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What's on my list?

See your open tasks, all of them, just today's, just overdue, or filtered to a project.

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The prompt

What are my tasks?

The minimal task query. Default scope is “open and active”, past due first, then today, then upcoming.

What alfred_ does

  1. Pulls all open tasks
  2. Sorts by urgency: overdue → due today → due this week → later
  3. Returns a numbered list, number = handle for follow-up actions
  4. Surfaces source thread if a task came from an email

Filtering

By time:

  • “What’s on my list today?”
  • “What’s due this week?”
  • “What’s due in the next 3 days?”

By status:

  • “What’s overdue?” (see What’s overdue?)
  • “What did I finish today?”
  • “Anything important today?”

By topic:

  • “What tasks do I have for the Acme project?”
  • “Tasks involving Sarah?”
  • “What’s in my queue from last week’s review?”

Acting on a task

After alfred_ shows the list, reference tasks by number:

  • “Mark #3 done”
  • “Push #1 to tomorrow”
  • “What’s the source email for #2?”
  • “Remind me about #4 at noon"

"What’s outstanding” vs. “what’s overdue”

These are different:

  • What’s on my list → all open tasks (including ones not yet due)
  • What’s overdue → just past-due, see What’s overdue?

When in doubt, ask both: “What’s overdue and what’s due today?”

Variations

  • Tasks?
  • Todos?
  • Any important task today?
  • What's on my list today?
  • Show me my tasks for the week
  • What are the 3 overdue?
  • What tasks do I have for the Acme project?

Best for

Quick check-ins between meetings, planning your day, or making sure nothing slipped before signing off.