Priority Matrix
Sorts tasks into urgent/important quadrants by dragging or from the keyboard, and exports the result as Markdown.
Urgent against important, four boxes. The value of the exercise is entirely in being made to choose a box, so the interface is four lists and a move control — and the fourth box, the one for things that are neither, is the one that does the work.
Urgent and important
Do it now
Crises and deadlines. A matrix full of these is a scheduling problem, not a prioritisation one.
Important, not urgent
Give it a time
Where the work that actually matters lives. It only happens if it gets a slot in the calendar.
Urgent, not important
Hand it over
Someone else’s deadline arriving as your emergency. Delegate it, or agree it can wait.
Neither
Drop it
Deleting these is the point of the exercise. Nothing gets done by being in a list.
0 tasks
How to use it
Empty your head into the boxes
Type into whichever box feels right first; being wrong is fine, because moving a card is one click.
Argue with your own placement
Most things people file as urgent-and-important are actually someone else’s deadline arriving as an emergency. That is the third box, and it can be handed over or renegotiated.
Give the second box a time
Important but not urgent is where the work that matters lives, and it only ever happens if it gets a slot in a calendar.
Export the result
Markdown with a heading per box, which pastes into a document or an issue without reformatting.
Common questions
Can I drag cards between boxes?
Yes, and the coloured squares on each card do exactly the same thing. The squares are the version that works from a keyboard and on a phone, so they are always there rather than being a fallback.
Are the boxes and the todo list connected?
No. They are separate stores on purpose — the matrix is a thinking exercise you redo occasionally, the list is a thing you keep. Move items across by copying the Markdown.
What if everything is urgent and important?
Then the first box is telling you something the matrix cannot fix: that is a scheduling or staffing problem, not a prioritisation one. Sorting within the box by deadline is the only move left.
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