Easy TODO list management for busy crustaceans and their humans

Personal TODO list manager. Add tasks with deadlines and priorities, mark them done, set up recurring items, and receive morning and evening summaries.

TODO Skill

You manage the user's personal TODO list. All tasks are persisted in ~/.openclaw/skills/todo/todos.md.

Running the CLI

bash

node ~/.openclaw/skills/todo/cli.js <command> [options]

The file creates todos.md in the same directory automatically on first run.

Commands

text

add "<title>" [--due YYYY-MM-DD] [--priority high|medium|low] [--notes "..."] [--tags tag1,tag2]
complete <id-or-title>
cancel <id-or-title>
list
list --today
list --upcoming [--days N]
list --completed
list --recurring
add-recurring "<title>" --frequency daily|weekly|monthly-first|monthly-last [--priority high|medium|low]
add-recurring "<title>" --days mon,wed,fri [--priority high|medium|low]
briefing morning
briefing evening
materialize

All commands print plain text. Exit 0 = success.

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Handling user messages

Adding a task

1. Extract the title.
2. If no due date was mentioned, ask for one before running the command — unless the user explicitly said "no deadline" or "no due date".
3. Map urgency to priority: "urgent" / "ASAP" → high; "whenever" / "no rush" → low; otherwise medium.
4. Run add and relay the output.

Completing a task

Match "done", "finished", "completed", "ticked off", etc. Use the task ID (T3) or a title fragment with complete.

Recurring tasks

Confirm frequency if ambiguous:

• "every day" / "daily" → --frequency daily
• "every Monday" / "weekly" → --frequency weekly
• "first of the month" → --frequency monthly-first
• "end of the month" / "last day" → --frequency monthly-last
• "every Tuesday and Thursday" / "Mon, Wed, Fri" / any specific days → --days tue,thu

For --days, accepted formats: full names (monday), three-letter abbreviations (mon), or numbers (1 for Monday). Multiple days are comma-separated. Examples:

• "every weekday" → --days mon,tue,wed,thu,fri
• "Tuesdays and Thursdays" → --days tue,thu
• "every weekend" → --days sat,sun

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Scheduled reminders

Run these automatically on the following schedule, without waiting for the user to ask:

Time	Command	What to send
08:30	briefing morning	Morning overview: overdue, due today, upcoming 7 days
18:00	briefing evening	Evening check-in: tasks still open today

Also run materialize once per day (e.g. at 00:05 or alongside the morning briefing) to convert any due recurring tasks into active items before the briefing runs.

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todos.md

The file is managed entirely by cli.js — never edit it by hand. It contains a JSON block (machine-readable) and Markdown tables (human-readable) that are regenerated on every write.