Launch Announcement
Introducing the Todoist Urgent & Important Tracker
When everything is marked “ASAP,” nothing gets your full attention. This new app slashes Todoist down to the critical few, visualizes momentum, and makes every focus block count.
The Eisenhower Matrix is powerful in theory, but it falls apart when everything ends up in the same quadrant. I wanted a way to see only the missions that are both urgent and important, with zero manual filtering inside Todoist. The solution is a dedicated control tower that pulls in every qualifying project, tracks completion momentum, and automatically logs my deep work sessions.
Core Outcomes
- • Visual project cards with real-time progress bars and next actions.
- • A single timer engine so only one initiative can be active at a time.
- • Automatic Todoist comments every time a focus block ends.
- • Local-first storage for API keys, preferences, and running timers.
How the Tracker Works
Once you drop in your Todoist REST API token, the app pulls three streams: projects, labels, and tasks. It maps each task’s labels, looking for anything tagged “urgent” and “important” (or a priority 4 task that hits either label). Projects that don’t have at least one qualifying task never appear. The result is a curated board of only the initiatives that actually demand your attention.
Timer Discipline Built In
Clicking a project card launches its focus timer and automatically pauses whatever else you were working on. When you hit stop, the elapsed duration gets pushed to Todoist as a project comment so your activity feed shows a clean audit trail of deep work reps.
Interface Tour
- Command Header: Save or clear your API token, toggle light/dark mode, and refresh Todoist data in one place.
- Project Cards: Each card shows progress, remaining tasks, the next action, and total focused time logged.
- Focus Engine: Start/stop buttons run off a single timer so the system enforces singular focus.
- Task Ledger: Completed urgent tasks dim out while open items stay bold with due dates and priorities.
Because the state is stored locally, you can refresh the page or close the browser without losing your running timer or total hours per project. Every session syncs back to Todoist, giving you structured notes for weekly reviews and proof of work for stakeholders.
Why this matters for LifeOS
LifeOS is my unified operating system for goals, assets, and rituals. The Todoist Urgent & Important Tracker plugs directly into that stack by surfacing only the mission-critical initiatives and capturing the time investments automatically. It’s the difference between feeling busy and being effective.
I’m sharing the full source inside the app so you can fork it, wire it into your own automations, or adapt it to whatever prioritization logic keeps you honest. The more signal we can layer into Todoist, the easier it becomes to maintain relentless focus on empire-building work.