# Follow-ups and subscriptions

> Bring a conversation back on a date, and keep track of renewals so you can cancel in time.

Source: https://sydbar.app/docs/follow-ups

## Set a follow-up

Open a conversation and choose **Follow up**:

- **Tomorrow**
- **Next week**
- **Before {vendor} renews**, when the conversation has a tracked subscription. It lands 3 days before the next charge and fills in the note "Cancel {vendor} before renewal".
- **Pick a date…**: a date (today or later) and an optional note of up to 120 characters, then **Set follow-up**.

Agents connected over MCP can set follow-ups too.

## When it's due

On the date, the conversation comes back to the top of **Needs you**, even if you archived it (not if it's in Trash). The row reads "Due · {note}". The **Follow-ups** view lists every follow-up by date, and your calendar shows them under Sydbar dates.

> **Note: No reminder emails**
> A due follow-up shows up in Sydbar. Sydbar doesn't send a notification or email about it.
## Change or finish it

Open **Follow up** again: **Done**, **Change date…** or **Remove follow-up**. "Done" on a cancel-before-renewal follow-up reads **Done, cancelled** and also marks the subscription cancelled.

## Add to calendar

**Follow up → Add to calendar…** puts an event on your own Google Calendar: a title, date, start and end. If the email spells out a date, it's filled in. With no time it becomes an all-day event. Nobody is invited: "Added to your calendar. No one was invited."

## Subscriptions

When a new email looks like a subscription (renewal, receipt, trial ending, card declined and similar), Sydbar reads the vendor, amount, how often it charges and the next charge date, and shows a suggestion with the sentences it used:

- **Plan to cancel by {date}**: tracks it and sets a cancel-by follow-up, 3 days before the next charge by default.
- **Just track it**: shows the renewal on your calendar.
- **Not a subscription**: dismisses it.

If Sydbar didn't spot one, choose **Follow up → Track as subscription**. Once you've cancelled with the vendor, choose **Mark cancelled**.

> **Important: Sydbar only reminds**
> Sydbar never contacts the vendor or cancels anything. Cancelling stays with you.