# Your first alarm: how to make one

Start here · https://lfg.gm/wiki/your-first-alarm · Updated 2026-10-16

Making an alarm in LFG Alarm takes a few taps. Open the Alarms tab, pick what should set it off (Time, Social, Onchain or Anything, or paste a link), answer Rocco's one or two questions, choose whether to make it social, and tap Arm it. Then pick the vibe: the sound, the voice and the picture it rings with.

## Where things are

The app has three tabs along the bottom:

- **Daily drop** is where the app opens. What rang, who got up and the wake boards live here, with what is coming up in the next seven days.
- **Alarms** is your list, sorted into **Coming up**, **Watching** and **Expired**, with the place to make a new alarm at the top.
- **Discover** is where public alarms are, for riding.

**Settings** (your picture, top right) holds your friends and groups, the chaos level and the checks that make sure your phone can ring.

![The Alarms tab, with Rocco's greeting and the four ways to start an alarm](https://lfg.gm/wiki/shots/alarms-tab.jpg)

## Make an alarm

1. On **Alarms**, tap one of the four chips: **⏰ Time**, **👀 Social**, **📈 Onchain** or **🔮 Anything**. Or tap **Got a link?** to paste a Luma or Partiful invite.
2. Rocco asks what he needs in a short chat: the time, the account, the token. Answer with the chips or type.
3. **Make it social** is off by default, so the alarm is just for you. Switch it on to share it: **Friends** is picked first, or pick **Public** so anyone can ride it and it shows in Discover. A time alarm also asks its **Time zone** here.
4. Tap **Arm it** (on a post or trades alarm, **That's it**; on an event, **Create alarm**). Rocco says the trigger is locked in.
5. Tap **Pick the vibe** to choose how it sounds and looks, or **Done** to keep what Rocco picked.

Each type has its own page: [time](https://lfg.gm/wiki/time-alarms), [events](https://lfg.gm/wiki/event-alarms), [posts](https://lfg.gm/wiki/post-alarms), [prices](https://lfg.gm/wiki/price-alarms), [trades](https://lfg.gm/wiki/trades-alarms) and [anything](https://lfg.gm/wiki/anything-alarms).

## An example: a flight tomorrow

Your flight boards at 9:40 and you need to leave by 7:00.

1. Tap **⏰ Time**, then **Just once**.
2. Set the clock to 6:15 and tap **AM**, then **tomorrow**.
3. Leave **Make it social** off, and tap **Arm it**.
4. Tap **Pick the vibe**, choose a siren, and in **Creator's note** write "Passport is in the blue bag".

## Share it

When you save a shared alarm, the app shows its link with **Copy link** and **Share**. Share makes a picture of the alarm you can post anywhere. Everyone who taps the link and joins rings with you. For a friends alarm you choose how people get in: **Anyone with the link rides** or **I approve each one**. See [Sharing and reach](https://lfg.gm/wiki/sharing-and-reach).

## When it rings

The ring screen shows the alarm's words, its picture and how many people are riding. Tap **I'm up I'm up** on Android, or the answer button on iPhone (it says **I'm up** or a word that fits the alarm, like **Let's go**), and the call to action link opens if the alarm has one. Snooze if you need to, and Rocco has something to say about that. Then the [wake board](https://lfg.gm/wiki/wake-board) fills in.

## Common mistakes

- **Expecting a shared alarm by default.** Make it social starts off. Switch it on before you arm, or open the alarm later and share it from there.
- **Arming a time that has passed.** A one-off time earlier than now cannot be armed today; move it to **tomorrow**.
- **Changing an alarm after friends joined.** Once a second person rides it, it is sealed. See [Editing and deleting](https://lfg.gm/wiki/editing-and-deleting).

## Questions

### Can I make an alarm by typing what I want?
Not in the app: alarms start from the four chips or a link, and Rocco asks the rest. From your AI agent you can make time alarms in plain words; see [Using LFG Alarm from your AI agent](https://lfg.gm/wiki/ai-agents).

### Can I make an alarm on my laptop?
Yes, at lfg.gm when you are signed in. It rings on your phone too.

### Can I change an alarm later?
Yes, until a second person joins it. See [Editing and deleting](https://lfg.gm/wiki/editing-and-deleting).

## Keep exploring

- [What is LFG Alarm?](https://lfg.gm/wiki/what-is-lfg-alarm.md): The social alarm clock that rings for times and moments, and rings every phone that joined together.
- [LFG Alarm glossary](https://lfg.gm/wiki/glossary.md): Every word LFG Alarm uses, from alarm link to wake board, in plain English.

## About LFG Alarm

LFG Alarm is a social alarm clock for iPhone, iPad and Android. It rings for times and for moments (a post on X, a stream going live, a token price, a wallet buying, an event starting), and one shared link makes every phone that joined ring together. Rocco, the cat inside the app, does the watching and the waking.

- Get it on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gm.lfg.app
- Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6821089085
- Use it from an AI agent: add the MCP server https://mcp.lfg.gm as a connector, then ask in plain words.
- Every page for agents: https://lfg.gm/llms.txt