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things:triage

Triage and prioritize the Things Today list. Use when the user wants to review, prioritize, or reorder their Today list.

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Source
bendrucker/claude
Updated
2026-05-31
Slug
bendrucker--claude--triage
View on GitHubRaw SKILL.md

// install — copy + paste into any project

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bendrucker/claude/HEAD/plugins/things/skills/triage/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/triage.md

Drops the SKILL.md into .claude/skills/triage.md. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any agent that loads SKILL.md files from .claude/skills/.

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. Read the JSON and form logical groups.

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)