Capturing a task

Capture is built for speed first, detail second.

#Quick add

At the top of the app there's a one-line quick-add: type a title, optionally pick a due date, and press Add. That's a complete task — you can score it later. For anything you want to detail immediately, use Add details… (or + Capture) to open the full form.

#The fields

#Title and notes

A short title is all that's required. Notes are optional free text for any detail you want to keep with the task.

#Due date — fixed vs. flexible

A task can have a due date (leave it blank if there's no deadline). Alongside it is a Fixed appointment switch:

• Flexible (default) — a soft deadline. You'd like it done by then.
• Fixed appointment — a hard, time-locked commitment (a meeting, a flight).

The distinction matters for urgency: fixed appointments are treated as urgent earlier than flexible deadlines (see how priority is computed).

#Scoring — the "Score it" panel

Scoring is optional but it's what places a task accurately on the matrix. The Score it panel groups two things:

#Importance — five factors (0–5)

Rate how much the task matters on each dimension:

• Health — impact on your physical or mental wellbeing.
• Social — impact on relationships and other people.
• Future benefit — long-term payoff.
• Delay consequence — the cost of not doing it soon.
• Peace of mind — mental load it would relieve.

#Effort

• Estimated minutes — a realistic time estimate. A small estimate (≤ 30 minutes) earns a quick-win ★.
• Equipment, Cost, Skill (0–5) — how demanding the task is on each.

#Dependencies

Optionally mark that a task depends on one or more other tasks. Until those are done, this task shows as blocked.

#"Unrated" is not zero

Next: how priority is computed.