todo-tracker

What This Skill Does

The todo-tracker skill acts as a persistent companion for your OpenClaw agent, maintaining a structured 'TODO.md' file in the root of your workspace. Unlike ephemeral memory, this skill ensures that your tasks, reminders, and project notes remain accessible across different chat sessions. It categorizes items by priority (high, medium, low) and tracks completion status. The skill is designed to integrate seamlessly into your workflow by observing your natural language inputs to automatically parse, categorize, and manage your to-do list, effectively turning your project directory into an active management system.

Installation

You can integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment by executing the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/jdrhyne/todo-tracker Once installed, the agent will monitor the workspace and initialize the TODO.md file upon your first command.

Use Cases

• Project Management: Track high-priority bugs or feature requests directly in your development repository.
• Task Persistence: Capture fleeting ideas or reminders during long coding sessions without losing context between chat interactions.
• Team Alignment: Use the heartbeat summary feature to remind yourself of stagnant or long-overdue tasks at the start of each session.
• Status Reporting: Quickly generate a summary of current progress by asking the agent to list pending items by priority.

Example Prompts

1. "Add high priority task: Refactor the authentication middleware and fix the memory leak."
2. "What is currently on my TODO list?"
3. "Mark the task about updating the documentation as done."

Tips & Limitations

• Staleness Tracking: The system automatically flags items older than 7 days, which helps prevent 'task bloat' where old, irrelevant items clutter your view. Review these periodically and mark them as done or remove them.
• Partial Matching: The done and remove commands utilize partial string matching. This is convenient for speed but ensure your keywords are distinct enough to avoid removing the wrong entry.
• Direct Editing: Since the underlying file is a simple TODO.md, you can manually edit the file in your text editor if you prefer to batch-update your tasks, and the agent will correctly parse those changes during its next cycle.