Task Cards
One task, one card. Add only as much detail as you need.
Cards are the basic unit of work in toodoori. Every card that moves across the kanban board is a task card: start light with just a title, then add detail as the work takes shape. There’s no need to fill in every field up front.
What a card can hold
Open a task card and you can attach any of the following, whenever the work calls for it.
- Due date: set by when it’s due. Optional, and helpful for keeping a sense of timing when you do set it.
- Checklist: break a big task into smaller steps, checking them off one by one to see how far you’ve come.
- Labels: classify on your own terms, like ‘Study’ or ‘Home.’
- Priority: mark what matters more so it’s easy to spot at a glance.
- Notes & content: jot down context, a fuller description, or reference links.
- Subtasks: split one card into a few threads to handle separately.
Checklists and subtasks
They look similar but serve different needs. A checklist is good for ticking off the small steps you pass through inside one card, in order. Subtasks are for when a single card splits into several threads that each need handling on their own. Reach for a checklist to track steps, and for subtasks to divide threads.
Why start light
Having to settle a due date and a category every time you write something down makes starting feel heavy. toodoori lets you create a card from a single line of title, so you can capture a thought quickly. Organizing and detail can follow naturally as the work actually moves along. The fields you leave empty are fine left empty.
How you group and find cards by label or due date is covered in Organizing & Finding. To see how a card moves between stages on the board, visit the Kanban Board.
Worth reading next
- What is Personal Kanban? — the thinking behind using cards and boards for personal work
- Getting Started with toodoori — creating your first card and filling out the board