ivly

Command line tool for tasks following the Ivy Lee method.

The Ivy Lee method is simple.

At the end of each work day, write down the six most important things you need to accomplish tomorrow. Do not write down more than six tasks.
Prioritize those six items in order of their true importance.
When you arrive tomorrow, concentrate only on the first task. Work until the first task is finished before moving on to the second task.
Approach the rest of your list in the same fashion. At the end of the day, move any unfinished items to a new list of six tasks for the following day.
Repeat this process every working day.

use.mp4

Install

cargo install --git https://github.com/kurtlawrence/ivly

Show the 6 priority tasks.

ivly
# Filter list with tags
ivly +code /tests

Add a new task.

ivly add # add task interactively
ivly add "A task description"
ivly add "A task description" -n "Some note" +tag1 +tag2

Finish a task.

ivly finish 1 # finish the first task

Move all finished tasks into the done list.

ivly sweep

Bump a task to the end of the task list.

ivly bump 3 # Bumps the 3rd task to the end

Reprioritise a task.

ivly move 3 1 # Moves the 3rd task in front of the 1st task
ivly move # enter interactive move mode

List all the tasks in a table.

ivly list
ivly list --open # list just open tasks
ivly list +foo /bar # list tasks with tag 'foo' but not 'bar'

ivly tag foo --fg blue --bg red

Edit a task.

ivly edit qw8y -d "new description" -n "new note" +new-tag /remove-tag

Remove a task. This completely deletes the task.

ivly remove qw8y

By default, the tasks are saved in $HOME/.ivly in RON format. The save directory can be altered by setting the environment variable IVLY_DIR.

For example, I save my tasks to:

export IVLY_DIR=/stuff/Dropbox/Notes/ivly-tasks