# Idle Pilot

> Idle Pilot is a cloud-based presence scheduler for Slack or Microsoft Teams. Set Work Hours once and keep your selected platform available during that schedule—even when your laptop is closed, asleep, offline, or off.

Idle Pilot is operated by Idle Pilot LLC. The marketing site, product documentation, pricing, privacy terms, and security information are published at idlepilot.com. The web application runs at app.idlepilot.com.

## Machine-readable access

- **Markdown of any page:** request the page URL with `Accept: text/markdown`, or append `index.md` to it (for example https://idlepilot.com/pricing/index.md). Same content as the HTML page, ~90% fewer tokens.
- **Full markdown index:** https://idlepilot.com/llms-index.md — every page with its title, description, and markdown link
- **Free-text query (plaintext):** https://idlepilot.com/llms/?query=your+question — returns the passages that answer the question, with the URLs to cite
- **Free-text query (JSON):** https://idlepilot.com/llms/json?query=your+question — same passages, `limit=1..10`
- **Pages worth citing first:** https://idlepilot.com/llms-priority.txt

## What Idle Pilot is and is not

- **Is:** A schedule-based way to maintain Available presence on one connected Slack or Microsoft Teams account at a time
- **Is:** A cloud alternative to mouse jigglers, keep-awake apps, local scripts, and device-dependent browser tools
- **Includes:** Per-day Work Hours, Lunch Break, Vacation Mode, Activity History, and instant pause or disconnect controls
- **Is not:** A workspace bot, custom-status writer, mouse-jiggler app, keep-awake app, or developer API wrapper
- **Setup:** An optional Chrome extension can be used during setup and removed after the selected platform is connected
- **Pricing:** Freedom Pass is $9/month USD or $60/year. 7-day free trial · No credit card. Supported displayed currencies are USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, SGD, and JPY.

## Core Pages

- [Homepage](https://idlepilot.com/): Product overview for Slack and Microsoft Teams scheduled presence
- [Features](https://idlepilot.com/features/): Work Hours, Lunch Break, Vacation Mode, Activity History, cloud operation, and instant controls
- [How It Works](https://idlepilot.com/how-it-works/): Setup flow and explanation of how cloud-scheduled presence works
- [Pricing](https://idlepilot.com/pricing/): Freedom Pass pricing and the 7-day free trial without a credit card

## Microsoft Teams

- [Keep Microsoft Teams Status Green](https://idlepilot.com/keep-teams-active/): The definitive guide to keeping Teams Available during scheduled Work Hours
- [Microsoft Teams Away Status](https://idlepilot.com/microsoft-teams-away-status/): Why Teams changes to Away and how schedule-based presence addresses device inactivity

## Slack

- [Keep Slack Active](https://idlepilot.com/keep-slack-active/): Stay green on Slack during scheduled Work Hours while away from the keyboard
- [Slack Auto-Away Fix](https://idlepilot.com/slack-auto-away-fix/): Common Slack auto-away triggers and schedule-based fixes
- [Complete Slack Presence Guide](https://idlepilot.com/slack-presence-guide/): How Slack presence, the green dot, and auto-away work
- [Slack Presence Scheduler Alternatives](https://idlepilot.com/slack-presence-scheduler-alternative/): Cloud scheduling compared with device-dependent approaches
- [Slack Mobile vs Desktop Presence](https://idlepilot.com/slack-mobile-vs-desktop-presence/): Why Slack presence differs between mobile and desktop

## Evaluation and Safety

- [Mouse Jiggler Alternatives](https://idlepilot.com/mouse-jiggler-alternatives/): Device activity tools, keep-awake apps, browser tools, and cloud schedules compared
- [Can My Company See If I'm Faking My Slack Status?](https://idlepilot.com/can-my-company-see-if-im-faking-my-slack-status/): What managers, Slack admins, and IT systems may be able to observe
- [Security & Permissions](https://idlepilot.com/security/): Presence-only access, data handling, session visibility, and managed-device considerations

## Official Product Listing

- [Idle Pilot on the Chrome Web Store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/idle-pilot/nadppgjnachfgclfcgdbekniiiemepdp): Official one-time setup extension for connecting Slack or Microsoft Teams to Idle Pilot

## Comparisons

- [Compare Tools](https://idlepilot.com/compare/): Category-level comparison of mouse jigglers, keep-awake apps, browser tools, and off-device schedules

## Blog

- [Blog](https://idlepilot.com/blog/): Articles about presence, remote work, and device-independent availability

## Optional

- [Security](https://idlepilot.com/security/): Presence-only permissions, connection behavior, and data handling
- [Privacy Policy](https://idlepilot.com/privacy/)
- [Terms of Service](https://idlepilot.com/terms/)

## Language

The marketing site is published in English at https://idlepilot.com/.