What is Metarelating QAT?

Metarelating QAT is a weekly action tracker designed for coaching teams. It helps you build consistent habits by defining actions each week and tracking your daily progress against them.

The core idea: each week, you choose a set of actions you want to commit to. Then, day by day, you track whether you followed through. Over time, you build a history of consistency that you and your team can see.

How It All Fits Together

Everything in Metarelating QAT is organized around seasons, teams, and weeks:

  • A season is a coaching rotation period, typically 13 weeks
  • Each season has one or more teams
  • You are a player on exactly one team per season
  • Each player sets their own goals for the season
  • Each week, you choose actions to work on, optionally linked to your goals
  • Each day, you track progress on those actions
The Weekly Flow

1. Set Up Your Week

At the start of each week, open the Week view. If you have no actions yet, you'll be in edit mode. From here you can:

  • Copy past actions — pull in actions from previous weeks (actions marked as "repeat by default" will be pre-checked)
  • Create new actions — define a brand new action from scratch
  • Reorder actions by dragging the handles on the left
  • Remove or edit any action

2. Track Your Progress

When you're happy with your action list, tap "Done Editing" to switch to progress mode. Now you'll see a day-by-day grid where you can:

  • Tap a day circle to mark a completion action as done
  • Tap to enter a count (reps, pages, etc.) for count actions
  • Tap to enter minutes for time-based actions

3. Review and Repeat

Progress circles show how you're tracking against your weekly targets. Navigate between weeks with the arrow buttons. At the start of the next week, copy your actions forward and keep building momentum.

Quick Tips
  • You can always switch back to edit mode with the "Edit This Week's Actions" link at the bottom of the progress view
  • Editing an action only affects that week's copy — past weeks are never changed
  • Use the season selector at the top to switch between seasons
  • Team members can view your progress, but only you can edit it
What Are Actions?

Actions are the things you commit to doing each week. Each action is a specific, trackable task like "Meditate", "Read 30 pages", or "Exercise for 30 minutes".

Actions are per-week copies. When you copy an action into a new week, it creates an independent copy. Changes to an action's name, target, type, or notes only affect that week's version — they never alter past weeks.

Creating Actions

In edit mode, tap the + button to see two options:

Create New Action

Build an action from scratch. You'll set the name, type, targets, and optionally link it to a goal.

Copy Past Actions

Pull in actions from your previous weeks. The copy modal shows:

  • Actions from the last 12 weeks by default (toggle to see all-time)
  • Actions marked as "repeat by default" appear first and are pre-checked
  • Actions already in your current week are greyed out
  • Goal links are preserved when copying within the same season, or matched by name across seasons
Action Types

Every action has one of three types that determines how you track progress:

Completion A simple yes/no — did you do it? Check off each day you complete it, or just once per week.
Count Track a number with a custom unit. Examples: push-ups (reps), reading (pages), running (miles).
Duration Track minutes spent. Example: "Read for 30 minutes" or "Practice guitar for 20 minutes".
Recording Frequency: Daily vs. Weekly

Each action has a recording frequency that controls how progress is measured:

Daily

You aim to hit a target on individual days. Your weekly goal is about how many days you meet that target.

  • Completion (daily) — Check off each day. Target: complete on X days per week (e.g., "Meditate 5 days per week").
  • Count (daily) — Hit a minimum count each day. Target: meet the daily minimum on X days (e.g., "Do at least 30 push-ups per day, 5 days per week").
  • Duration (daily) — Hit a minimum time each day. Target: meet the daily minimum on X days (e.g., "Read at least 20 minutes per day, 5 days per week").

Weekly

You have one target for the whole week, and you can split it up however you like across days.

  • Completion (weekly) — Do it once during the week. As soon as you check any day, the action is complete and other days become disabled.
  • Count (weekly) — Achieve a total count for the week. Split it however you want (e.g., "100 push-ups total this week").
  • Duration (weekly) — Achieve a total time for the week. Split it however you want (e.g., "150 minutes of exercise this week").
Target Settings

Targets control what "success" looks like for each action:

Days Per Week (daily frequency only)

How many days you aim to complete the action. For example, 5 out of 7 days.

Specific Days (daily frequency only)

Optionally lock the action to specific days of the week (e.g., Mon/Wed/Fri only). If set, only those days appear in your tracking grid.

Min Count / Total Count

For count-type actions: the per-day minimum (daily mode) or the total for the week (weekly mode).

Min Minutes / Total Minutes

For duration-type actions: the per-day minimum (daily mode) or the total for the week (weekly mode).

Count Unit Name

For count-type actions, you can set a custom unit label like "reps", "pages", "miles", or "glasses". This label appears wherever counts are displayed.

Per-Week Targets

You can customize targets for individual weeks without changing the action's default:

  • Tap the edit icon next to any action's progress on the week view
  • Choose "Custom" to set different targets for just that week
  • Choose "Use default" to revert to the action's standard target
  • Past weeks are automatically locked to preserve your history

This is handy for "cheat weeks" (lower targets) or "challenge weeks" (higher targets).

Other Action Options

Repeat by Default

Mark an action as "repeat by default" and it will appear pre-checked at the top of the Copy Past Actions modal in future weeks. Great for actions you do every single week.

Notes

Each action can have optional notes. These are visible when you view or edit the action.

Linked Goal

You can link an action to one of your goals. This helps you see which actions are contributing to which goals.

Sort Order

In edit mode, drag actions using the handle on the left to reorder them. You can also change the sort mode (manual, least done, alphabetical) in Settings.

What Are Goals?

Goals are personal objectives you want to achieve during a season. They're visible to your teammates for accountability, and give context and purpose to your weekly actions.

For example, a goal might be "Run a half marathon" or "Read 12 books" or "Launch the new product feature". You then create weekly actions that move you toward those goals.

Creating and Managing Goals
  • Open the Goals tab and tap the + button
  • Give your goal a name and optional notes
  • Goals are automatically associated with your current team
  • You can edit or archive goals at any time
Goal Timeframe

A goal's timeframe is inherited from its team's season. If the season runs for 13 weeks, that's the window for the goal. There's no separate start/end date on goals — they live and die with the season.

Linking Actions to Goals

When you create or edit an action, you can optionally link it to one of your goals. This helps you:

  • See at a glance which actions contribute to which goals
  • Track how much effort you're putting toward each goal
  • Keep your weekly actions aligned with your bigger objectives

When you copy actions across weeks within the same season, goal links are preserved. When copying across seasons, Metarelating QAT tries to match goals by name.

Active vs. Archived Goals

Goals can be active or archived:

  • Active goals appear in the goal list and can be linked to actions
  • Archived goals are hidden from the main list but their history is preserved
  • Archiving a goal does not affect actions that were previously linked to it
Team Visibility

Your goals are visible to all team members. Your teammates can see your goals and the progress on actions linked to them. This provides accountability and lets your coach and teammates support you.

What Are Teams?

Teams are groups of people who hold each other accountable during a season. Each team belongs to exactly one season, and each person can be on exactly one team per season. Each player sets their own goals and actions, but teammates can see each other's progress.

Teams are typically coaching groups that meet weekly (a "WAM" — Weekly Accountability Meeting).

Team Information

Each team stores the following information:

  • Team name — The display name of the team
  • Description — A short description of the team's purpose
  • Week start day — Which day of the week the new week begins (also the WAM day). This sets the week boundary for all team members.
  • Week start time — The time of day when the week rolls over (also the WAM time). For example, if set to Friday at 4:00 PM, Friday morning counts as the previous week and Friday afternoon starts the new week.
  • Timezone — The timezone used for interpreting the week start time
  • Money link — A URL for the team's money/payment tracking (e.g., a Venmo or Splitwise link)
  • Meet link — A URL for the team's meeting room (e.g., a Zoom or Google Meet link)
  • Rules link — A URL for the team's rules or charter document
Roles: Captain and Players

Each team has a captain and one or more players:

  • The captain is the person who created the team. Only the captain can edit team settings, invite members, and remove members. The captain cannot leave their own team.
  • Players are team members who track their own actions and progress. Players can leave a team at any time.
Invitations

The team captain invites new members by email. Here's how it works:

  • The captain enters an email address on the team detail page
  • The invited person sees a pending invitation when they log in
  • They can accept or decline the invitation
  • Once accepted, they become a player on the team
  • A person can only be on one team per season — if they're already on a team in that season, they'll need to leave it first
The Team View

The team detail page shows:

  • Team info — Name, description, and quick-access links (money, meet, rules) at the top
  • Members list — All current team members with their status
  • Member progress — Tap on any member to view their weekly progress for their actions
  • Goals — Each member's personal goals for the season

Team members can view each other's goals and progress, but cannot edit anyone else's data.

What Are Seasons?

Seasons are coaching rotation periods that define the timeframe for teams and goals. A typical season is 13 weeks, but this is configurable.

Seasons provide natural boundaries for goal-setting: at the start of a new season, you join a new (or the same) team, set fresh goals, and begin tracking new actions.

Season Information

Each season stores:

  • Name — A descriptive name like "Spring 2026" or "Q2 Rotation"
  • Start date — When the season begins
  • Number of weeks — How many weeks the season lasts (default: 13)
  • Calendar event name — The name used for calendar events (e.g., "WAM - Spring 2026")
What Stays with a Season

The following data is tied to a specific season and does not carry over automatically:

  • Teams — Each team belongs to exactly one season. New seasons get new teams (though they may have the same members).
  • Goals — Goals belong to a team within a season. New seasons mean setting new goals.
  • Weekly actions & progress — All week-by-week data belongs to a specific team in a specific season.

However, when copying actions into a new season, Metarelating QAT will try to match goal links by name if a goal with the same name exists in the new season.

Navigating Between Seasons

Use the season selector (available on the Week view and other pages) to switch between seasons. Your most recent season is selected by default. Past seasons are read-only — you can view your history but the data is locked.

Settings Overview

The Settings page lets you customize your account and preferences. Here's what each option does:

Account

Email

Your login email address. This is also used for team invitations — captains invite you by this email.

Name

Your display name, shown to team members and on your profile.

URL Slug

A human-readable identifier used in your profile URLs (e.g., /members/jean-luc-picard/week). Must be lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. This is auto-generated from your name but can be customized.

Daily Email

Send Daily Digest

Toggle this on to receive a daily email summary of your week's progress. The email shows which actions you've completed and how you're tracking against your targets.

Send At

Choose what hour of the day you want to receive your daily digest email. This only appears when the daily digest is enabled.

Overall Caveat

A personal caveat or disclaimer that appears on your week view and when team members view your progress. Common examples:

  • "Barring illness or emergency"
  • "Traveling this month, adjusted targets"
  • "Recovering from injury, modified workouts"

This gives your teammates context about any special circumstances that might affect your progress.

Admin

If you have admin access, you'll see a link to the Admin Panel here. The admin panel provides user management capabilities. This section is only visible to admin users.

Sign Out

Logs you out and returns you to the login screen. Your data is saved on the server and will be there when you log back in.