task-tracker

What this skill does

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**Personal task management with daily standups and weekly reviews**

[Homepage](https://github.com/kesslerio/task-tracker-clawdbot-skill) • [Trigger Patterns](#what-this-skill-does) • [Commands](#commands-reference)

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# Task Tracker

A personal task management skill for daily standups and weekly reviews. Tracks work tasks, surfaces priorities, and manages blockers.

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## What This Skill Does

1. **Lists tasks** - Shows what's on your plate, filtered by priority, status, or deadline
2. **Daily standup** - Shows today's #1 priority, blockers, and what was completed
3. **Weekly review** - Summarizes last week, archives done items, plans this week
4. **Add tasks** - Create new tasks with priority and due date
5. **Complete tasks** - Mark tasks as done
6. **Extract from notes** - Pull action items from meeting notes

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## File Structure

```
~/clawd/memory/work/
├── TASKS.md              # Active tasks (source of truth)
├── ARCHIVE-2026-Q1.md    # Completed tasks by quarter
└── WORKFLOW.md           # Workflow documentation
```

**TASKS.md format:**
```markdown
# Work Tasks

## 🔴 High Priority (This Week)
- [ ] **Set up Apollo.io** — Access for Lilla
  - Due: ASAP
  - Blocks: Lilla (podcast outreach)

## 🟡 Medium Priority (This Week)
- [ ] **Review newsletter concept** — Figma design
  - Due: Before Feb 1

## ✅ Done
- [x] **Set up team calendar** — Shared Google Calendar
```

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## Quick Start

### View Your Tasks
```bash
python3 ~/clawd/skills/task-tracker/scripts/tasks.py list
```

### Daily Standup
```bash
python3 ~/clawd/skills/task-tracker/scripts/standup.py
```

### Weekly Review
```bash
python3 ~/clawd/skills/task-tracker/scripts/weekly_review.py
```

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## Commands Reference

### List Tasks
```bash
# All tasks
tasks.py list

# Only high priority
tasks.py list --priority high

# Only blocked
tasks.py list --status blocked

# Due today or this week
tasks.py list --due today
tasks.py list --due this-week
```

### Add Task
```bash
# Simple
tasks.py add "Draft project proposal"

# With details
tasks.py add "Draft project proposal" \
  --priority high \
  --due "Before Mar 15" \
  --blocks "Sarah (client review)"
```

### Complete Task
```bash
tasks.py done "proposal"  # Fuzzy match - finds "Draft project proposal"
```

### Show Blockers
```bash
tasks.py blockers              # All blocking tasks
tasks.py blockers --person sarah  # Only blocking Sarah
```

### Extract from Meeting Notes
```bash
extract_tasks.py --from-text "Meeting: discuss Q1 planning, Sarah to own budget review"
# Outputs: tasks.py add "Discuss Q1 planning" --priority medium
#          tasks.py add "Sarah to own budget review" --owner sarah
```

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## Priority Levels

| Icon | Meaning | When to Use |
|------|---------|-------------|
| 🔴 **High** | Critical, blocking, deadline-driven | Revenue impact, blocking others |
| 🟡 **Medium** | Important but not urgent | Reviews, feedback, planning |
| 🟢 **Low** | Monitoring, delegated | Waiting on others, backlog |

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## Status Workflow

```
Todo → In Progress → Done
      ↳ Blocked (waiting on external)
      ↳ Waiting (delegated, monitoring)
```

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## Automation (Cron)

| Job | When | What |
|-----|------|------|
| Daily Standup | Weekdays 8:30 AM | Posts to Telegram Journaling group |
| Weekly Review | Mondays 9:00 AM | Posts summary, archives done items |

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## Natural Language Triggers

| You Say | Skill Does |
|---------|-----------|
| "daily standup" | Runs standup.py, posts to Journaling |
| "weekly review" | Runs weekly_review.py, posts summary |
| "what's on my plate?" | Lists all tasks |
| "what's blocking Lilla?" | Shows tasks blocking Lilla |
| "mark IMCAS done" | Completes matching task |
| "what's due this week?" | Lists tasks due this week |
| "add task: X" | Adds task X to TASKS.md |
| "extract tasks from: [notes]" | Parses notes, outputs add commands |

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## Examples

**Morning check-in:**
```
$ python3 scripts/standup.py

📋 Daily Standup — Tuesday, January 21

🎯 #1 Priority: Complete project proposal draft
   ↳ Blocking: Sarah (client review)

⏰ Due Today:
  • Complete project proposal draft
  • Schedule team sync

🔴 High Priority:
  • Review Q1 budget (due: Before Mar 15)
  • Draft blog post (due: ASAP)

✅ Recently Completed:
  • Set up shared calendar
  • Update team documentation
```

**Adding a task:**
```
$ python3 scripts/tasks.py add "Draft blog post" --priority high --due ASAP

✅ Added task: Draft blog post
```

**Extracting from meeting notes:**
```
$ python3 scripts/extract_tasks.py --from-text "Meeting: Sarah needs budget review, create project timeline"

# Extracted 2 task(s) from meeting notes
# Run these commands to add them:

tasks.py add "Budget review for Sarah" --priority high
tasks.py add "Create project timeline" --priority medium
```

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## Integration Points

- **Telegram Journaling group:** Standup/review summaries posted automatically
- **Obsidian:** Daily standups logged to `01-Daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md`
- **MEMORY.md:** Patterns and recurring blockers promoted during weekly reviews
- **Cron:** Automated standups and reviews

---

## Troubleshooting

**"Tasks file not found"**
```bash
# Create from template
python3 scripts/init.py
```

**Tasks not showing up**
- Check TASKS.md exists at `~/clawd/memory/work/TASKS.md`
- Verify task format (checkboxes `- [ ]`, headers `## 🔴`)
- Run `tasks.py list` to debug

**Date parsing issues**
- Due dates support: `ASAP`, `YYYY-MM-DD`, `Before Mar 15`, `Before product launch`
- `check_due_date()` handles common formats

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## Files

| File | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `scripts/tasks.py` | Main CLI - list, add, done, blockers, archive |
| `scripts/standup.py` | Daily standup generator |
| `scripts/weekly_review.py` | Weekly review generator |
| `scripts/extract_tasks.py` | Extract tasks from meeting notes |
| `scripts/utils.py` | Shared utilities (DRY) |
| `scripts/init.py` | Initialize new TASKS.md from template |
| `references/task-format.md` | Task format specification |
| `assets/templates/TASKS.md` | Template for new task files |