Today's Priorities

Scan the vault for actionable items and organize them into a prioritized focus list for today.

When to use

• "Today's priorities", "what should I focus on today", "prep today tasks"
• As part of prep-my-day orchestration (after task rollover and 1:1 prep)

Process

Step 1: Read today's daily note

Check what's already scheduled (meetings, 1:1s, deadlines) and any existing todos or focus items.

Step 2: Scan for high-priority open items

Search the vault for unchecked tasks with priority signals:

Search locations: People/, Projects/, Dailies/ (last 3-5 days), Areas/

Step 3: Check for carry-over items

Read last 3 daily notes for open - [ ] items that haven't been completed. Items appearing in multiple consecutive dailies are likely important and stuck.

Step 4: Check for time-sensitive items

• Deadlines within 48 hours
• Items tied to today's meetings (prep work, deliverables)
• Anything in People files tied to today's 1:1s

Step 5: Present grouped by urgency

Present items to the user in three groups:

• Must do — deadlines, meeting prep, overdue items
• Should do — follow-ups, active project work
• If time allows — nice-to-haves, exploration items

Step 6: Tag confirmed items

For items the user confirms as today's priorities, add #today to the task line in its source file. Tasks are never moved between files for this purpose; the tag is added in place.

Step 7: Write Priority Focus section

Add a "Today's Priority Focus" section to today's daily note with a live query block:

## Today's Priority Focus

\`\`\`dataviewjs
dv.taskList(
  dv.pages('"People" or "Projects" or "Dailies" or "Areas"')
    .where(p => p.file.path !== dv.current().file.path)
    .file.tasks
    .where(t => !t.completed && t.text && t.text.includes("#today"))
    .sort((a, b) =>
      ((b.text || "").match(/➡️/g) ?? []).length -
      ((a.text || "").match(/➡️/g) ?? []).length
    )
)
\`\`\`

This DataviewJS query surfaces all open #today items across the vault, sorted by rollover count.

The #today tag system

• #today is added in place on the original task line wherever it lives
• Tasks are never duplicated or moved between files for priority tracking
• The DataviewJS query in the daily note is the live view
• When a task is completed, the user checks it off normally
• Stale #today tags (from previous days) are handled by the task-rollover skill
• Only add ➡️ arrows when the user confirms keeping the item for another day (not automatically)
• Place ➡️ markers before the #today tag for readability
• When removing #today, also remove all ➡️ markers

Stale #today cleanup

If items tagged #today are found on previous days' dailies (not yet rolled over), present them:

These N items still have #today from yesterday. Keep them for today, or remove the tag?

Do not remove #today tags without asking.