I only just discovered that you can monitor settlements remotely. This seemed like a good idea - it actually seems weird to be managing the settlers outside of it, e.g. allocating them on a spreadsheet to defense/maintenance/farming etc.
But it often reports weird things, like that Covenant has no defense!
So i rush there, expecting it to have been hit hard - and the place is fine.
There's no tutorial or help files. Do settlers automatically repair items? Should the workshop tab be ignored?