task-tracker

name	task-tracker
description	Personal task management with daily standups and weekly reviews. Use when: (1) User says 'daily standup' or asks what's on their plate, (2) User says 'weekly review' or asks about last week's progress, (3) User wants to add/update/complete tasks, (4) User asks about blockers or deadlines, (5) User shares meeting notes and wants tasks extracted, (6) User asks 'what's due this week' or similar.
homepage	https://github.com/kesslerio/task-tracker-clawdbot-skill
metadata	{"clawdbot":{"emoji":"📋","requires":{"files":["~/clawd/memory/work/TASKS.md"]},"install":[{"id":"init","kind":"script","script":"python3 scripts/init.py","label":"Initialize TASKS.md from template"}]}}

Personal task management with daily standups and weekly reviews

Homepage • Trigger Patterns • Commands

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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:

# 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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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