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Manage Things 3 via the `things` CLI on macOS (add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database). Use when a user asks CoWork-OSS to add a task to Things, list inbox/today/upcoming, search tasks, or inspect projects/areas/tags.

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$ npx -y skills add CoWork-OS/CoWork-OS --skill things-mac --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/things-mac

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Manage Things 3 via the `things` CLI on macOS (add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database). Use when a user asks CoWork-OSS to add a task to Things, list inbox/today/upcoming, search tasks, or inspect projects/areas/tags.

SKILL.md

things-mac.SKILL.md
name: things-mac
description: "Manage Things 3 via the `things` CLI on macOS (add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database). Use when a user asks CoWork-OSS to add a task to Things, list inbox/today/upcoming, search tasks, or inspect projects/areas/tags."
version: "1.0.0"
metadata:
  author: CoWork OS Contributors <info@coworkosapp.com>

Things-mac

Purpose

Manage Things 3 via the `things` CLI on macOS (add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database). Use when a user asks CoWork-OSS to add a task to Things, list inbox/today/upcoming, search tasks, or inspect projects/areas/tags.

Routing

  • Use when: Use when the user asks to manage Things 3 via the things CLI on macOS add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database.
  • Do not use when: Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead. Avoid using this in non-macOS environments.
  • Outputs: Outcome from Things-mac: task-specific result plus concrete action notes.
  • Success criteria: Returns concrete actions and decisions matching the requested task, with no fabricated tool-side behavior.

Trigger Examples

Positive

  • Use the things-mac skill for this request.
  • Help me with things-mac.
  • Use when the user asks to manage Things 3 via the things CLI on macOS add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database.
  • Things-mac: provide an actionable result.

Negative

  • Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead. Avoid using this in non-macOS environments.
  • Do not use things-mac for unrelated requests.
  • This request is outside things-mac scope.
  • This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

Runtime Prompt

  • Current runtime prompt length: 2754 characters.
  • Runtime prompt is defined directly in `../things-mac.json`.
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