How to use sources and time based searches
Welcome to Pieces Academy – episode 3.
In this video, I’ll show you how to control which apps Pieces can see and generate memories from, as well as how to use the Time Ranges menu to load your AI with memories from a specific point in time.
Inside Pieces Copilot, you'll find a Sources tab. This allows you to toggle on or off any apps you do or don’t want Pieces to collect memories from.
For example, if you don’t want personal browsing or certain work tools captured, simply disable them.
Pieces only remembers what you choose and by default, everything runs locally on your machine.
Let’s say I have a Google Meeting coming up and I want Pieces to help me prep. I can enable Chrome in Sources, and my AI will pull in all the related context – calendar invites, emails, meeting links, and key prep notes.
Just ask something like:
“Help me prep for my meeting later today.”
Pieces combines the relevant memories and gives me everything I need to be ready. It just knows.
You can also enable multiple sources to combine context across apps.
For example, enable Maps and ask:
“Where should I stop for coffee before the meeting?”
Using the Time Ranges menu
Next to the Sources tab, you’ll find the Time Ranges menu.
This lets you focus Pieces’ memory on a specific window of time – perfect when you know when something happened but not all the details.
Let’s say you're trying to recall a standup meeting from six months ago, just select that time range, and Pieces will pull in the relevant memories from that period.
It’s also great for those “I know I fixed that bug three weeks ago, but I forgot how” moments. That’s where Pieces comes in.
Now that you know how to manage Sources and use Time Ranges, check out the next video to explore the Workstream Activities page – where you can dive deeper into your AI-powered memories and access real-time summaries of your work, so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
