Name: Pulse AI Coach (GPT, Claude, Gemini)
Rating: 4.6 (11 reviews)
Author: nioquant

Web and more settings details: https://nioquant.com/coachpulse

REMARK: Your own subscription to one of the AI models/APIs is required:
- for OpenAI (GPT) models use: https://platform.openai.com
- for Anthropic (Claude) models use: https://platform.claude.com
- for Google (Gemini) models use: https://aistudio.google.com

If there is any problem with setting up API Keys, please contact me on the info@nioquant.com or use Contact Developer below!


Details:
CoachPulse is an AI coaching data field for Garmin watches. It reads your biometrics during a workout (heart rate, pace, body battery, stress, and more) and delivers real-time coaching cues directly on your watch screen. No app switch, no phone unlock. You bring your own API key from OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or Google Gemini.

Pick who coaches you from 7 personas: Supportive Partner, Drill Sergeant, Sports Scientist, Zen Master, Old-School Trainer, Hype Friend, or Race Tactician. Racing? Set a target distance and goal time and every cue tracks your live gap to the plan and your projected finish. Press the lap button for an instant read of your effort. Stop the timer and get a debrief with the takeaway that matters. And the coach remembers: notes from your last workouts feed into the next session briefing, so it knows how your training has been going.

How to use

1. Install CoachPulse from the Connect IQ store.
2. In the Garmin Connect app, add CoachPulse as a data field on any activity screen.
3. Open CoachPulse settings in the Connect IQ section and enter your API key, provider, and model.
4. Start your activity and swipe to the CoachPulse screen. It shows "Monitoring..." while idle and cues appear automatically when triggered.

A full-screen single data field gives the most room for longer cues.

Settings

- AI Provider: OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or Google Gemini
- AI Model: Choose a model that matches your provider
- API Key: Your key for the selected service
- Session Goal: Short description of today's workout intent (e.g. "easy recovery run")
- Race Target: Race distance from 5K to Marathon, 100K ultras, or 40K/90K/180K bike legs
- Race Goal Time: Goal time in minutes; with a race target set, cues track your live gap to plan and projected finish (0 = off)
- Session Memory: AI remembers its previous cues to avoid repetition and build context over the session
- History Size: How many past cues Claude or Gemini receive as context (3-20, default 10)
- Coach Memory: Watch keeps notes from your last 8 workouts and feeds them into the next briefing and debrief
- Coach Persona: The voice coaching you, from 7 personas (default Supportive Partner)
- Custom Coach Notes: Free text layered on top of the persona, e.g. your language, your race, how you like to be coached
- Push Level: How hard the coach pushes you (1 Relaxed to 5 Aggressive)
- Recovery Focus: How much the AI weighs fatigue signals like body battery and stress (1 Ignore to 5 Maximum)
- Response Length: Short (5-6 words), Normal (5-9 words), or Long (12-25 words); auto adapts to field size
- Font Size: Auto picks the largest font that fits and shrinks when needed; explicit sizes stay fixed
- Cooldown: Minimum seconds between cues (default 300 s)
- Check-in Interval: Periodic cue every N minutes (0 = off)
- Intro Cue: Session briefing at workout start based on readiness, goal, and recent workouts
- Lap Coach: Press lap for an instant effort read and a cue for the next lap (off by d
- Workout Debrief: Final summary when you stop the timer
- Milestone Cues: Cues at km and time checkpoints
- Effort Check-in: Cue when you sustain zone 3+ beyond the effort threshold
- Effort Threshold: Minutes in zone 3+ before effort check-in fires (default 20)
- Pace Drop Alert: Cue when pace drops below session average
- HR Alerts: Cues on zone breaches and sudden HR spikes