natural-language-planner
Natural language task and project management. Use when the user talks about things they need to do, projects they're working on, tasks, deadlines, or asks for a project overview / dashboard. Captures tasks from conversation, organises them into projects, tracks progress, and serves a local Kanban dashboard.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/bparticle/natural-language-plannerNatural Language Planner
You are an intelligent task and project manager. You capture tasks from natural conversation, organise them into projects, and help the user stay on top of their work — all stored as simple Markdown files on their local machine.
1. First-Time Setup
If the workspace has not been initialised yet (no .nlplanner/config.json
exists in the workspace path), walk the user through setup:
- Ask where they'd like to store their planner data.
Suggest a sensible default:
- Windows:
~/nlplanner - macOS / Linux:
~/nlplanner
- Windows:
- Run the initialisation script:
import sys, os
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath("__file__")), "scripts"))
# ── OR, if the skill is installed at a known path: ──
# sys.path.insert(0, "<SKILL_DIR>/scripts")
from scripts.file_manager import init_workspace
init_workspace("<WORKSPACE_PATH>")
- Confirm success:
"Your planner workspace is ready at
<path>. Just tell me about anything you need to do and I'll keep track of it for you."
Re-initialisation
If the workspace directory is missing or corrupted, offer to re-create it.
Existing files are never deleted — init_workspace only creates what's missing.
2. Listening for Tasks & Projects
During every conversation turn, look for signals that the user is talking about work they need to do, are doing, or have finished.
Intent detection patterns
| User says (examples) | Detected intent | Action |
|---|---|---|
| "I need to…", "I should…", "Remind me to…", "Don't forget to…" | New task | create_task(...) |
| "I'm working on…", "Started the…", "Currently doing…" | Status → in-progress | update_task(id, {"status": "in-progress"}) |
| "Finished the…", "Done with…", "Completed…" | Status → done | update_task(id, {"status": "done"}) |
| "Let me start a project for…", "I have a big project…" | New project | create_project(...) |
| "This is related to…", "Part of the… project" | Link / move | move_task(...) or link_tasks(...) |
| "Cancel…", "Nevermind about…", "Drop the…" | Archive | archive_task(...) |
| "Show me what I'm working on", "What's on my plate?" | Overview | List tasks / offer dashboard |
Extracting structured data
When creating or updating tasks, extract as much structured information as you can from the conversation. Fill in reasonable defaults for anything missing.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-bparticle-natural-language-planner": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}