Belal Zaky
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Mission Control

The system I run my week on. Built around how I actually work.

I had two reasons. I wanted to be AI-literate in practice — to build and deploy my own agents, not just read about them. And I wanted a tool built directly around my own needs.

Since July 2026 · Electron + Node · Markdown notes · AI agents

Mission Control’s Today screen with sample data
1 Up next: one card, ranked by the nearest real deadline.
  1. Up next: one card, ranked by the nearest real deadline.
  2. My inbox, underneath it.
  3. Gideon, one keystroke away (⌘G): it answers “what’s next?” in seconds.

Shown with sample data. The real one runs on my own projects, deadlines and notes. Tap a number to see what that part does.

Try it

Approve it at the last step.

Example: lecture cards

  1. My notes Plain text
  2. Local server On my Mac
  3. Dashboard Today, Projects
  4. Assistant Drafts, never sends
  5. Me Approve or not

Endocrinology note: this week’s lecture has no cards yet.

What it does

Mission Control’s Projects screen with sample projects
Projects · Status, next task and last activity, read from each note.
Mission Control’s Study screen: concept cards from a sample lecture
Study · Concept cards built from a sample lecture.
Gideon’s approval queue in Mission Control, with sample items waiting
Gideon · Up to three things a day, waiting for my approval.
Today
Opens on one “up next” card, ranked by the nearest real deadline, with my inbox underneath.
Projects
Every project’s status, next task and last activity, read straight from its note. Tick a task and the note updates.
Career
My deadlines, as countdowns.
Study
A lecture tracker for my modules, and concept cards built from lecture slides.
Gideon
An assistant that answers “what’s next?” in seconds, prepares up to three things for me to approve each day, and flags projects that are slipping.
News
A filtered watchlist over 49 feeds on the topics and firms I follow, with plain-English explanations on demand.

The rules

The rules it runs on.

01
My notes are the truth.

The app reads plain-text notes and changes to fit them, never the reverse. If the two disagree, I fix the app.

02
Nothing goes out without me.

Gideon drafts emails and prepares tasks. I approve every one before anything leaves.

03
Every failure becomes a test.

600+ automated checks, each one written after something actually broke.

04
Does it change a decision?

A feature earns its place only if it changes what I do this week. Otherwise it is polish.

How it grew

Jul 2026
First version: a dashboard over my project notes.
Jul 2026
Global search across notes, files and past AI sessions; a phone companion prototype.
Aug 2026
A committed test suite: every past failure is re-checked on every change.
Sep 2026
Gideon, the assistant, first built.
Oct 2026
Gideon now prepares my day for me to approve.
Oct 2026
Redesigned into five sections, opening on what is next.
Oct 2026
Notch: a native macOS app that puts Mission Control in the MacBook notch.

Want to see it running?

I’m happy to walk through it on a call.

hello@belalzaky.uk