an Await: wait:, a line starting with “Waiting on”, and /wait, which files the thought into a brain named wait. Lines inside code stay as written. In email, text messages, and the ingest API, only the first line can start an Await. A later line, such as a quoted “Waiting: customer reply”, stays in the thought as text.

From a todo

Open an open, one-off todo’s card and choose:
  • Waiting on… to pick people, an event, a thing, or any mix, plus a check-on date. Waiting on an event sets the check-on to when the event ends.
  • Park to set it aside.
The todo becomes an Await, and its due reminder pauses while it waits.

Check on your Awaits

Open Awaits in the sidebar. The tile’s count is the check-ons due today or overdue. Active Awaits are grouped into Check on now, Coming up, and No check date. History shows Awaits that ended and how. You can filter the page by brain. Awaits that are due also appear in the Check on panel on Today. On the check-on date, Tuck sends a reminder such as “Still waiting on Sam: call the vet”. When you’re ready, choose:
  • Got it when the thing arrived.
  • Check again to look again tomorrow, in 3 days, next week, or on a date you pick.
  • Make it a todo when the next step is yours again. If its due date is still ahead, its due reminder comes back. The todo then says how long you waited, such as “Back from Sam after 6 days”.
  • Drop it when you no longer need it.
Choose Edit to change what an Await waits on or when to check on it. To clear the date, choose No check date in its date pill.

Awaits around your meetings

With a connected calendar, Awaits show up around your meetings. Before you meet. Today’s Schedule lists active Awaits waiting on people invited to an upcoming event, longest wait first. For example: “Still waiting on Sam: the contract (9 days)”. Tuck matches invitees by email. Up to 3 show per event, then and N more opens Awaits. Each Await shows next to its first upcoming event only. After the event. An Await waiting on an event moves into Check on once the event ends, with a line such as “Board meeting is over. Time to follow up.” An earlier check-on date still comes first. It asks once: after you choose Check again or set a new date, its check-on date takes over again. Events from a calendar set to For reference don’t bring up Awaits. See Calendar and mail context.

Choose your defaults

Open Settings → Awaits.
  • Default check-on date. Choose 3 days (where it starts), 1 week, or no check date. New Awaits from the composer, Waiting on…, and Park use it.
  • Weekly sweep. On the day you pick (Monday unless you change it), Today lists Awaits with no check date, such as “2 Awaits have no check date”. Give each one Tomorrow, In 3 days, Next week, or Drop it. Not now hides the sweep for the rest of the day on all your devices. Awaits you started that day are left out. You can turn the sweep off.
These settings sync with your vault.

Good to know

  • Archiving a thought drops its active Awaits and cancels their reminders.
  • A person’s page lists the Awaits waiting on them.
  • Awaits don’t sync to Todoist.
  • With hosted MCP, your AI assistant can start, list, re-date, and resolve Awaits for you.