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

Lists tasks - Shows what's on your plate, filtered by priority, status, or deadline Daily standup - Shows today's #1 priority, blockers, and what was completed Weekly review - Summarizes last week, archives done items, plans this week Add tasks - Create new tasks with priority and due date Complete tasks - Mark tasks as done 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

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

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

IconMeaningWhen to Use🔴 HighCritical, blocking, deadline-drivenRevenue impact, blocking others🟡 MediumImportant but not urgentReviews, feedback, planning🟢 LowMonitoring, delegatedWaiting on others, backlog

Status Workflow

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

Automation (Cron)

JobWhenWhatDaily StandupWeekdays 8:30 AMPosts to Telegram Journaling groupWeekly ReviewMondays 9:00 AMPosts summary, archives done items

Natural Language Triggers

You SaySkill 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

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" # 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

Files

FilePurposescripts/tasks.pyMain CLI - list, add, done, blockers, archivescripts/standup.pyDaily standup generatorscripts/weekly_review.pyWeekly review generatorscripts/extract_tasks.pyExtract tasks from meeting notesscripts/utils.pyShared utilities (DRY)scripts/init.pyInitialize new TASKS.md from templatereferences/task-format.mdTask format specificationassets/templates/TASKS.mdTemplate for new task files