What problem does it solve?
This Skill removes the friction of manually creating and organizing Things 3 tasks by giving you a reliable terminal workflow for reading, searching, and updating your local Things database.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Read your local database: List inbox, today, upcoming, and browse projects, areas, and tags without opening the app.
- Add and update todos safely: Create new tasks and update existing ones using Things URL scheme, including notes, deadlines, projects/areas, headings, tags, and completion/cancellation.
- Use preview for safer writes: Run updates in dry-run mode to show the URL before opening Things.
- Useful scenarios: Add a follow-up after triaging a ticket, bulk-review your day, or find tasks by keyword to quickly refine titles/notes.
Quick Start
Ask the agent to add a todo to Things today by running: things add "Buy milk" --when today --notes "2% + bananas".