/triage

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)