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Kikan turns emails and chats into follow-ups: who owes what, to whom, and by when. Then it tells you when someone has gone quiet. A quick note like “Dentist Fri 3pm” becomes a reminder.

期間 kikan — Japanese for a period of time. Ours runs from a promise to the day it is kept.

How it works

Marc owes you a contract.
Kikan keeps count.

Three days in the life of one follow-up, from the email it came from to the day it was kept.

  1. Marc promises a contract.

    You paste his email. Kikan marks who promised what and by when, and files it under They owe me, due Friday.

    Hi Alex — thanks for today. I'll send the revised contract before Friday, once legal has signed off. Marc

    Revised contract

    Marc DupontHaldenThey oweWaitingWaiting 0d
    Fri

  2. Friday is tomorrow.

    Your morning digest lists what is coming up and who has gone quiet. Done and Snooze are one click from the email.

    From Kikan8:00 AM

    1 waiting too long, 1 upcoming this week

    Thursday, Oct 8

    Waiting too long

    Q4 budget figures

    Priya Raman · Waiting 6d

    Done · Snooze 3 days

    Upcoming this week

    Revised contract

    Marc Dupont · Tomorrow

    Done · Snooze 3 days

  3. The contract arrives.

    You check it off. The follow-up keeps its history: when it was promised, when you were reminded, when it was kept.

    Revised contract

    Marc DupontHaldenThey oweDone
    Done Oct 9
    Activity
    1. Captured from an email
    2. In the digest as Upcoming
    3. Status changed to Done

Direction

Every promise has two ends.
One of them is waiting.

The filled end of the mark holds the next move. That is how Kikan keeps what you owe apart from what you are owed.

  • You owe

    The next move is yours.

    “Send proposal to Marc” · Marc Dupont

  • They owe

    You are waiting on someone.

    “Revised contract” · Marc Dupont

  • Self

    A promise to yourself.

    “Review Q3 budget”

Calendar sync

Friday is in your calendar.
So is everything else that is due.

Subscribe once from Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook with a private link. Every follow-up with a due date shows up with its title and a link back, never the message it came from.

Complete or reschedule a follow-up and the calendar follows on its next refresh. Direct Google Calendar sync, updated within minutes, is coming soon.

Pricing

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Both plans include every view and reminder. Pro raises how much you can capture each week.

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For keeping track of your own commitments.

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  • About 70 captures a week
  • I owe and They owe me queues
  • Stale detection and reminders
  • Daily email digest
  • Due dates in your calendar
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