Tasks Workspace

PrimeCal keeps tasks close to the calendar so you can move between time-based planning and actionable work without switching products. Tasks is a single unified hub with three internal tabs — Board, Focus, and Routines — so everything about "what do I need to do" lives in one place instead of being spread across separate navigation tabs. Household remains a separate sibling view in the main navigation, for shared inventory rather than individual work.

How To Open It

1. Open the main workspace.
2. Select Tasks.
3. Use the Board / Focus / Routines tab bar at the top of the page to switch between your task board, today's priorities, and your routine templates.

What The Tasks Hub Includes

Tab	What it is for
Board	The main Kanban board for active work — create, filter, and drag tasks between Todo/In Progress/Done
Focus	Today's routine and due tasks, in schedule order, plus optional Focus Sessions — see Focus and Scheduling
Routines	Build or clone recurring chore templates and start them on demand — see Routines and Templates

Household inventory is a separate top-level view (not part of the Tasks hub) — see Household Inventory.

Board: Filters And Quick Create

The Board tab's filter row stays deliberately slim by default: a search box, quick status chips (Todo / In Progress / Done), and a single Due chip. Click More filters to open a popover with the full due-date range picker (this week/month/year, or a custom date) and label filtering — everything the quick row doesn't show is still one click away, it just isn't cluttering the page by default.

Use + New Task or the quick-create drawer (on mobile) to capture something fast before you forget it — grocery follow-ups, school paperwork, appointments to schedule, packing or travel prep.

The detail composer (opened when you create or edit a task) is grouped into collapsible sections — Essentials (title, status, priority, due date) is always open; Details (place, assignee, context, labels), Scheduling (duration, auto-schedule), and Checklist & notes collapse by default so you aren't scrolling past fields you rarely touch. In Simplified mode (see below) these extra sections start collapsed; in Standard mode, Details and Checklist & notes start open.

Task Checklists

A task dependency links two separate tasks ("Cook dinner" depends on "Defrost chicken"). A checklist is different: it's a set of sub-steps inside one task, for something with several parts that don't need their own due dates or assignees.

Example: May creates one task, "Plan Emma's birthday party," with a checklist: "book venue," "order cake," "send invites." She checks each one off as it's done, and the task card shows progress ("2/3 done") without cluttering the board with three separate one-off tasks.

To use it:

1. Open a task (it must already be saved — checklists aren't available while composing a brand-new, unsaved task).
2. Open the Checklist & notes section in the detail composer.
3. Type a step and click Add, or press Enter.
4. Check items off as you complete them, or Remove ones you no longer need.

Checklists are per-task and don't affect Focus, dependencies, or automation — they're purely a way to track sub-steps without spawning more tasks.

Choosing Your Tasks Experience

The Task experience toggle has been replaced by Experience Modes. Task density is no longer a separate setting — it follows whichever Experience Mode you're in:

• Production mode — the default. Full task board with all filter chips, Focus shows the complete list plus the Focus Sessions timer, and the composer's Details/Checklist sections start expanded.
• Focus mode — fewer choices on screen at once: Board's status chips collapse to just Todo/Done, Focus shows one task at a time with a single big Done button and no timer, and the composer's extra sections start collapsed.

Focus mode is aimed at anyone who wants less on-screen noise and fewer simultaneous decisions — useful whether that's because you're managing ADHD, supporting an autistic child's task list, or you simply prefer a quieter interface. It doesn't hide or remove any capability — it only changes what's visible by default. See Focus Mode for the full picture, and Focus and Scheduling for exactly how it changes the Focus tab.

Good Task Habits

• Use labels for areas such as School, Home, or Errands.
• Keep titles short and action-oriented.
• Add due dates only when timing truly matters.
• Use the default Tasks calendar for task-related planning instead of mixing these items into normal event calendars.

Developer Reference

For task contracts and label routes, use the Tasks API.