Guide · 5 min read
Getting Started with ProtoHabit in 5 Minutes
From download to your first logged habit in five minutes: pick a goal, let Mojo draft your plan, and make day one count. A quick-start walkthrough.
Tell ProtoHabit what you are working toward
On first launch, pick the goal that matters most right now — losing weight, saving more, building a daily routine, learning a skill. This one choice shapes everything that follows.
getting-started-01-choose-goal.webp Answer the short quiz honestly
A few quick questions about your consistency, your biggest barrier, and your timeline. There are no wrong answers — Mojo uses them to size your plan to your real capacity, not an idealized one.
getting-started-02-quiz.webp Review the plan Mojo builds for you
Mojo assembles a starter plan of habits matched to your goal, each with a suggested frequency and a one-line reason it earns its place. Swap out anything that does not fit your life.
getting-started-03-plan-reveal.webp Log your first habit today
Open the home grid and tap today's cell for any habit. That first tap starts your gold zap streak — and day one is the only day you can never get back.
getting-started-04-first-log.webp Set one reminder before you close the app
Go to a habit, add a reminder at the moment you are most likely to follow through — right after coffee beats "sometime in the morning". One good reminder outperforms five vague ones.
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You do not need a free weekend and a color-coded spreadsheet to change your habits. You need five minutes, one honest goal, and a first log. This guide walks you from a fresh install to an active plan.
The most important thing to know before you start: ProtoHabit is built around Goals, not loose habit lists. When you tell the app what you are working toward, everything else — the habits Mojo suggests, the insights you see, the streaks you build — organizes itself around that outcome.
Before you begin
Download ProtoHabit for iOS or Android (links on the homepage). The free plan lets you track up to three habits — plenty for your first two weeks. When you are ready for unlimited habits and the full AI coach, ProtoHabit+ is waiting.
After the five minutes
That is genuinely it — you have a goal, a plan, a logged day, and a reminder. From here, two guides are worth your next coffee break: understanding your streaks so you know why a missed day is not a disaster, and how Mojo builds your plan so you know what your coach is doing behind the scenes.
Put it into practice
Open ProtoHabit and try it — this guide will still be here.
