todoist-reorg

todoist-reorg is a helper script to manage priority items in Todoist. I created this script to help me with my task management workflow in Todoist.

There are certain rules I like to follow when handling priority items.

There should only be one P1 item at a time for a project.
When adding a new P1 item (and there is an existing P1 item in the queue) the existing P1 item should be demoted to P2 maintaining rule 1.
When completing a P1 item, a P2 item should automatically be promoted to P1.

Input Args

sys.argv[1] - Project Name

sys.argv[2] - Action to perform

sys.argv[3] - Task description (if action is do)

Actions available

do - To create a P1 task. If there is an existing P1 task, it will be demoted to P2.

next - Promotes a P2 task to P1

done - Tags current P1 task as done and promotes a P2 task to P1.

force - Purge P1 tasks if there are multiple. Only the newest P1 task will remain.

An Alfred workflow is used to interface this script.

Install todoist-python globally
Set a TOKEN environment variable
- Since the Todoist authentication process is a bit tedious, utilizing the "Test token" in the Todoist App Management will do for now.