Task Compass provides two operation modes:
Task Compass tab
The simplest mode. Task Compass shows your highest-priority tasks in the Task Compass tab. Tasks you check off as done get replaced with new ones from the task pool, following your prioritization choices.
Today and Tomorrow tabs
Based on Oliver Burkeman’s 4000 Weeks.
A Plan-Execute pendulum. You schedule tasks for today or tomorrow using the Today and Tomorrow tabs, building a daily plan.
Then you switch to Execution mode and focus on your plan until it’s finished.
Comparing the modes
What’s shown
- Task Compass tab: Top tasks from enabled lists.
- Today tab (Planning): Top unplanned tasks from enabled lists.
- Today tab (Executing): Tasks you scheduled for today, regardless of enabled lists.
- Tomorrow tab: Tasks you scheduled for tomorrow.
When it ends
- Task Compass tab: Never. Completed tasks are replaced by the next ranked task.
- Today tab (Planning/Executing): When all tasks planned for today are done.
Planning and execution
- Task Compass tab: Mixed — you plan and execute continuously.
- Today tab (Planning): Dedicated planning phase.
- Today tab (Executing): Dedicated execution phase.
Adding a new task
- Task Compass tab: Prioritized immediately.
- Today tab (Planning): Prioritized immediately.
- Today tab (Executing): Not shown unless it is scheduled for today.
List selection
- Task Compass tab: Only tasks from enabled lists.
- Today tab (Planning): Only tasks from enabled lists.
- Today tab (Executing): All tasks planned for today, regardless of which lists are enabled.