gtd-workflow

Integrate GTD workflows into Obsidian with memory-backed configuration.

47|13|Updated Oct 25, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/sean-esk/second-brain-gtd --skill gtd-workflow
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Skill: gtd-workflow
Source: https://github.com/sean-esk/second-brain-gtd/tree/main/.claude/skills/gtd-workflow
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/sean-esk/second-brain-gtd --skill gtd-workflow

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solves?

This Skill eliminates the overwhelm of managing tasks and projects by automating the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. It brings clarity to your commitments, ensures nothing falls through the cracks, and helps you focus on what truly matters, so you can achieve inbox zero and plan your day with confidence.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Inbox Processing: Clarifies, organizes, and routes all captured items (tasks, projects, knowledge) to their proper place, ensuring a clear mind.
  • Daily Planning: Generates a prioritized daily action list based on your context, energy, time available, and project priorities.
  • Daily Closeout: Guides you through reviewing accomplishments, updating task statuses, and drafting tomorrow's plan, ensuring continuous momentum.
  • Use Case: Instead of manually sifting through your notes to decide what to do, simply ask the AI to "plan my day," and it will present an optimized task list.

Quick Start

Process my inbox and then plan my day for me.

Frequently Asked Questions about gtd-workflow

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I implement Getting Things Done (GTD) workflow in Obsidian?

GTD workflow automates the Getting Things Done methodology within Obsidian by processing captured items through clarification, organization, and routing stages. It integrates inbox processing, daily planning, and closeout reviews using memory-backed configuration to maintain task state and vault paths across your Second Brain.

Can I achieve inbox zero by automating task processing?

Yes. Inbox processing automates clarification and routing of all captured tasks, projects, and knowledge items to their proper locations. The Skill ensures nothing falls through the cracks by orchestrating multi-workflow stages—capture, daily plan, inbox processing, and closeout—with frontmatter consistency and template management.

How do I generate a prioritized daily action list from my notes?

Daily planning generates an optimized task list based on context, energy, time available, and project priorities extracted from your Obsidian vault. The Skill synthesizes your captured items and active projects into a single prioritized action plan you can execute immediately.

What does a daily closeout process accomplish for task management?

Daily closeout guides you through reviewing accomplishments, updating task statuses, and drafting tomorrow's plan. This ensures continuous momentum by maintaining review consistency, persisting progress via frontmatter templates, and feeding outputs back into the next planning cycle.

Does this workflow require manual template setup or does it handle consistency automatically?

The Skill handles frontmatter and template consistency automatically through memory persistence and configuration management. It maintains vault path tracking and generates Excalidraw diagrams across the full lifecycle without requiring manual template alignment across notes.

Can I use GTD workflow for personal knowledge management alongside task management?

Yes. The Skill solves integration of personal knowledge management workflows into Obsidian by supporting end-to-end processes across capture, processing, planning, review, and diagramming. It enables multi-workflow orchestration so tasks, projects, and knowledge items flow through the same system.