TxtPriorities - Plain-Text Task Triage with AI
A nightly cron-style helper that reads your Tasks.txt file, groups tasks by project, surfaces stale items, and writes a 'tomorrow' section at the top so you start the day with a clean slate.
Writers, researchers, and developers who journal and track work in plain .txt or .md files
- Nightly auto-grouping of tasks by detected project tags
- Stale-task flagging for items untouched for 14+ days
- Auto-written 'tomorrow' top section based on deadlines and recency
- Works locally with no account; reads any plain-text file you point it at
Plain-text task managers are gaining traction with people tired of subscription SaaS; an AI layer that keeps a plain file tidy is exactly what that audience is missing.
Niche but real audience: Obsidian Tasks plugin is actively maintained, TaskPaper still has a paying iOS client (PaperTrail) in 2025, and blogs like plaintextpaperless.com document dedicated user journeys, but Product Hunt search returned no 'Tasks.txt' results, suggesting limited mainstream buzz.Tasks - Obsidian Plugin ↗PaperTrail: TaskPaper Client - App Store ↗
TaskPaper is finished/abandonware and Obsidian Tasks is human-driven, not AI/cron; no direct nightly AI-triage-for-plain-text competitor surfaced, but adjacent AI task managers (Lindy, ClickUp AI, txt.task) crowd the AI-side category.TaskPaper - Plain text to-do lists for Mac ↗txt.task — AI Task Manager That Lives in Your Text Messages ↗
Worst dimension: this audience self-selects for anti-SaaS, local-first tools; TaskPaper shipped as a one-time Mac purchase and Obsidian's plugin ecosystem is largely free, so willingness to pay for another cron-layered subscription is structurally low.TaskPaper - Plain text to-do lists for Mac ↗Best Obsidian Plugins Productivity Stack (Free, 2026) ↗
Plain-text/markdown workflow is a decades-stable format and the anti-SaaS movement (Obsidian, Logseq, plain-text devotees) is growing, but tying the product to a single AI cron pattern risks churn as LLM UX conventions shift.Simple Task Management in Obsidian for the Digitally Overwhelmed ↗
Trivially buildable: read a file, group/score tasks with an LLM prompt, prepend a 'tomorrow' block, write back; well-understood prompt engineering and no infra beyond a cron + API key.GitHub - obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks: Task management for the ... ↗