App and URL productive / unproductive rules
VisibleHours already records the active app and, when Windows exposes it, the browser domain. Operations then writes simple labels: Outlook is productive, youtube.com is not. You write the rule. VisibleHours does not guess, train a model, or ship a catalog of apps. Unmatched active time stays unclassified — that is the neutral leftover, not a score of zero. Idle stays idle. A rule never reclassifies a pause. The tray icon does not change.
A URL rule matches a domain and its subdomains. An app rule matches the window’s app name. When the agent captured a domain, the URL rule wins. Longer patterns win ties. Saved rules stamp minutes you already recorded — they apply immediately, only inside this organization. They do not block a site, close an app, or hide the tray.
Public Search “rules”, “open rules”, or “add a url rule” stays here. It will not mark an app unproductive for you forever. After sign-in, Ask “rules”, “open rules”, or “add a url rule” opens the real screen; “rules tutorial” or “how to classify apps” opens Help. Ask “please mark this app unproductive for me forever” is refused.
- Add a URL rule for a domain (example: youtube.com → unproductive), or an app rule for a window name (example: Outlook → productive).
- Choose productive or unproductive. Those are the only labels you write.
- URL rules win when a domain was captured. Longer patterns win ties.
- Read the day on Rules, then open a person’s timeline — each block is Productive, Unproductive, Unclassified, or Idle. Those labels are not a percentage.
- Need a daily percentage? That lives on Scores after a label exists — productive ÷ classified. Scores cannot divide until you write a rule.
What this is not
- Not a web filter. It does not block sites or close apps.
- Not AI classification. You write the label. There is no learned catalog.
- Not a hidden score and not a firing tool. Employees still see the tray and can pause. Daily percentages live on Scores after you write a label.
- Not a keylogger. Rules use the app name and domain already on the timeline.
- Not a done-for-you catalog. Public Search will not mark an app unproductive forever.
- Not outreach. VisibleHours does not email employees from this screen.
Public guide: App and URL rules that leave idle as idle. Signed-in steps: Rules tutorial. Seats stay $7 / seat on Pricing — this page does not start checkout.