Notion
Connect your Notion planner to auto-populate focus sessions.
Opens Notion in your browser. After authorizing, you'll bounce back to Locus.
Analytics
Your focus activity and blocking patterns.
General
Appearance and global preferences.
Blocking
Timing, polling, and AI strictness.
How long a temporary override lasts before the site/app is re-blocked.
How often Notion events are re-fetched in the background.
How often Chrome tabs are checked for blocked domains.
How often running apps are checked against the blocklist.
Typed to bypass the lock. Default is "bob".
Controls how strictly the AI evaluates your justifications.
Balanced — default behaviour.
Allowlists
Always-allowed apps and domains, regardless of session.
These apps are never blocked even outside the session whitelist.
These domains are never blocked in Chrome.
Notifications
Control what macOS notifications Locus sends.
Advanced
AI prompt overrides, polling, and debug options.
Used when the user submits a justification for a blocked site/app.
Placeholders: {session_name}, {subject_type}, {subject}, {reason}
Used to pre-screen whether a blocked domain is obviously relevant.
Placeholders: {session_name}, {domain}, {title_hint}