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How-to Guides

Short, screenshot-driven walkthroughs of the product — from storing your first secret to what your beneficiary sees when your switch fires. Every guide mirrors a real, tested flow.

Getting started Guide

How to add a secret to your vault

Store your first credential, end-to-end encrypted, in under a minute.

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Playbooks Guide

How to build a playbook

Write the step-by-step instructions your beneficiary follows, and attach the items they'll need.

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Beneficiaries Guide

How to assign a secret to a beneficiary

Add a beneficiary, then author the ordered chain that decides who receives what, and when.

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For beneficiaries Guide

What your beneficiary sees when your switch fires

A complete walkthrough of the beneficiary's claim experience — the link, the passphrase, and the playbook they receive.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the life-insurance playbook template

Start from the life-insurance template, understand its built-in steps, and attach the policy, agent, and proof your beneficiary needs.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the 401(k) / retirement-account playbook template

Walk your heir through claiming each retirement account — administrator, identity, statement, and where to search for plans you've lost track of.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the pension survivor-benefit playbook template

Help a survivor claim a pension or PBGC benefit — the plan or PBGC contact, identity, and the relationship proof spousal benefits require.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the savings-bonds playbook template

Show your family which bonds you hold and exactly how to redeem them through TreasuryDirect — before they sit unearning for decades.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the POD / TOD accounts playbook template

Tell the person you named on a payable-on-death account which institution holds it and what to bring — funds that pass outside probate, if claimed.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the unclaimed-property playbook template

Point your family to the state databases that hold forgotten money in your name, and how to file each claim.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the crypto-wallet playbook template

Give your heir a plain-language path to your crypto: the seed phrase, how to restore the wallet on a clean device, and any exchange logins.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the will & executor playbook template

Make sure your will is found and filed: where the original is, who the executor and attorney are, and the first probate steps.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the investment / brokerage playbook template

Walk your heir through claiming each brokerage account — how it's titled, identity, and transferring holdings in-kind.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the settle-debts playbook template

List your debts and tell your executor how to handle them — notify lenders, ask about credit life, and never pay from their own pocket.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the final tax-return playbook template

Give your preparer and executor what they need to file your final return — prior returns, the accountant, and the deceased-return rules.

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Playbook templates Guide

How to use the funeral-arrangements playbook template

Hand your family everything a funeral director will ask for: any pre-need plan, how it's paid, your disposition wishes, veteran benefits, and the facts for the death certificate and obituary.

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