AI suggestions

When a message mentions something you might act on, such as a meeting, a task or a place, DonutChat can show a suggestion under it. Select it to start a calendar event, a to-do, a reminder, a map search or a prompt for ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, with the details filled in or ready to paste.

How suggestions appear

When someone sends a text message or a thread reply, DonutChat’s AI checks it for something you might act on, reading a few recent messages for context. While it checks, a small sparkle shows next to the message.

If the AI finds something:

The first suggestion’s title appears under the message, in the language of the message.
If there are more, select +N (for example, +2) to open Actions, which lists them all.
If the suggestions haven’t loaded yet, the message shows AI suggestions · N instead. It opens the same list.
In a thread, suggestions appear under the reply they came from. Suggestions about the whole thread appear on the message at the top of the thread.

Messages with photos or files don’t get suggestions. Neither do messages under 10 characters or messages that contain only emoji or links.

Who sees suggestions

Everyone in the chat sees the same suggestions, as well as the sparkle while a message is checked. Running a suggestion opens apps on your device only.

Suggestion types

Type	Appears for	When you select it
Event	A meeting, call or appointment with a date and time	Opens your calendar with the details filled in or copied
Task	Something someone asked for or committed to	Opens the to-do app or calendar you choose with the task filled in or copied
Reminder	A request to be reminded at a stated date and time	Sets a reminder notification on your phone
Navigation	A specific place or address	Opens it in a map app
Plan	A request to organize steps or a strategy	Copies a prompt and opens ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini
Research	A request to find, check or compare information	Copies a prompt and opens ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini

An event with a place also gets its own Navigation suggestion.

Run a suggestion

Select a suggestion to run it. You can also:

Press and hold a suggestion to see its type and description, then select Execute.
Open Actions and select a row. Each row shows details such as the due date, place or priority. The sheet stays open, so you can run more than one.

If you and the sender are in different time zones, check the time before you save an event, task or reminder.

Event

With Google Calendar, the default calendar app, a new event opens with the title, date, time, place and notes filled in. If no end time was mentioned, the event lasts 1 hour. Check the details, then save the event in Google Calendar.

On iPhone, if your calendar app is set to Apple Calendar or Other, DonutChat copies the event details, opens Calendar and shows Copied to clipboard. Create a new event and paste the details.

On Android and in the web app, events always open in Google Calendar, whichever calendar app you choose. The web app opens it in your browser.

Task

Select a Task suggestion. The Open with sheet shows the task, its due date if there is one, and your to-do apps.
Choose an app:
- iPhone: Reminders (default), Google Tasks, Todoist or Calendar
- Android: Google Tasks (default), Todoist or Calendar
- Web: Google Tasks or Calendar. Todoist is listed but can’t open from a browser.
Select Open in followed by the app’s name, for example Open in Google Tasks.
Finish adding the task in that app.

App	What happens
Todoist	Todoist opens a new task with the title, notes and due date filled in.
Reminders	DonutChat copies the task and opens Reminders. Paste it into a new reminder.
Google Tasks	DonutChat copies the task and opens Google Tasks. Paste it into a new task.
Calendar	If your calendar app is Google Calendar, a new event opens with the details filled in. Otherwise, DonutChat copies the task and opens your calendar so you can paste it.

The copied text has the task, the name of the chat it came from, and details such as the due date and place.

The app you choose becomes your default. If you check Don’t show again, later tasks open that app directly. To see the sheet again, turn off Skip confirmation under Todo App in AI actions settings.

Reminder

Tap a Reminder suggestion on your phone. If the time is still ahead, DonutChat schedules a notification titled Reminder and shows Reminder set for with the date and time. Tapping the notification opens the chat.

If the time has passed or the reminder can’t be set, you get the to-do app choices instead, as for a Task.

The reminder is set only on the phone where you tap it.
On Android, these notifications use the AI Reminders category, which you can manage in Android’s notification settings for DonutChat.
In the web app, Reminder suggestions always open the to-do app choices.

Select a Navigation suggestion, or select Open in Maps on an Event row in Actions that has a place. The first time, Choose Map App lists the map apps installed on your phone:

iPhone: Apple Maps, Google Maps and Waze
Android: Google Maps and Waze
When your phone’s language is Korean, also Kakao Map and Naver Map

Google Maps is always listed. If its app isn’t installed, it opens in your browser. DonutChat remembers your choice and opens later places in the same app. There’s no setting to change it.

In the web app, the only choice is Google Maps, which opens in your browser.

Plan and Research

Select a Plan or Research suggestion. The Open with sheet shows the suggestion and a Prompt preview. Select Show full prompt to read all of it.
Choose ChatGPT (default), Claude or Gemini.
Select Open in followed by the name, for example Open in ChatGPT. DonutChat copies the prompt and opens the app, or its website if the app isn’t installed.
Paste the prompt, check it, and send it.

Nothing is sent to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini automatically. The prompt is a short brief that the AI wrote when it created the suggestion: the request, the result wanted, and only the relevant facts, dates, places and open questions. It isn’t a copy of the conversation.

On Android and in the web app, the prompt is copied as soon as you select the suggestion, even if you then close the sheet. On iPhone, it’s copied when you select Open in.
On iPhone, Gemini opens in the Google app.
If the app or website can’t be opened, DonutChat shows the prompt with Copy Prompt so you can paste it yourself.
As with tasks, your choice becomes the default. Don’t show again skips the sheet until you turn off Skip confirmation under AI Assistant in AI actions settings.

Hide and restore suggestions

There’s no setting to turn suggestions off, but you can hide the ones you don’t want. Hiding a suggestion hides it only for you. Other members still see it.

Swipe a suggestion sideways, or press and hold it and select Dismiss.
In Actions, swipe a row to hide it, or select Hide All to hide every suggestion for that message.
History in Actions lists the suggestions you’ve hidden since you opened the chat. Select Restore to bring one back. After you leave the chat, you can’t restore suggestions you hid.

Choose your default apps

Open Profile > Preferences > AI actions to choose which apps suggestions open.

Setting	Choices
Calendar App	Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Other
Todo App	Reminders (iPhone only), Google Tasks, Todoist or Calendar
AI Assistant	ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude

Skip confirmation, under Todo App and under AI Assistant, opens your chosen app directly without the Open with sheet.
Reset to Defaults sets Google Calendar and ChatGPT, sets the to-do app to Reminders on iPhone or Google Tasks on Android, and turns off both Skip confirmation switches.
On iPhone and Android, your choices are saved on the device and apply to every account on it. In the web app, they last only until you reload or close the window, so choose Google Tasks or Calendar as your to-do app each time you open DonutChat.