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NextAction
Autodoist
==========
A more GTD-like workflow for Todoist.
This program adds two major functionalities to Todoist to help automate your workflow:
This program looks for pre-defined tags in every list and parentless task in your Todoist account to automatically add and remove `@next_action` labels.
The result will be a clear, current and comprehensive list of next actions without the need for further thought.
Uses the Todoist Sync API; note that Todoist Premium is required to function properly, since labels are used.
1) Assign automatic `@next_action` labels for a more GTD-like workflow
2) Enable re-use of subtasks in lists with a recursive date
Requirements
============
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* Python 3.8
* ```todoist-python``` package.
Activating NextAction
Automatic next action labels
=====================
The program looks for pre-defined tags in every list and parentless task in your Todoist account to automatically add and remove `@next_action` labels. The result will be a clear, current and comprehensive list of next actions without the need for further thought.
Projects and parentless tasks can be tagged independently from each other to create the required functionality.
Todoist Premium is required to function properly. Make sure the label exists in your Todoist before running the program.
Sequential list processing
--------------------------
If a project or task ends with `--`, the child tasks will be treated as a priority queue and the most important will be labeled `@next_action`. Importance is determined by order in the list.
If a project or parentless task ends with `--`, the sub-tasks will be treated as a priority queue and the most important will be labeled `@next_action`. Importance is determined by order in the list.
![Serial task](https://i.imgur.com/SUkhPiE.gif)
Parallel list processing
------------------------
If a project or task name ends with `//`, the child tasks will be treated as parallel `@next_action`s.
A waterfall processing is applied, where the lowest possible child tasks are labelled.
If a project or parentless task name ends with `//`, the sub-tasks will be treated as parallel `@next_action`s.
A waterfall processing is applied, where the lowest possible sub-tasks are labelled.
![Parallel task](https://i.imgur.com/NPTLQ8B.gif)
Parentless tasks
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Any parentless task can be be given a type by appending `//` or `--` to the name of the task. This works if there is no list type, and will override a previously defined list type.
Any parentless task can be be given a type by appending `//` or `--` to the name of the task. This works if there is no project type, and will override a previously defined project type.
[See example 1 with a parallel project](https://i.imgur.com/d9Qfq0v.gif)
[See example 2 with a serial project](https://i.imgur.com/JfaAOzZ.gif)
Executing NextAction
Recurring lists
====================
You can run NexAction from any system that supports Python.
The program looks for all parentless tasks with a recursive date. If they contain sub-tasks, they will be restored in the same order when the parentless task is checked.
Running NextAction
![See example](https://i.imgur.com/CIjB7MC.gif)
Executing Autodoist
====================
You can run Autodoist from any system that supports Python.
Running Autodoist
------------------
NextAction will read your environment to retrieve your Todoist API key, so to run on a Linux/Mac OSX you can use the following commandline
Autodoist will read your environment to retrieve your Todoist API key, so to run on Windows/Linux/Mac OSX you can use the following commandline:
python nextaction.py -a <API Key>
python autodoist.py -a <API Key>
If you want to enable recursive-mode, run with the `-r` argument:
python autodoist.py -a <API Key> -r
Additional arguments
------------------
Several arguments can be provided, for example to change the default label:
python nextaction.py -l <label>
python autodoist.py -l <label>
Or to change the suffix tags:
python nextaction.py --parallel_suffix <tag>
python nextaction.py --serial_suffix <tag>
python autodoist.py --parallel_suffix <tag>
python autodoist.py --serial_suffix <tag>
In addition, if you experience issues with syncing you can change the api syncing time (default 10 seconds):
python autodoist.py -delay <time in seconds>
For all arguments check help:
python autodoist.py --help