Your phone
enforces the protocol.
App Shield is the system that makes your commitment real. Declare a focus session. Lock the apps that pull you away. The Forge holds you to it — with real consequences if you break.
Choose which apps are off-limits. Set a session. The Shield activates the moment you confirm.
While Shield is active, blocked apps are inaccessible. No "pause and check" workaround. You set the rules — the system enforces them.
You can break the Shield. But it costs 20% of your session XP. The decision is yours. So are the consequences.
Every system that lets you pause and come back later isn't a system.
It's a suggestion.
App Shield isn't about willpower. It's about removing the question entirely. When you're in a session, the decision is already made. The Forge just makes sure you hold it.
Built. Waiting on Apple.
App Shield is fully built and functional. The Screen Time API entitlement is with Apple for review. Once approved it ships to all Operators immediately — no additional update required.