Introducing Focus Block Templates — v0.1.10

Building your day plan just got faster. Focus Engine v0.1.10 ships Focus Block Templates: user-defined, named time block presets you can apply whenever you manually add a block to your plan.

The Problem This Solves

If you plan your day regularly, you likely add the same types of blocks over and over — a long deep work session in the morning, a shorter code review slot, an admin window at the end of the day. Every time, you'd type the name and pick the duration from scratch. Across a week, that adds up to a lot of repeated, low-value input.

What's New

You can now save any block configuration — name + duration — as a reusable template. The next time you add a block manually, just pick the template and the fields are filled in for you.

Example Templates

• Deep Work — 90 min for sustained, uninterrupted coding or writing sessions
• Code Review — 30 min for reviewing pull requests without over-allocating time
• Admin — 45 min for email, Slack catch-up, and miscellaneous tasks

You're not limited to these. Create whatever templates match your actual workflow.

How to Get Started

1. Add a block to your day plan as you normally would.
2. Fill in the name and duration, then choose Save as Template.
3. On future days, open Add Block and select from your saved templates.

That's it. Your templates persist across sessions so you define them once.

What Stays the Same

Templates only apply to manually added blocks. The Day Planner's automatic scheduling — which fills your calendar based on task priority and available slots — continues to work exactly as before, unaffected by any templates you've saved.

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This is a small but high-frequency improvement. We're focused on removing every unnecessary step from the planning workflow, and manual block entry was one of the most repetitive. More improvements coming in upcoming releases.