Automation

Set the tidying you do by hand once, as a rule.

Repeating the same tidying by hand every time wears you down fast. toodoori’s automation ties a condition to an action as a rule. When a task meets the condition you set, the action happens on its own. Set it once, and from then on toodoori takes care of it for you.

How it works

A rule takes the form ‘when this is true (condition) → do this (action).’ You set the condition on something like a due date or a label, and the action can attach a label, change priority, or move a task to a stage.

Examples

• Auto-add an ‘Urgent’ label to tasks due within 7 days
• Raise tasks due within 3 days to the highest priority
• Move a task to a set stage when a certain label is added

What it suits

Automation fits especially well where you’d otherwise make the same call over and over. Tidying with a clear basis — like ‘mark work with a near deadline as urgent’ — is easy to forget by hand, but a rule applies it every time without a miss. Judgments that need you to read the context each time are better left to you. Repetitive work goes to rules; work that needs thought stays with you.

Start light

By cutting down repetitive work, you can focus on what actually matters — choosing what to do. Rules can be turned off or changed anytime, so start with one or two. As you get used to them, add rules that fit your flow at your own pace.

Worth reading next

• Organizing & Finding — the labels and priority that automation works on
• Creating Flow and Focus — building flow by moving tasks through stages