week-start

name	week-start
description	Monday morning prioritization review and planning
activation	["week start","start the week","monday planning","weekly planning"]

/week:start

Monday morning: review tasks, reprioritize the Eisenhower matrix, and plan the week.

Instructions

1. Read Current State

Read Tasks.md to understand what's on the board:

• What carried forward from last week (incomplete tasks)
• What's in each quadrant
• What's in Done (recently completed)
• Any tasks that look stale or no longer relevant

Also check for recent Weekly Review *.md files to see last week's retro and carrying-forward items.

2. Present the Review

Show the user a clear summary:

## Week Starting [date]

### Last Week's Wins
- [completed items from Done section]

### Carrying Forward
- [incomplete tasks, grouped by quadrant]

### Stale Check
- [any tasks that have been in the same quadrant for 2+ weeks]

3. Reprioritize Together

Walk through the matrix with the user:

Let's reprioritize for this week:

**Urgent + Important** (must do this week):
- [current items]
→ Anything to add? Anything that's no longer urgent?

**Big Rocks** (important, not urgent — pick 1-2 to advance):
- [current items]
→ Which one gets focus time this week?

**Not Now** (park for later):
- [current items]
→ Anything to promote or drop?

Update Tasks.md based on the user's decisions:

• Move tasks between quadrants as directed
• Add new tasks
• Remove or archive dropped tasks
• Clear the Done section (move to weekly review if not already captured)

4. Pick the #1 Thing

Ask explicitly:

What's the ONE thing that, if you finish it this week, makes the week a success?

Note it at the top of Tasks.md or mark it prominently in the Urgent + Important section.

4b. Personal Task Triage

Read Personal Tasks.md — review Now, Later, and Projects sections.

Section semantics:

• Now = actively working on this week
• Later = on the radar but not this week
• Projects = ongoing multi-session efforts with linked backlogs

When updating based on user decisions:

• Items promoted for this week → move to Now (not Projects)
• Current Now items the user didn't pick for this week → move to Later
• New ongoing projects → add to Projects with a linked backlog note
• Always reconcile all three sections so there's no duplication — each item lives in exactly one section

5. Output

Show the final summary, then confirm Tasks.md has been updated.

Tasks.md updated.

This week's #1: [the one thing]
Big Rock focus: [which big rock gets time]

Notes

• Tasks.md is the single source of truth
• Keep it concise — the goal is 10 minutes of clarity, not a planning session
• If the user mentions new tasks during the review, add them to the right quadrant