How I built an AI planner that works backwards from your deadline
Most planning tools start from the beginning. I wanted something smarter; an AI that works backwards from your deadline to give you the exact steps, dates, and checkpoints.
That’s how Reverse My Plan was born. You enter a goal + deadline, and AI generates a timeline with tasks, checklists, even exportable calendars.
Still early (6 beta users), but building in public
Would you use an AI that reverse-engineers your plans and goals?
You can try it at reversemyplan.com (still in beta). Would love feedback!
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Hey, I still get your idea about reverse my plan. Can you please explain it a little bit more...
Hey, thanks for asking!
The idea behind Reverse My Plan is simple: most tools start from the beginning of a project and move forward. But when you have a hard deadline (wedding, product launch, exam), it’s usually smarter to plan backwards.
With RMP, you enter your deadline → the app auto-generates a reverse timeline with tasks, checkpoints, and AI suggestions. You can tweak it, collaborate with others, and even export to calendar/PDF.
So instead of stressing about ‘what do I do first?’, you always know ‘what needs to be done now to hit the deadline'.
Hope that gave you a clearer picture a bit :)
Sounds Amazing. looking forward to it.
I kind of already do this on my daily life.Having a tool that can decompose the steps to "get there" going back, would be extremely handy.
Having a departure-time plan, makes logical sense to me.
Exactly, that’s the idea! Instead of starting from step 1, RMP starts from your deadline and works backward. AI fills in the checkpoints + timings. Since you already plan this way, you’ll probably love it. Would love to get your unfiltered feedback!