| name | things:triage |
| description | Triage and prioritize the Things Today list. Use when the user wants to review, prioritize, or reorder their Today list. |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
Today List Triage
Group, prioritize, defer, and reorder the Things Today list.
Query
Load the things:jxa skill. Run the query to get all Today items as JSON.
/mac:jxa-run Things3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/jxa/query-list.js TMTodayListSource
Pipe the output through the formatter: bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/format-output.ts --json
Filter to open items.
Repeating Task Detection
Apply the midnight heuristic: a task is a repeating instance if creationDate ends with T00:00:00 (midnight local time in ISO). Manually created tasks have non-zero hours/minutes/seconds.
Batch overdue repeating tasks (where dueDate or activationDate is before today) for a single "Defer all overdue repeating tasks to tomorrow?" prompt. Load the things:url skill for batch defer via URL scheme.
Grouping
Group remaining items by area (primary) and tag (secondary) for batch triage.
Triage Questions
Per group, use AskUserQuestion:
- Keep — stays on Today for prioritization
- Defer — to tomorrow, next week, someday, or a specific date
- Complete — mark done
- Drop — move to Someday
Ordering
After triage, propose an order for kept items:
- Salaried/work items first
- Deadline items high priority
- Personal items toward end
Present proposed order for user confirmation.
Reorder
Load the things:url skill. Use the reorder script.
bun ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/reorder.ts [--list today|anytime|someday] <id1> <id2> <id3> ...
Pass IDs in the confirmed priority order.
Batch Operations
Group deferred items by target date. Use Things URL scheme for batch updates. Load things:url for syntax.
Summary
Present final counts:
- Kept on Today: N
- Deferred: N (by date)
- Completed: N
- Final Today order (numbered list)
