Last updated: 30 May 2026

This page answers the questions we get most often from people using Forge. If your question isn't here, email us at [email protected] — we read every message.

For privacy and data questions, see the Forge Privacy Policy. For billing and account questions, the Forge Terms of Service is the authoritative document — this FAQ is a plain-English summary.

1. The basics

1.1 What is Forge?

Forge is a 90-day (three-month) discipline protocol. Five daily tasks, every day, for 90 consecutive days. Miss one task on one day and you start over at Day 1. Every completed day stamps a Receipt — a dated, signed artifact that proves you did the work.

It is not a fitness app, a habit tracker, or a streak gamification game. It's a system that holds you to the promises you keep breaking to yourself.

1.2 What are the three modes?

Mode What it means
Strict Miss any task, any day — you restart at Day 1. No tokens, no negotiation. Dead Man's Switch at midnight.
Discipline Same five tasks, but you have a small number of "grace tokens" you can spend on a single missed task per token. Designed for life events you can't control.
Custom You define your own daily tasks (within Forge's rules), and the same restart-on-miss logic applies.

You pick your mode during onboarding. You can change modes later, but doing so will reset your active protocol to Day 1.

1.3 What are the five default tasks in Strict mode?

  1. Follow your eating plan — whatever rules you set.
  2. Workout for 45 minutes — move with intent.
  3. Hit your hydration goal — pick your target.
  4. Read for 15 minutes — any book counts.
  5. Take a progress photo — daily checkpoint.

The Discipline mode uses a slightly lighter version of the same five tasks. Custom mode lets you define your own 1–5 tasks.

2. Getting started