Talking to Zeno

What to ask, and what Zeno does with the answer.

Talk to your assistant the way you'd talk to a friend who's good with money. You don't need special words. These are good places to start:

Before you spend

Can we afford a $1,500 trip in March?

Zeno runs the purchase through your forecast and says how it lands: comfortable, tight, or short, and when. It's information, never a block. You decide.

Seeing ahead

How do the next few weeks look?

What if I picked up an extra shift each month?

The first is your forecast with an honest range; the second is a scenario, which explores a change without adopting it.

Your plan

Help me write a monthly plan.

Your Plan is what you intend, and it only changes when you say so, with a reason in your own words. Zeno keeps every version.

Debts

What's the fastest way out of my debts with $600 a month?

Zeno compares every payoff order at the same payment, with the debt-free month and the interest each one costs.

The weekly check-in

Let's do my check-in.

Five minutes: what went well, expected against what happened, keep or change, and one commitment with a backup plan.

Things Zeno notices

If your assistant learns something relevant (a raise, an insurance renewal, a trip), it saves it to Zeno as a proposal, labelled with where it came from. Nothing counts until you confirm it in What Zeno knows.

What Zeno won't do

It never moves money, never pays a bill, and never decides for you. The pressure, when there is any, comes from an accurate forecast, not from rules.