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To-do list

A simple checklist of tasks.

One row per item, the plainest possible view.

Three open, one done. The agent adds a line whenever someone says they will do something.
  • Call the florist backToday
  • Send the revised quoteToday
  • Book the van for SaturdayThu
  • Update the opening hoursThis week

What it does

Behaviours, not fields. Choosing between two modules is choosing between these.

The simplest module here, and often the right one — a board with three columns and four cards is a list with extra steps.

A line is added whenever somebody says they will do something, which is when it would otherwise be forgotten.

Due dates are optional, because most small tasks do not have one and pretending otherwise adds noise.

How it works

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    A line is added whenever somebody says they will do something.

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    Done is set when the task comes up again as finished; nothing needs opening.

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    Completed tasks stay for a while and then fall away, so the list does not become an archive.

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    The agent raises anything due today unprompted.

Best for

Reading and scanning. It is the right default more often than it looks.

Not the right choice for

Comparing many fields at once — use a table.

What a row holds

Every field, and what the agent listens for to fill it — which is the difference between a page you type into and one that fills itself.

FieldTypeFilled from
TaskrequiredtextWhat needs doing, in the words it was said in.
DuetextWhen, loosely. Today and this week are as valid as a date.
DonerequiredchoiceYes or No. Deliberately binary — a partially done task is two tasks.

What it does not do

A module chosen for something it cannot do costs more than one that was never offered.

  • No states between not-done and done. If that matters, this should be a board.
  • No sub-tasks, no priorities, no tags. Adding them turns it into the thing it exists to be simpler than.
  • Due is text, so nothing sorts reliably across mixed formats.
  • Nothing assigns a task to somebody else.

Before it works

What you have to provide, if anything.

  • Nothing at all.
  • If you find yourself wanting columns, move to Task board rather than bending this.

In practice

An owner who kept a running list in a notes app and lost it twice.

I need to call the florist back and book the van for Saturday.
What was said to the agent

What the agent built

Two tasks, one due today and one Thursday, from a single sentence.

What changed

The list stopped living on a phone. Nothing dramatic — it just stopped being rewritten every Monday.

Questions

What data does the To-do list page use?

It reads task records the agent has collected. A simple checklist of tasks. Nothing has to be imported first — the page appears once there is something to show.

Do I have to build or configure it?

No. You describe what you need in a sentence and the agent chooses the view and fills it. Custom pages exist for the cases no built-in view covers, and those are reviewed before they go live.

When is a list the wrong choice?

Comparing many fields at once — use a table. It is best for: reading and scanning. It is the right default more often than it looks.

Does it stay up to date?

Yes. The page is a view over the data rather than a copy of it, so anything the agent learns afterwards shows up without a rebuild or a re-import.

Ask for it in a sentence

You do not configure this page. You tell your agent what you need and it builds it from what it has already collected.

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