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things-mac

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About things-mac

things-mac is a skill for managing Things 3 on macOS through the `things` CLI. It supports task and project changes as well as reading and searching the local database.

Key features

  1. 01Add and update projects and todos
  2. 02List inbox, today, and upcoming tasks
  3. 03Search tasks in the local database
  4. 04Inspect projects, areas, and tags

Use cases

  1. 01Add a task to Things 3
  2. 02Review upcoming tasks
  3. 03Find a task or inspect project details

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/cowork-os/cowork-os --skill things-mac

After installing, type/things-macin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

Things-mac

Purpose

Manage Things 3 via the things CLI on macOS (add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database). Use when a user asks CoWork-OSS to add a task to Things, list inbox/today/upcoming, search tasks, or inspect projects/areas/tags.

Routing

  • Use when: Use when the user asks to manage Things 3 via the things CLI on macOS add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database.
  • Do not use when: Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead. Avoid using this in non-macOS environments.
  • Outputs: Outcome from Things-mac: task-specific result plus concrete action notes.
  • Success criteria: Returns concrete actions and decisions matching the requested task, with no fabricated tool-side behavior.

Trigger Examples

Positive
  • Use the things-mac skill for this request.
  • Help me with things-mac.
  • Use when the user asks to manage Things 3 via the things CLI on macOS add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database.
  • Things-mac: provide an actionable result.
Negative
  • Do not use when the request is asking for planning documents, high-level strategy, or non-executable discussion; use the relevant planning or design workflow instead. Avoid using this in non-macOS environments.
  • Do not use things-mac for unrelated requests.
  • This request is outside things-mac scope.
  • This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

Runtime Prompt

  • Current runtime prompt length: 2754 characters.
  • Runtime prompt is defined directly in ../things-mac.json.

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