How Plan.N Works
What is Plan.N?
Plan.N helps groups coordinate plans honestly. Instead of endless group chat back-and-forth, Plan.N lets everyone privately signal their interest and conditions before anyone commits. Everything stays anonymous until the plan is real — no one knows who said yes until it’s confirmed. No pressure to join just because others did, no fear of being the only one interested, and no awkward ‘I’ll go if you go’ loops.
How it works
1. Someone suggests a plan with a title, how many people are needed, and optional details like date, place, and budget. 2. Connections see the plan and can join, add conditions ("only if it's under ₹500"), or skip it. Identities stay hidden. 3. Once enough people join, someone volunteers to handle the details. 4. The organizer locks in the details. The system automatically checks each person’s conditions against the final terms — those whose conditions are met are confirmed, others can ask to join anyway. 5. Names are revealed and the plan happens!
How many people need to join?
The creator sets a minimum number of people needed before a plan can move forward. Once enough people join, the plan is ready to go and someone can step up to handle the details.
Can I set conditions on a plan?
When you join a plan, you can add conditions like budget limits, date preferences, or location requirements. The organizer sees an anonymized summary (e.g. ‘2 people need budget under ₹500’) — never who set which condition. This helps them lock in terms that work for everyone without compromising anyone’s privacy.
What do the different statuses mean?
Joined — anyone who has access to the plan and chose to join (with or without conditions). Will confirm — someone whose conditions are all satisfied by the current plan terms, or who joined unconditionally. They’ll be auto-confirmed when the plan is locked in. Have conditions — someone whose conditions aren’t met yet. They’re still ‘in’ and count toward the minimum, but won’t be confirmed unless the terms change to match. People in = Will confirm + Have conditions. Both count toward the minimum.
Who can see my plans?
Plans are shared through your connections. You see plans from your connections, and plans they share with you. The creator controls visibility settings.
Link sharing
Creators can enable link sharing on a plan. When enabled, anyone with the plan’s URL can view and join it — even if they’re not in the sharing chain. The link is a frictionless way to invite people: open link → sign in → see the plan → join. Link-shared plans don’t appear in your feed — they’re only accessible by direct URL.
When do I find out who's coming?
Identities are always hidden until a plan is locked in. You see how many people are in, but never who — not even the organizer knows. After the plan is locked in, names are revealed to confirmed people so the group can coordinate. The plan creator can adjust name visibility: names shown to confirmed people only (most private), also to people with unmet conditions, or to everyone who can view the plan. Each person can also tighten their own visibility — never loosen it beyond what the plan allows.
How do I organize my connections?
Tags let you categorize your connections (e.g. ‘College’, ‘Close friends’). Each connection can have up to 2 tags — a primary tag (used in breakdowns like ‘2 college friends joined’) and an optional secondary. Once you change a tag, it’s locked for 14 days. This is intentional: since counts are broken down by circle, frequent tag changes could let someone narrow down who’s joined by watching how the numbers shift. The cooldown prevents this.
What does the organizer do?
Once enough people are in, anyone can volunteer to handle the details. The organizer sets final details (exact time, venue, budget) and locks in the plan. The system then automatically checks each person’s conditions — those whose conditions are met are confirmed, and those who aren’t can ask to join anyway.
After the plan is locked in
Once a plan is locked in, the terms can no longer be edited. This is because people confirmed based on those specific terms — changing them after the fact would break the trust contract. If someone’s conditions don’t match the final terms, they won’t be confirmed. They can ask to join anyway, and the organizer can approve or reject.
Blocked usernames
You can block usernames in Settings → Blocked usernames. If a plan is shared by, joined by, or created by someone in your blocked list, a warning banner appears on the plan detail page. Blocking and unblocking have a 14-day cooldown — the same cooldown as connection tag changes.
What happens after the event?
After a plan’s date has passed, confirmed people can record who actually showed up. This builds an internal reliability score — the organizer can see if someone has a history of not showing up, but it’s never shown as a public rating. There’s also a quick survey: ‘Would this plan have happened without Plan.N?’ — this helps us measure whether we’re actually creating new plans, not just digitizing ones that would have happened anyway.