Todo
Add, complete, or view items in the brain/todos.md backlog.
by poteto · MIT
The skill
Add, complete, or view items in the brain/todos.md backlog. Use when the user says "todo", "add a todo", "mark done", "what's on the backlog", "show todos", "list tasks", "check off", or wants to manage their task list.
Todo
Manage the project backlog at brain/todos.md. Edit the file directly with Edit/Write tools.
File Format
# Todos
<!-- next-id: 26 -->
## Section Name
1. [x] Completed item description
2. [ ] Open item description [[plans/02-some-plan/overview]]
- Items are numbered markdown checkboxes:
N. [ ] descriptionorN. [x] description - Sections are
## Headinggroups <!-- next-id: N -->tracks the next available ID
Operations
Add an item
- Read
<!-- next-id: N -->to get the next ID - Append
N. [ ] descriptionto the target section - Increment the next-id marker:
<!-- next-id: N+1 -->
Mark done
Change [ ] to [x] and update the description with a reason:
2. [x] Old description — superseded by #75 channel UI redesign
Then move the done item from brain/todos.md to brain/archive/todos.md (create the file if it doesn't exist). Remove empty sections left behind.
Edit description
Replace the description text. Preserve any [[wikilinks]] unless intentionally removing them.
Rules
- IDs are permanent. Never renumber or reuse them.
- Always increment
<!-- next-id -->when adding items. - Keep items in their section — don't move between sections without being asked.
Use this skill
Connect your agent to the Skill Store MCP server and ask for it by ref: poteto/todo-11043079556.
Details
- Publisher
- poteto
- Category
- Personal & Home › Personal productivity
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- 2026-03-19
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