Birth of a Focus-First App: The Cleariest Backstory

This short video explains the backstory behind Cleariest and our focus-first team chat philosophy. If your team is fighting notification noise, here is the practical version.

Focus-First Checklist (Use This Today)

• Set response-time expectations per channel: urgent, same-day, async.
• Default to public channels so decisions stay searchable.
• Batch updates in 2 check-in windows instead of constant chat checking.
• Require a reason to interrupt deep work time.

What This Improves

Teams that adopt this model usually see lower message anxiety, better deep work blocks, and clearer async communication within 1-2 weeks.

The goal is simple: less reaction, more meaningful output.

Related Reading

• Why We Built Cleariest
• Deep Work in the Age of Slack
• Slack vs Cleariest