Stack of task cards on the left flowing into a calendar grid on the right, with one task card placed on each consecutive day, illustrating sequential daily task distribution

I have some pretty good systems for capturing action items; maybe they are too good. Pair that with the fact that no matter how solid my weekly review feels, it’s easy to skip the next one. Pretty quickly, the inputs outpace the outputs, and like the second page of Google search results, there are corners of my Things database I haven’t seen in quite some time.

To address those quiet corners, I’ve spent time working on an automation that puts tasks in front of me every day. While Claude and Gemini both helped me refine this script, what I’m sharing with you today is straight AppleScript; there is no AI required to run it.

So strap in and let me show you my latest creation.

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