reminders

name	reminders
description	Manage Apple Reminders from Codex. Use when the user asks to create, update, complete, delete, or list reminders/tasks in Apple Reminders on this Mac, including "remind me", "make a reminder", "due today", or "show my reminders".

Reminders

Use this skill for Apple Reminders tasks on macOS.

Quick Check

1. Confirm macOS context: uname should be Darwin.
2. For relative dates like today or tomorrow, resolve first with date and use exact dates in the reply if useful.
3. Assume default list unless user names a specific list.

Workflow

1. Translate the request into reminder fields:

• name: short action title
• body: optional long notes/source message/link
• due date: explicit date/time if given; otherwise choose a sensible same-day time only when the user asked for "today"
• list: default list unless specified

2. Create/update via osascript:

• Create reminder in default list:

osascript <<'APPLESCRIPT'
set dueDate to current date
set hours of dueDate to 18
set minutes of dueDate to 0
set seconds of dueDate to 0

tell application "Reminders"
    set targetList to default list
    make new reminder at end of reminders of targetList with properties {name:"Review app", body:"Notes here", due date:dueDate}
end tell
APPLESCRIPT

• Read/list reminders:

osascript <<'APPLESCRIPT'
tell application "Reminders"
    tell default list
        get name of reminders
    end tell
end tell
APPLESCRIPT

3. Verify command result:

• If osascript hangs, poll once; macOS may be waiting on Automation permission.
• If it succeeds, reply with title, due date, and target list.
• If blocked by permissions, say that directly.

Rules

• Keep reminder titles concise; move long text into body.
• Preserve URLs in the note body.
• Do not invent a date if the user did not ask for one.
• For "today", prefer a clear local due time like 18:00 if none supplied.
• Use exact dates in the confirmation when the user used relative wording.

Reference

• For more AppleScript snippets, read references/applescript.md.