Set up check-in reminders
Choose when Brev reminds your team to check in, and whether reminders go by email, Slack or Microsoft Teams.
Last updated Nov 10, 2026
admin only
A check-in rhythm sends a reminder on a schedule to every active member with goals due on Check in.
Who can do this: roles with Manage product settings, Owners and Admins by default. See Roles & permissions.
Turn on reminders #
- Open Settings. Under Goals, click Check-ins.
- Turn on Check-in rhythm. It starts at Mon at 08:30, Pacific time.
- Click the schedule button. Pick Weekly and the days, or Daily and how many days apart.
- Set Time: and Time Zone:, then click away to save.
- Check that Email reminder, Slack reminder or Teams reminder is on. Slack and Teams stay greyed out until they're connected.
- To preview, click Test on the Test Run row. It sends the reminder only to you.
Success check
The schedule button shows your days and time, for example Mon at 08:30. The test reminder reaches you on each channel you turned on.What each switch covers #
- Email reminder
- Email only. It shows while the rhythm is on.
- Slack reminder
- A Slack DM, which members can answer in Slack.
- Teams reminder
- A Microsoft Teams 1:1 message.
- In-app reminder
- No switch. Every send also adds a notification in Brev.
- A scheduled send goes out only while Email reminder or Slack reminder is on.
- Turning the rhythm off also turns Email reminder off. Turn it back on by hand.
- Members can opt out with their own Check-in reminders setting in Notifications.
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