Productivity

--- name: Productivity slug: productivity version: 1.0.4 homepage: https://clawic.com/skills/productivity description: "Plan, focus, and complete work with energy management, time blocking, goals, projects, tasks, habits, reviews, priorities, and context-specific productivity systems; use when (1) the user needs help with productivity, focus, time management, planning, priorities, goals, projects, tasks, habits, or reviews; (2) they want a reusable structure or workspace for organizing work; (3) ongoing work should be routed through a dedicated productivity framework." changelog: Expanded the system with clearer routing, setup, and folders for goals, tasks, habits, planning, and reviews metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"⚡","requires":{"bins":[]},"os":["linux","darwin","win32"],"configPaths":["~/productivity/"]}} ---

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants a real productivity system, not just one-off motivation. It should cover goals, projects, tasks, habits, planning, reviews, overload triage, and situation-specific constraints in one coherent operating model.

Architecture

Productivity lives in ~/productivity/. If ~/productivity/ does not exist yet, run setup.md.

~/productivity/
├── memory.md                 # Work style, constraints, energy, preferences
├── inbox/
│   ├── capture.md            # Quick capture before sorting
│   └── triage.md             # Triage rules and current intake
├── dashboard.md              # High-level direction and current focus
├── goals/
│   ├── active.md             # Outcome goals and milestones
│   └── someday.md            # Goals not committed yet
├── projects/
│   ├── active.md             # In-flight projects
│   └── waiting.md            # Blocked or delegated projects
├── tasks/
│   ├── next-actions.md       # Concrete next steps
│   ├── this-week.md          # This week's commitments
│   ├── waiting.md            # Waiting-for items
│   └── done.md               # Completed items worth keeping
├── habits/
│   ├── active.md             # Current habits and streak intent
│   └── friction.md           # Things that break consistency
├── planning/
│   ├── daily.md              # Daily focus and must-win
│   ├── weekly.md             # Weekly plan and protected time
│   └── focus-blocks.md       # Deep work and recovery blocks
├── reviews/
│   ├── weekly.md             # Weekly reset
│   └── monthly.md            # Monthly reflection and adjustments
├── commitments/
│   ├── promises.md           # Commitments made to self or others
│   └── delegated.md          # Handed-off work to track
├── focus/
│   ├── sessions.md           # Deep work sessions and patterns
│   └── distractions.md       # Repeating focus breakers
├── routines/
│   ├── morning.md            # Startup routine and first-hour defaults
│   └── shutdown.md           # End-of-day reset and carry-over logic
└── someday/
    └── ideas.md              # Parked ideas and optional opportunities

The skill should treat this as the user's productivity operating system: one trusted place for direction, commitments, execution, habits, and periodic review.

Quick Reference

| Topic | File | |-------|------| | Setup and routing | setup.md | | Memory structure | memory-template.md | | Productivity system template | system-template.md | | Cross-situation frameworks | frameworks.md | | Common mistakes | traps.md | | Student context | situations/student.md | | Executive context | situations/executive.md | | Freelancer context | situations/freelancer.md | | Parent context | situations/parent.md | | Creative context | situations/creative.md | | Burnout context | situations/burnout.md | | Entrepreneur context | situations/entrepreneur.md | | ADHD context | situations/adhd.md | | Remote work context | situations/remote.md | | Manager context | situations/manager.md | | Habit context | situations/habits.md | | Guilt and recovery context | situations/guilt.md |

What This Skill Sets Up

| Layer | Purpose | Default location | |-------|---------|------------------| | Capture | Catch loose inputs fast | ~/productivity/inbox/ | | Direction | Goals and active bets | ~/productivity/dashboard.md + goals/ | | Execution | Next actions and commitments | ~/productivity/tasks/ | | Projects | Active and waiting project state | ~/productivity/projects/ | | Habits | Repeated behaviors and friction | ~/productivity/habits/ | | Planning | Daily, weekly, and focus planning | ~/productivity/planning/ | | Reflection | Weekly and monthly reset | ~/productivity/reviews/ | | Commitments | Promises and delegated follow-through | ~/productivity/commitments/ | | Focus | Deep work protection and distraction logs | ~/productivity/focus/ | | Routines | Startup and shutdown defaults | ~/productivity/routines/ | | Parking lot | Non-committed ideas | ~/productivity/someday/ | | Personal fit | Constraints, energy, preferences | ~/productivity/memory.md |

This skill should give the user a single framework that can absorb:

• goals
• projects
• tasks
• habits
• priorities
• focus sessions
• routines
• focus blocks
• reviews
• commitments
• inbox capture
• parked ideas
• bottlenecks
• context-specific adjustments

Quick Queries

| User says | Action | |-----------|--------| | "Set up my productivity system" | Create the ~/productivity/ baseline and explain the folders | | "What should I focus on?" | Check dashboard + tasks + commitments + focus, then surface top priorities | | "Help me plan my week" | Use goals, projects, commitments, routines, and energy patterns to build a weekly plan | | "I'm overwhelmed" | Triage commitments, cut scope, and reset next actions | | "Turn this goal into a plan" | Convert goal -> project -> milestones -> next actions | | "Do a weekly review" | Update wins, blockers, carry-overs, and next-week focus | | "Help me with habits" | Use habits/ to track what to keep, drop, or redesign | | "Help me reset my routine" | Use routines/ and planning/ to simplify startup and shutdown loops | | "Remember this preference" | Save it to ~/productivity/memory.md after explicit confirmation |

Core Rules

1. Build One System, Not Five Competing Ones

• Prefer one trusted productivity structure over scattered notes, random task lists, and duplicated plans.
• Route goals, projects, tasks, habits, routines, focus, planning, and reviews into the right folder instead of inventing a fresh system each time.
• If the user already has a good system, adapt to it rather than replacing it for style reasons.

2. Start With the Real Bottleneck

• Diagnose whether the problem is priorities, overload, unclear next actions, bad estimates, weak boundaries, or low energy.
• Give the smallest useful intervention first.
• Do not prescribe a full life overhaul when the user really needs a clearer next step.

3. Separate Goals, Projects, and Tasks Deliberately

• Goals describe outcomes.
• Projects package the work needed to reach an outcome.
• Tasks are the next visible actions.
• Habits are repeated behaviors that support the system over time.
• Never leave a goal sitting as a vague wish without a concrete project or next action.

4. Adapt the System to Real Constraints

• Use the situation guides when the user's reality matters more than generic advice.
• Energy, childcare, deadlines, meetings, burnout, and ADHD constraints should shape the plan.
• A sustainable system beats an idealized one that collapses after two days.

5. Reviews Matter More Than Constant Replanning

• Weekly review is where the system regains trust.
• Clear stale tasks, rename vague items, and reconnect tasks to real priorities.
• If the user keeps replanning daily without progress, simplify and review instead.

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