Task Tracker
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Personal task management with daily standups and weekly reviews
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</div>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
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
- 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 listto debug
Date parsing issues
- Due dates support:
ASAP,YYYY-MM-DD,Before Mar 15,Before product launch check_due_date()handles common formats
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 |
Overview
Task Tracker is a personal task management skill that surfaces priorities during daily standups and weekly reviews. It tracks work items, supports adding and completing tasks, and can extract action items from meeting notes to keep blockers and deadlines visible.
How This Skill Works
Tasks are stored in TASKS.md as the active source of truth, organized by priority and status. You interact with commands like list, add, done, blockers, and extract_tasks, while standups and weekly reviews summarize today’s priorities and last week’s progress. Completed tasks are archived in quarterly files such as ARCHIVE-2026-Q1.md.
When to Use It
- When the user asks for a daily standup or what's on their plate
- When the user asks for a weekly review or last week's progress
- When the user wants to add, update, or complete a task
- When the user asks about blockers or deadlines
- When the user shares meeting notes and wants tasks extracted
- When the user asks what's due this week
Quick Start
- Step 1: List tasks with python3 ~/clawd/skills/task-tracker/scripts/tasks.py list
- Step 2: Run daily standup with python3 ~/clawd/skills/task-tracker/scripts/standup.py
- Step 3: Run weekly review with python3 ~/clawd/skills/task-tracker/scripts/weekly_review.py
Best Practices
- Keep tasks granular with a clear title and optional details (priority, due date, blockers).
- Use the due field to enable filters like today and this-week (tasks.py list --due today or --due this-week).
- Run daily standups and weekly reviews regularly to surface priorities and archive completed work.
- Use the blockers view to surface dependencies and assign owners (via --owner or meeting notes).
- Maintain TASKS.md as the single source of truth and rely on ARCHIVE-2026-Q1.md for completed items.
Example Use Cases
- View today's top priority and blockers in a daily standup.
- Add a new high-priority task with a due date, e.g., Draft proposal due soon.
- Mark a completed task, then review ARCHIVE-2026-Q1.md to confirm archiving.
- Extract action items from a meeting note: create tasks for Discuss Q1 planning and Sarah to own budget review.
- Check what's due this week with list --due this-week to plan sprint priorities.