Task Tracker

Task Tracker

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

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

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:

# 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

Quick Start

View Your Tasks

python3 ~/clawd/skills/task-tracker/scripts/tasks.py list

Daily Standup

python3 ~/clawd/skills/task-tracker/scripts/standup.py

Weekly Review

python3 ~/clawd/skills/task-tracker/scripts/weekly_review.py

Commands Reference

List Tasks

# 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

# 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

tasks.py done "proposal"  # Fuzzy match - finds "Draft project proposal"

Show Blockers

tasks.py blockers              # All blocking tasks
tasks.py blockers --person sarah  # Only blocking Sarah

Extract from Meeting Notes

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

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 |

Status Workflow

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

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 |

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 |

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

Integration Points

Troubleshooting

"Tasks file not found"

# Create from template
python3 scripts/init.py

Tasks not showing up

Date parsing issues

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 |

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

"Tasks file not found"

# Create from template
python3 scripts/init.py

Tasks not showing up

Date parsing issues